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Native Americans and Harvester-Thresher at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 07 25 1933
Description: Native Americans in traditional dress test a harvester-thresher (combine) in the International Harvester exhibit at the "A Century of Progress" world's fai...
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Experimental Cotton Picker

Date: 08 03 1933
Description: Engineering phtoo of an experimetnal single-row, two drum, self-propelled cotton picker. The photograph was taken outside International Harvester's Tracto...
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Experimental Cotton Picker

Date: 08 03 1933
Description: Engineering photograph of an experimental single-row, two drum, self-propelled cotton picker parks. The photograph was taken outside the office of Internat...
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Field of Harvested Grain

Date: 1900
Description: View across large field dotted with many piles of harvested grain. In the middle distance is a man on a what may be a horse-drawn binder, and another man i...
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McCormick-Deering Corn Binder

Date: 1931
Description: McCormick-Deering corn binder parked outside a Chicago factory, most likely the McCormick Works. Decals and/or stencils are on the machine.
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Horse-Powered Push Binder Headers in Field

Date: 1900
Description: View down hill towards men using a horse-powered push binder header. Farm buildings are in the background.
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Tractor Powering Threshing Operation

Date: 10 04 1906
Description: A group of people are posing on a farm where a tractor is powering a thresher. Men and boys are standing on and near a horse-drawn wagon and a corn elevato...
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Horse-Drawn Corn Picker

Date: 10 1906
Description: Rear view of a horse-drawn corn picker in a field. A man is standing in the background on the left.
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Men Operating Thresher in Plant Yard

Date: 06 08 1911
Description: A group of men are operating a thresher in a plant yard at McCormick Works. Railroad cars and factory buildings are in the background.

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