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Photograph

N.C. Wyeth Depiction of McCormick Reaper Demonstration

Date: 1931
Description: Painting by N.C. Wyeth depicting the public demonstration of the first reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steele's Tavern, Virginia in 1831. The painting sh...
Photograph

International Harvester F-20 Tractor with M-4 Power Binder

Date: 05 08 1939
Description: Elevated rear view of two men in a field operating a new McCormick-Deering F-20 tractor and M-4 power binder, which was owned and operated by Grover Evans,...
Photograph

Experimental Combine Harvesting Grain

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of men harvesting grain with a McCormick-Deering 12 foot experimental combine (harvester-thresher) pulled by a Farmall M tractor. There is a ...
Photograph

Man Harvesting Cotton with Mechanical Picker

Date: 1932
Description: African American man harvesting cotton with an experimental McCormick-Deering 2-row cotton picker mounted on a Farmall Regular tractor.
Photograph

Fordson Tractor

Date: 07 02 1931
Description: An adaptation of the Improved Fordson tractor as a power plant to operate a double-gang pea viner on the farm of John Keichinger.
Poster

McCormick-Deering Harvester-Thresher Advertising Poster

Date: 1930
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering harvester-threshers (combines). Includes the text "McCormick Reaper Centennial" and a color illustration of farmer...
Poster

McCormick-Deering Grain Binder Advertising Poster

Date: 1930
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering grain binders. Includes color illustrations of farmers operating tractor and horse-drawn grain binders in the fiel...
Poster

McCormick-Deering Binder Twine Advertising Poster

Date: 1930
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering "Big Ball" binder twine. Includes a color illustration of farmers harvesting grain with a tractor and grain binder...
Photograph

Farmers Harvesting Corn with Farmall Tractors and Corn-Picker

Date: 1930
Description: Farmers using Farmall tractors and a corn-picker with overhead grain tank on the Callens farm.
Photograph

Experimental McCormick-Deering Combine and Farmall M Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of men field testing an experimental McCormick-Deering 12 foot combine with a Farmall M tractor.
Photograph

Men Harvest Beans with Farmall A Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: Men harvesting beans with a four foot combine (harvester-thresher) and a Farmall A tractor. Original caption reads: "4-ft. combine in beans — note special ...
Book or Pamphlet

All-Steel Thresher Catalog Cover

Date: 1930
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for International Harvester All-Steel Threshers showing two men threshing hay with pitchforks and a thresher. The catalog ...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Grain Binder and Reaper Catalog

Date: 1930
Description: Cover of a South American advertising brochure for McCormick grain binders and reapers. Features an illustration of a grain binder working in a field as se...
Book or Pamphlet

German Flyer for Deering Grain Binders

Date: 1931
Description: German advertising leaflet for International Harvester's Deering line of grain binders. Features a color illustration of a farmer in a field with horse-dra...
Photograph

Experimental International Harvester Cotton Picker

Date: 1937
Description: Man operating an experimental International Harvester cotton picker in a cotton field on the Hopson Plantation near Clarksdale, Mississippi. Two automobil...
Photograph

Cotton Picker on Farmall Regular Tractor

Date: 1932
Description: Man operating an experimental 2-row cotton picker built around a Farmall Regular tractor [original caption reads: "Regular Farmall & 2 row cotton picker"]....
Photograph

Harvesting Tobacco Leaves

Date: 1939
Description: Field workers gathering and spearing cut tobacco leaves.
Photograph

Harvesting Grain with a McCormick-Deering No. 41 Harvester-Thresher

Date: 1932
Description: Elevated view of a farmer harvesting grain with a McCormick-Deering tractor and No. 41 16-foot harvester-thresher (combine). The No. 41 featured a 28-inch ...
Photograph

McCormick-Deering No. 41 Harvester-Thresher in Field

Date: 1932
Description: Elevated view of a McCormick-Deering No. 41 harvester-thresher (combine) hitched to a tractor in a field. Original caption reads: "While the no. 41 is not ...
Photograph

McCormick-Deering No. 31-RW West Coast Special Harvester-Thresher

Date: 1936
Description: Farmer Frank Rakow harvesting corn with a McCormick-Deering no. 31-RW West Coast Special harvester-thresher (combine). Mr. Rakow and the No. 31-RW are work...

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