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McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Catalogue

Date: 1897
Description: Back cover of a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog with a color illustration of a horse-drawn grain binder, a mower, and a corn binder on the ope...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Catalog

Date: 1890
Description: Color catalog illustration of a farmer harvesting grain at night by moonlight with a horse-drawn grain binder. A farmhouse is in the background. Text at bo...
Photograph

Men Using Tractor and Threshing Machine

Date: 1897
Description: Large group portrait of men and young boys operating a steam tractor that is being used for belt-driven threshing machinery in a field. In the foreground a...
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Harvesting Machinery Catalog Cover

Date: 1889
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for William Deering & Company, manufacturers of harvesting machinery. The cover features a framed inset of a scene of...
Print

Ball Mower and Reaper Advertisement

Date: 1870
Description: Advertising brochure for the Ohio Mower and Reaper manufactured by Ephraim Ball. The advertisement features a line drawing of men using two mowers pulled b...
Print

Osborne Twine Binder Advertisement

Date: 1884
Description: Advertisement for the Number 14 Osborne Light Twine Binder, featuring a color illustration of a man using a horse-drawn grain binder in a field.
Print

Marsh Binder Advertisement

Date: 1883
Description: Front cover of an advertising brochure for the Marsh-Whitney Platform Binder, manufactured by the Marsh Binder Manufacturing Company. Includes the text: "t...
Print

Osborne Harvester Advertisement

Date: 1884
Description: Advertising handbill for the Osborne Self-Binding Harvester with text reading: "The Osborne Gold Medal" and "A Perfect Success in Every Field."
Print

Reeves Straw Stacker Advertisement

Date: 1888
Description: Advertising brochure for the Reeves Extension Oscillating Straw Stacker, with testimonial clippings. Features a color illustration top center, showing a ma...
Poster

New Champion Binder Poster

Date: 1895
Description: Advertising poster for the Champion grain binder, manufactured by Warder, Bushnell & Glessner Company. Features a large color illustration of a man on a h...
Poster

The McCormick at Work in Asiatic Russia

Date: 1887
Description: Advertising poster for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company featuring color illustration of grain binders drawn by camels in a field. The caption reads...
Print

McCormick Reaper Illustration

Date: 1859
Description: Back cover of an 1859 catalog advertising McCormick's Reaping and Mowing Machines. Features a drawing of an original McCormick reaper being used to harves...
Print

McCormick Harvester Catalog

Date: 1878
Description: Front cover of a catalog for McCormick's Harvester and Self-Binder, featuring a drawing of a binder at work in the field.
Print

The Evolution of the Reaper, Part One

Date: 1883
Description: Three illustrations from an 1883 McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog portraying the evolution of the reaper. The first drawing is captioned: "Firs...
Print

The Evolution of the Reaper, Part Two

Date: 1883
Description: Three illustrations from an 1883 McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog portraying the evolution of the reaper. The first drawing is captioned: "Four...
Print

Early Harvesting Techniques

Date: 1886
Description: Page from an 1886 McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog showing early harvesting technology. One drawing depicts a farmer in India harvesting grain ...
Print

McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Advertising Card

Date: 1886
Description: Front of a card advertising the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. Illustrations show "primitive" harvesting methods alongside a McCormick binder and a ...
Print

McCormick Binders Drawn by Camels in Russia

Date: 1887
Description: Illustration from an 1887 McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog showing a row of McCormick binders being pulled by camels. The original caption rea...
Print

McCormick Binders Pulled by Oxen in Italy

Date: 1887
Description: Illustration from an 1887 McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog showing McCormick binders being pulled by oxen in a large field in Italy. The captio...
Print

McCormick Binders Harvest in Dakota

Date: 1884
Description: Illustration from a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog showing twenty McCormick binders harvesting a large field of grain in the Red River Valley...

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