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Diagram of McCormick's Reaper

Date: 1867
Description: A diagram of McCormick's cultivator-reaper, which was patented in 1845. The illustration, titled "The Cultivator" depicts a man using a rake to remove the ...
Photograph

Cyrus McCormick's Reaper Patent

Date: 1834
Description: Press release image compiled by the International Harvester Company. The image includes "excerpts of the patent grant from the U.S. Patent Office to Cyrus ...
Print

American Inventors

Date: 1900
Description: Cigar box label with portraits of inventors Thomas Edison, Eli Whitney, Robert Fulton, Cyrus McCormick, Richard March Hoe. Around the edges are illustratio...
Print

McCormick Catalog Cover

Date: 1895
Description: Color lithograph cover illustration for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows a portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick over an illustration of ...
Poster

Mogul Tractor Test Track Advertising Poster

Date: 1915
Description: Advertising poster for Mogul tractors featuring an elevated view of a Mogul 8-16, 12-25 and 30-60 tractors on a test track in Chicago, Illinois. Includes t...
Photograph

Dr. Babcock with Butterfat Tester

Date: 1926
Description: Dr. Stephen Babcock with an electric centrifuge butterfat tester.
Photograph

McCormick Reaper Exhibit at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 1933
Description: Female model posing with a rake next to a reproduction of Cyrus Hall McCormick's first reaper at International Harvester's "A Century of Progress" Worlds F...
Photograph

Weather Radar

Date: 1950
Description: Meteorologists using radar equipment outdoors.
Photograph

Wrights' Neighbor

Date: 07 02 1909
Description: Test flight of the bi-plane invented by Ray Zorn of Dayton, Ohio, who later resided in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
Photograph

First to Fly — Completing the Army Demonstration

Date: 1909
Description: Wilbur Wright, in the bowler hat, preparing the Flyer for the conclusion of the test required to win a U.S. Army contract. The 1908 demonstration had been ...
Historical Object

Limnology Apparatus

Date: 1890
Description: Apparatus for limnological research conducted at Trout Lake, Wisconsin and elsewhere.
Photograph

Girl at Vegetable Stand

Date: 1917
Description: Girl selling vegetables to a customer at vegetable stand along Milwaukee pike. Original caption reads: "The little girl in charge sold over $800 worth of v...
Book or Pamphlet

J.F. Seiberling & Co. Catalog

Date: 1893
Description: Front and back covers of an advertising brochure for the New Empire line of mowers, reapers and grain binders manufactured by J.F. Seiberling & Company. Th...
Photograph

Experimental No. 20 TracTracTor

Date: 06 02 1930
Description: Engineering photograph of an experimental No. 20 TracTracTor (crawler tractor). Left side view.
Photograph

Experimental 15/30 TracTracTor

Date: 12 16 1929
Description: Engineering photograph of an experimental McCormick-Deering 15-30 TracTracTor (crawler tractor). Right side view.
Photograph

Experimental 10-20 McCormick-Deering TracTracTor

Date: 04 30 1928
Description: Engineering photograph of an experimental 10-20 McCormick-Deering TracTracTor (crawler tractor). Side view, right.
Photograph

Experimental Farmall M Tractor

Date: 12 10 1940
Description: Engineering left side view of a McCormick-Deering Farmall M high clearance (high crop) tractor with cane attachment.
Photograph

Experimental Farmall 3F Tractor

Date: 03 01 1939
Description: Engineering photograph of an experimental Farmall tractor designated as model "3F". Right side view.
Photograph

Experimental Farmall 2-F Tractor

Date: 08 08 1938
Description: Engineering photograph of an experimental Farmall tractor designated as model "2F". Right side view.
Photograph

Experimental Farmall 10 Tractor

Date: 04 21 1938
Description: Engineering photograph of an experimental Farmall tractor "with air pre-cleaner" designated as model "F-10". Three-quarter view towards front right.

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