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Treading Grain with Horses

Date: 1885
Description: Back cover of a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog from 1885. The illustration shows horses with elaborate tack treading grain surrounded by men ...
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Deering Trade Card

Date: 1890
Description: Advertising card for William Deering and Company, manufacturers of agricultural equipment. Features a color illustration of men, women, and children in a f...
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Sterling Thresher

Date: 1917
Description: General line catalog illustration of a No. 30 Sterling thresher. The text beneath the illustration reads, "Sterling Thresher No. 30 on Mounting Truck, Show...
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No. 51 Harvester-Thresher Brochure

Date: 1938
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the No. 51 harvester-thresher (combine). Includes the text: "Harvesting Hillside Crops with the McCormick-Deering No.5...
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Right Arm of Agriculture Advertisement

Date: 1921
Description: Advertisement for Twin City Power Farming and Equipment featuring the text "The Right Arm of Agriculture" and an illustration of a farmer's arm beside illu...
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Separation by Pitchfork

Date: 1918
Description: Illustration titled: "This is the Whole Story of Modern, Clean and Successful Threshing." The top section reads: "This is the way to Separate by hand with ...
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Orchard Tractor and Thresherman's Special

Date: 1937
Description: Advertisement for the Oliver Hart-Parr orchard tractor (pictured at top left) and the thresherman's special. The slogan at the top of the page reads: "Oliv...
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Baker Grain Thresher

Date: 1929
Description: Side view of the Baker grain thresher. The caption beneath the illustration reads: "We invite you to study carefully and thoroughly this interior view of t...
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No. 62 harvester thresher

Date: 1947
Description: Handwritten caption attached reads" "cut away view of the separating, etc, of a no. 62 harvester thresher."
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Case's Threshing Machine

Date: 1850
Description: Engraving of a man in a coat and hat feeding stalks into a thresher. The thresher is run by two horses on a treadmill at right. The grain is collected from...

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