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Harvester-Thresher Advertising Poster

Date: 1925
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering harvester-threshers (combines) showing a tractor-drawn harvester-thresher in a field under the slogan: "Once Over ...
Photograph

Farmers Threshing Grain

Date: 10 05 1928
Description: Elevated view of farmers threshing grain in a field with a belt-driven McCormick all-steel thresher run by a Farmall tractor. One person is working inside ...
Poster

No. 7 Hillside Combine Advertising Poster

Date: 1928
Description: Advertising poster for the McCormick-Deering No. 7 hillside combine (harvester-thresher). Includes color illustration and the text "makes a once-over job o...
Poster

McCormick-Deering Thresher Advertising Poster

Date: 1930
Description: Advertising poster for the McCormick-Deering all-steel stationary thresher featuring color illustration of the implement. Includes an illustration of a thr...
Photograph

Threshing Steam Tractor

Date: 1900
Description: Men and boys posing around a threshing steam tractor. Oliver Johnson is in the foreground. John Bergeson and Art(?) are on top of the stack. Henning Berges...
Photograph

Experimental Motor Grain Binder

Date: 1915
Description: A man operates an experimental motor-driven grain binder.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Farmers and Threshing Machine

Date: 
Description: A group of eight farmers resting on or near a wooden threshing machine.
Photograph

Husker and Shredder Near Barn

Date: 1912
Description: A man operating a Husker-Shredder near a barn and silo. The husker-shredder is powered with a belt connected to an engine.
Painting

Silo Filling

Date: 1980
Description: Farmers work cooperatively with their horse teams on silo-filling activities early in autumn. Rows of green forage are created in the fields and carried to...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Threshers Brochure

Date: 1938
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for McCormick-Deering threshers. Features a photograph of a man in a field working with a tractor, wagon and threshing mac...
Book or Pamphlet

Minneapolis Threshing Machine Brochure

Date: 1917
Description: Front cover of a booklet produced to advertise the Minneapolis threshing machine. The cover is decorated with the word "Satisfaction" and the company's log...
Book or Pamphlet

Twin City Agricultural Equipment Advertisement

Date: 1920
Description: Advertisement for Twin City tractors and threshers, produced by the Minneapolis Steel and Machinery Company. The text on the advertisement reads: "Power fo...
Print

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...
Book or Pamphlet

Threshing Machinery Booklet

Date: 1918
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising Nichols & Shepard Company threshing machinery featuring a color illustration of farmers using a Red River Special thre...
Book or Pamphlet

Threshing Machinery Booklet Back Cover

Date: 1918
Description: Back cover of a booklet advertising Nichols & Shepard Company threshing machinery, which features a color illustration of a tractor powering a threshing m...
Photograph

Kuckkahn Brothers Threshing Rig

Date: 08 15 1899
Description: Three Kuckkahn Brothers standing and siting on their Altman-Taylor Engine, Separator, and Threshing Rig.
Book or Pamphlet

Avery Threshers Advertisement

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the Avery Yellow-Fellow and Yellow-Kid threshers. The cover features an illustration of men using threshers in a farm...
Photograph

Experimental 12 ft Combine Self Propelled

Date: 1942
Description: Seven men in overalls and hats are standing on or near an experimental 12 ft self propelled combine in a field.
Photograph

No. 140 McCormick-Deering Pull Type Combine with International Diesel Tractor

Date: 
Description: Rear view of a McCormick-Deering No.140 pull type combine being pulled by an International Diesel TD-MA in a field. There are mountains in the distance.

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