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McCormick-Deering Calendar

Date: 1920
Description: Promotional circular showing the color illustration for a forthcoming farm implement line calendar. Illustration is an artistic rendering of a young woman ...
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McCormick Catalog Cover

Date: 1894
Description: Color lithograph cover illustration for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows a courtroom scene framed with a draped American flag and th...
Photograph

McCormick-Deering 123-SP Combine in Wheat Field

Date: 1943
Description: Slightly elevated view of farmer Ed Frey at the controls of a McCormick-Deering 123-SP combine on his 1400 acre farm.
Photograph

Farmers in Wheat Field with Cradle Scythe

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Description: Farmers standing in a wheat field. The men are holding a hand-operated cradle scythe and a rake. A frame house is in the background along with several farm...
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Men and Boys in Field near Farmstead

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Description: Three men and a boy in wheat field with scythes and a split-rail fence. Barn with stone foundation and cupola and frame house in background; additional st...
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Norwegian International Harvester Catalog Cover

Date: 1912
Description: Cover of an International Harvester farm implement catalog written in Norwegian. The cover has a drawing of a city street in Oslo with an International Har...
Photograph

Man with Hammer Mill and Power Unit

Date: 11 08 1938
Description: A man loads what appear to be stalks of harvested wheat onto a #10-C hammer mill operated by a P-30 power unit. The entire outfit was mounted on a tractor-...
Photograph

McCormick Reapers in a Wheat Field

Date: 08 11 1963
Description: Two men on two McCormick reapers at work in a wheat field. In the distance several farm buildings are visible with large clouds in the sky.
Photograph

Wheat Storage

Date: 10 08 1925
Description: View from distance of men and a young boy standing in front of piles of bags filled with wheat and covered with tarps near a brick building. The photograph...
Photograph

Carriage in Wheat Field

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Description: A man sits in a horse-drawn carriage in a wheat field in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. The field has been harvested and there are piles of wheat. Several hous...
Photograph

Horse-Drawn McCormick Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Side view of a man using two horses to pull a McCormick grain binder through a farm field. A barn and farmhouse are in the background on a hill.
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McCormick Binders on Hillside

Date: 1900
Description: Two farmers are using McCormick grain binders along the side of a steep hill overlooking farm buildings below.
Photograph

IH Demonstration Farm at Gull Lake

Date: 12 1928
Description: View from field of International Harvester demonstration farm located in Gull Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada. The roof of the barn of barn has hand-inked lette...
Photograph

Farm and Field

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Description: Composite view of a farm (above) and a view of cutting wheat in a field. Decorative elements appear on either side at the top.
Photograph

Old Windmill on Hill

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Description: View of Chatham Windmill, built in 1796 by Colonel Benjamin Godfrey. The windmill is 30 feet tall with an octagonal base and was used for grinding corn an...
Photograph

Group of People Posing with Farm Equipment

Date: 1900
Description: A group of people are posing in a field near a barn. They are harvesting grain, and a man is operating a grain binder pulled by three horses. A girl wearin...
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Seymour's Bank Memohead

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Description: Memohead of Seymour's Bank in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, with a three-quarter view of the bank building, including people coming and going on the sidewalk ...
Photograph

McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Agency

Date: 1900
Description: Offices of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company agency or dealership of H.F. Anderson. The offices are part of a grain exchange building, possibly the ...
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Capital Brewery Island Wheat Label

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Description: Capital Island Wheat beer label. The label features a drawing of the Wisconsin Capitol dome flanked by stalks of wheat. There is also a map of Washington I...
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William Rahr Sons' Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the William Rahr Sons' Company of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, "Maltsters and Roasters," with an elevated view of the company building on one side o...

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