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Harvesting Grain

Date: 07 20 1921
Description: Horse-drawn cart stacked with grain shocks out in a field. One man is standing on top of the already stacked grain, while another man is passing shocks up.
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Horse-Drawn Hay Rake

Date: 07 20 1921
Description: Man operating a horse-drawn hay rake. Two boys and a man in the background are piling the cut hay.
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Threshing Wheat

Date: 07 20 1921
Description: Five men threshing wheat in a field.
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Farmers with Titan Tractors and Combines

Date: 1918
Description: View across field towards six men harvesting what appears to be wheat using International Titan 10-20 tractors and combines (harvester-threshers).
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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 Binder near Children in Wheat Field

Date: 1900
Description: Four small children are sitting on shocks of wheat in a field as a man is operating a McCormick grain binder nearby. Farm buildings and a fence are in the ...
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McCormick Grain Binder Field Scene

Date: 08 22 1899
Description: Man operating a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder in a field. Original caption reads: "Kinsella Grain Co., Colon, Nebraska. Aug 22/99. Gentlemen — In repl...
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Deering #123 Prototype Self Propelled Combine

Date: 1944
Description: Man driving an experimental Deering #123 self propelled harvester-thresher (combine). Original caption reads: "Argentina, South America-Deering #123 self p...
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Four Men and One Boy in Field with Grain Binder

Date: 1895
Description: One man is operating a grain binder pulled by two horses, while three other men and a boy are working in the field near him. One man is holding a cradle us...
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Men and Boys Waving near McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Group portrait of men and boys waving in a field. One man is operating a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder. Another man and a boy are in a horse-drawn bug...
Painting

State Fair Centennial Mural Study Sketch

Date: 1948
Description: Prior to the 1948 State Fair, artist Robert Hodgell traveled Wisconsin to study its many landscapes. He then produced a series of study sketches outlining ...
Photograph

McCormick-Deering 15-30 in New Zealand

Date: 07 23 1928
Description: A McCormick-Deering 15-30 tractor in a New Zealand field. Five men stand in a field gathered around bushels of wheat, and one man drives a tractor pulling ...
Book or Pamphlet

Peerless Reaper Co. Catalog Cover

Date: 1880
Description: Catalog cover with gold and black ink illustrations. In the center a woman standing on a globe of the earth carries a sheaf of wheat on her shoulder and a ...
Photograph

T-40 TracTractor Pulling No. 51 Harvester Thresher

Date: 1932
Description: McCormick-Deering T-40 pulling a No. 51 harvester-thresher along a hillside with a steep slope.
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Harvesting Wheat by Hand

Date: 1900
Description: Group of people working in a field harvesting wheat by hand. Some of the workers are using a sickle.
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Farmall M Pulling Harvester Thresher in Wheat Field

Date: 1949
Description: Left side view of a man operating a Farmall M pulling a harvester-thresher in a field of wheat. A front end winch is on the tractor.
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Young Girl Driving Tractor with Binder in Field

Date: 09 14 1925
Description: View across field towards a young girl driving a 15-30 HP tractor to pull a McCormick-Deering binder in a field. Bundles of harvested wheat are lying in th...
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Threshing Scene

Date: 1936
Description: A man is unloading bundles of grain from a horse-drawn wagon to another man (barely visible) who will feed the bundles into an Advance-Rumely threshing mac...
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Robicheau's Threshing Outfit

Date: 1904
Description: A man at left is standing and holding the reins of a four horse hitch, while three other men are posing between a steam tractor and threshing machine. Ther...
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Grain Binder

Date: 1910
Description: A woman holding the reins of a saddled horse is standing next to a Milwaukee No. 10 grain harvester and binder hitched to three horses. A man is sitting on...

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