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Testing the First Reaping Machine

Date: 1883
Description: Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc...
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

Deering Harvesting Machinery Advertising Poster

Date: 1915
Description: Advertising poster with inset color illustrations showing Deering brand reapers, mowers, grain binders and dump rakes. Includes an illustration of four old...
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Milwaukee Grain Binder

Date: 1915
Description: Two men and a child, all wearing hats, are at the back of a Milwaukee grain binder. One man is standing with a cradle in his hands. An older man with a bea...
Photograph

Man Driving Deering Tractor

Date: 01 04 1927
Description: A man drives a Deering tractor, while two women stand near a residential building in the background. The man and women wear what appears to be traditional ...
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Grain Binder

Date: 1919
Description: Farmer operating an older model horse-drawn grain binder in a field.
Photograph

McCormick-Deering Power Drive Harvester-Thresher

Date: 07 06 1926
Description: Two men working with a McCormick-Deering Power Drive harvester-thresher (combine) in a field. Decals and/or stencils are on the machine.
Photograph

Man on Reynolds Tedder

Date: 1919
Description: Man on a Reynolds hay tedder pulled by team of work horses. Another man stands supervising. In the far background beyond a fence are two separate farmstead...
Postcard

International Harvester Postcard — Siberia

Date: 1909
Description: Postcard distributed by International Harvester Company featuring a color illustration of a man operating a self-rake reaper pulled by a horse in a field i...
Postcard

International Harvester Postcard — Scotland

Date: 1909
Description: Postcard distributed by International Harvester Company featuring a color illustration of a harvesting scene in Scotland. The illustration depicts field la...
Photograph

Russian Farmer with McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1902
Description: Farmer sitting in the seat of a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder, probably in Russia. The "McCormick" name on the binder appears in Russian.
Photograph

Men Wearing Suits Posing with Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Two men wearing suits are posing with a man using a horse-drawn binder.
Photograph

Men with Horse-Drawn Mowers

Date: 1900
Description: Group of men with four horse-drawn mowers in a field.
Photograph

Men with Horse-Drawn Corn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Two men in field with horse-drawn corn binder. The horses are wearing binders and fly-nets.
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Three-quarter view from left of a man using a McCormick horse-drawn binder in a field. Sheaves of wheat are lyying on the ground. In the background is a ro...
Photograph

Man in Field Using Horse-Drawn Binder in Field of Tall Grasses

Date: 1900
Description: View of left side of a man using a horse-drawn binder in a field of tall grass. The horses are wearing fly-nets.
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Mower in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Front view from left of a man using a horse-drawn mower in a field. There is a dog sitting in the grass near the man. A split-rail fence and a hill are in ...
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Mower in Field

Date: 1900
Description: People are gathered in a field near a man using a horse-drawn mower in a field. There are horse-drawn buggies and farm buildings on the left.
Photograph

Man with Horse-Drawn Mower in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Right side view of a man sitting on horse-drawn mower in a field. In the background two young boys stand near a fence.
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Left side view of a man (D.R. Robbins?) using a horse-drawn binder in a field. Two men are carrying sheaves of grain in the background on the right.

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