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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...
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F-12 Tractor and African American Field Workers

Date: 04 10 1935
Description: African American field worker levels the ground with a McCormick-Deering F-12 tractor and a rotary scraper in preparation for planting a new crop of celery...
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International Crawler Tractor with Disk Plow

Date: 1949
Description: Rear view of an African American man plowing a field with an International diesel crawler tractor (TracTracTor) and a disk plow.
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Osborne Spring Tooth Harrow

Date: 05 29 1912
Description: Farmer wearing a hat is walks=ing behind a horse-drawn Osborne spring tooth harrow in a field. Trees and a fence are in the background.
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Men Posing with McCormick Binder

Date: 1899
Description: A group of five men are standing and sitting around a McCormick grain binder.
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Men Harvesting Grain in Field

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Description: Group of men harvesting grain with two McCormick grain binders drawn by horses or mules. In the background are farm buildings and stacks of grain.
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Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1915
Description: View across field towards a man using a team of three horses to pull a binder while another man is looking on nearby from the right.
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Tractor on Montgomery Farm

Date: 1924
Description: An umbrella is shading a man while he is driving a McCormick-Deering 10-20(?)tractor and disc harrow through a field.
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Men with Horse-Drawn Mower in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Men with a horse-drawn mower in a field. One man is working with a hand implement in a pile of hay, and another is sitting in a horse-drawn carriage in the...
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Group of Men Posing in Field with Three Grain Binders

Date: 1895
Description: A large group of men, mostly African American, posing in a field with three McCormick grain binders. Each binder is being operated by a man and is pulled b...
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Truck with Fruit Picker Lift Gear in Orange Grove

Date: 1977
Description: View of a blue International Harvester Loadstar with lift gear in a Florida orange grove. The truck has no cab, and a crane-like lift behind the driver is ...
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Man Driving Truck with Hi-Lift Equipment

Date: 1977
Description: View of a red International Harvester Loadstar flatbed with no cab and hi-lift equipment for harvesting oranges. An African-American man is driving the tru...
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Group of Men with Two Mule-Drawn Binders

Date: 1900
Description: Six men in a field with two mule-drawn binders. Two of the men are sitting on the binders. Trees are in the background.

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