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Reaping Scene

Date: 1879
Description: Three men taking a break during harvesting. Their horse-drawn reaper raked the grain into rows as it cut. In the background are various farmstead buildings...
Photograph

Men Using Tractor and Threshing Machine

Date: 1897
Description: Large group portrait of men and young boys operating a steam tractor that is being used for belt-driven threshing machinery in a field. In the foreground a...
Photograph

Field Workers

Date: 1910
Description: A group of workers stack corn shocks in a field while a small child and dog stand in the foreground. A horse-drawn corn binder is in the background.
Photograph

Man Using No. 7 Mower

Date: 07 05 1935
Description: A man using a horse-drawn No. 7 mower in Hamilton, Ontario, while his dog follows alongside.
Photograph

Edward Brown Uses No. 7 Enclosed Gear Mower

Date: 1933
Description: Edward Brown uses his No. 7 enclosed gear mower in a field, while his dog watches from the distance.
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International Model S Truck Loaded with Hay

Date: 11 18 1926
Description: A man and a young boy are sitting in the cab of an International Model S truck loaded with bales of hay as men with horses are working in the background. T...
Painting

Steam Power

Date: 
Description: A harvest scene in which an old-fashioned steam-powered tractor is hooked up to a threshing machine. There is a pile of coal next to the tractor and a tank...
Photograph

Group of People in Farm Field

Date: 1900
Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of people posing in a field. Part of the field has been cut and there are stacks of grain piled at regular intervals. In ...
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...
Photograph

Cutting Corn

Date: 1906
Description: August, Alexander, Jennie, and Edgar Krueger cutting corn using a Deering corn binder. Alexander is sitting on the binder holding the reigns attached to th...
Photograph

Using a Deering Corn Binder

Date: 1906
Description: August, Alexander, Jennie, and Edgar Krueger cutting corn using a Deering corn binder. Alexander is standing next to the three horse team while Edgar is si...
Photograph

Men with Three Mule-Drawn Binders

Date: 1900
Description: Group of men with three mule-drawn binders in a field along the edge of a road. On the left men and children are standing near a dog lying down on the road...
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: A group of people, children, men and a dog, are standing behind a man using a horse-drawn binder in a field.
Photograph

Men and Dog in Field with Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: A man and a dog are standing near a man using a horse-drawn McCormick binder in a field.
Print

Empire Mower and Reaper

Date: 1893
Description: Lithograph of the Empire Mower and Reaper; several other reaper manufacturers and models are identified in the illustration which appears above the text: “...
Photograph

Men Using Horse-Drawn Mowers in Field

Date: 1900
Description: View across partially harvested field towards a group of people posing. On the left are what may be young children posing on a horse-drawn vehicle. A man i...
Photograph

Men with Three Horse-Drawn Binders

Date: 1900
Description: View across field towards three men on horse-drawn binders. Two men are sitting in a horse-drawn buggy on the right. In the foreground is a dog sitting in ...
Photograph

Men Posing with Corn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Group of men posing with a corn binder in a field. The man sitting on the corn binder on the right is holding a dog in his lap.
Photograph

McCormick Reaping and Mowing Machine

Date: 1900
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man and a young boy using a reaping and rowing machine. The boy is sitting on the horse pulling the machine. A number of men an...
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder on Hillside

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of a man using a horse-drawn binder along a hillside. Three other men and a dog are posing standing in the field around the binder.

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