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Mechanical Irrigation Catalog Cover

Date: 1913
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester mechanical irrigation equipment. Features an illustration of two men standing next to a ...
Photograph

Cranberry Harvest

Date: 1983
Description: Men harvest cranberries by raking the fruit across flooded marshes onto a conveyor belt which loads the berries into trucks.
Photograph

Cranberry Harvest

Date: 1983
Description: Men wearing waders stand knee-deep in water harvesting cranberries on flooded marshes.
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Mower in Deep South

Date: 1900
Description: A man is operating a horse-drawn mower in what appears to be a setting in the deep south, with Spanish moss hanging from the Cyprus trees and a body of wat...
Historical Object

McCormick Woodcut

Date: 
Description: Original woodcut created for the letterpress print of McCormick's Harvester and Self Binder. It has three sections and is connected using wood splines. An ...
Historical Object

McCormick Electrotype

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Description: Electrotype created for the letterpress print of McCormick's Harvester and Self Binder. A woodcut was created first, the electrotype next, then the letterp...
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McCormick Letterpress Print of Wire Binder

Date: 1877
Description: Letterpress print of McCormick's Harvester and Self Binder (wire binder). The grain binder is operated by a man seated on the machine and pulled by two hor...
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Champion Catalog Cover

Date: 1900
Description: Catalog cover features an illustration of two children, a boy and a girl, sitting on a shoreline with a bowl of bubbles. The boy is holding up a dripping b...
Photograph

Man Using Binder in Field near Lake

Date: 1900
Description: View across field towards man using horse-drawn binder in a field. Two other people are standing in the field, and two horses are standing on the far left....
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Rear view of a man using a horse-drawn McCormick binder in a field. A young boy is standing near sheaves of wheat piled in the field. In the far distance i...
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Man on Horse-Drawn Binder Leaving Lakefront

Date: 1900
Description: View along shoreline towards man on horse-drawn McCormick binder leaving a lakefront.

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