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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...
Poster

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...
Poster

Osborne Harvesting Machinery Advertising Poster

Date: 1914
Description: Advertising poster for Osborne brand reapers, mowers, grain binders, disc harrows and dump rakes. Features a number of color illustrations of men using the...
Poster

Champion Harvesting Machinery Advertising Poster

Date: 1915
Description: Advertising poster for Champion brand reapers, mowers, grain binders and dump rakes featuring color illustrations of the implements, including a larger col...
Poster

Osborne Harvesting Machinery Poster

Date: 1913
Description: Russian advertising poster for International Harvester's Osborne line of farm equipment. Includes a large illustration of a woman and young girl with a dog...
Poster

Osborne Harvesting Machinery Poster

Date: 1913
Description: Color advertising poster with many images of the Osborne line working the fields, and a mother and daughter with a dog. Imprinted with "International Harve...
Poster

Osborne Harvesting Machinery Poster

Date: 1913
Description: Color advertising poster with many images of the Osborne line working the fields, and a mother and daughter with a dog. Made by the Hayes Litho. Co. of Buf...
Photograph

Making Irrigation Laterals with 10-20 Tractor

Date: 1931
Description: A dog sits on a 10-20 tractor beside Paul M. Dazier as he makes irrigation laterals with an orchard cultivator outfitted with an irrigation attachment.
Photograph

Husker and Shredder Crew at Barn

Date: 1913
Description: Men working with wagons and husker-shredder near a barn. The husker-shredder is powered by a Titan 18-35 tractor. A dog is walking by a fence, and milk can...
Photograph

Men Harvesting Grain in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Group of men harvesting grain in a field. Two men are operating McCormick grain binders drawn by mules and horses. A dog is in the foreground.
Photograph

Farmer with Dog Loading Kemp Manure Spreader

Date: 1910
Description: Panoramic view of farmer with dog loading manure onto horse-drawn Kemp No. 1 20th Century manure spreader at the base of a hill on farmland.
Photograph

Man with Walking Planter

Date: 05 02 1925
Description: Man with horse-drawn walking planter in a field. A small dog sits in a furrow nearby on the right.
Photograph

Man using Horse-Drawn Walking Planter

Date: 05 02 1925
Description: Man using walking planter pulled by a horse through a field. A small dog sits in a furrow nearby on the right.
Photograph

Men with McCormick Mower

Date: 1900
Description: Men are sitting and standing around a McCormick mower, while a man wearing a suit and hat is standing to the left writing on a slip of paper, possibly a re...
Photograph

Man Operating Horse-Drawn Manure Spreader

Date: 05 13 1926
Description: A man operates a manure spreader pulled by two horses in a field. There is a dog standing in the foreground on the right. The original caption reads: "Bern...
Photograph

Man Operating Horse-Drawn Manure Spreader

Date: 05 13 1926
Description: Rear view of a man wearing a hat operating a horse-drawn manure spreader in a field pulled by two horses. A dog is running along a row beside the manure sp...
Photograph

Cranberry Gathering

Date: 1980
Description: Cranberry harvesters use wooden booms and rakes to gather cranberries from a flooded marsh.
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 ...
Book or Pamphlet

Avery Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising the 5-10 horsepower Avery tractor featuring an illustration of a man using the tractor on a farmstead. An inset illust...
Book or Pamphlet

Avery Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising Avery tractors. A color illustration depicts a man using the tractor in a farm field. The caption at top reads: "The T...

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