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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

Gammon and Deering Advertising Poster

Date: 1876
Description: Color chromolithograph illustration advertising poster for the Marsh Harvester, produced by Gammon and Deering Company. Printed by Charles Shober & Co., Ch...
Poster

Deering Grain Binder Advertising Poster

Date: 1883
Description: Color chromolithograph illustration for the Deering All-Steel Binder with steel bundle carrier, produced by William Deering & Co. Includes an illustration ...
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...
Poster

Gasoline Engine

Date: 1913
Description: Color advertising poster of an International gasoline engine serving many functions on the farm. Includes a large bird's-eye view of a farm, surrounded by ...
Photograph

Combine on Hilly Terrain

Date: 09 09 1926
Description: Farmers harvesting with a combine on hilly terrain with a horse-drawn no. 7 Hillside combine on the farm of J.B. McMurray.
Photograph

Harvesting Grain on Farm Hillside

Date: 09 21 1926
Description: Farmers harvesting grain with horse-drawn McCormick-Deering no. 7 Hillside harvester-thresher (combine). The hillside machine incorporated a leveling devic...
Photograph

Experimental Combine Harvesting Grain

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of men harvesting grain with a McCormick-Deering 12 foot experimental combine (harvester-thresher) pulled by a Farmall M tractor. There is a ...
Book or Pamphlet

Dennett Harvesting Machine Co. Catalog

Date: 1881
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Dennett twine binding harvesters, light mowers, and reapers manufactured by the Dennett Harvesting Machine Company. Fea...
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Junior Grain Binder

Date: 1887
Description: Back cover of an advertising brochure for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color chromolithograph illustration of the Milwaukee Junior binder, t...
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1896
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company, featuring a color chromolithograph illustration of a young boy and girl playing along ...
Book or Pamphlet

Johnston Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1895
Description: Cover of a German language advertising catalog for the Johnston Harvester Company. The cover features a color chromolithograph illustration of a farmer ope...
Book or Pamphlet

Brantford Steel Binders Catalog

Date: 1889
Description: Front and back cover of an advertising catalog for A. Harris, Son & Company of Brantford, Canada, manufacturers of grain binders, mowers and reapers. The c...
Photograph

Combine Thresher and Tractor

Date: 07 22 1929
Description: Two men on a Nichols & Shepard combine thresher and Hart Parr tractor.
Book or Pamphlet

Kentucky Broadcast Seeders Catalog

Date: 1913
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for the Kentucky line of broadcast seeders sold by International Harvester. Features an illustration of a farmer in t...
Photograph

New Deering Disc Harrow

Date: 05 22 1913
Description: Right side view of a man using a horse-drawn Deering disk harrow in a field.
Photograph

Farmer on Horse-Drawn Grain Binder

Date: 1899
Description: View from a distance of a farmer posing on a McCormick grain binder drawn by two horses in a wheat field. Two men in suits are posing next to a bundle of w...
Photograph

McCormick Binder on Hill Overlooking Town and Lake

Date: 1900
Description: A man is operating a McCormick horse-drawn binder on a hill with a view of a town and lake in the background.
Photograph

Experimental Harvester-Thresher

Date: 
Description: Side view of a man using an experimental No.127 SP harvester-thresher (combine) in a field. Mountains are in the far background. The original caption read...
Photograph

La Crosse Tractor Plowing on Hilly Field

Date: 
Description: Man driving a La Crosse Happy Farmer tractor plowing in field up a hill with several men in long coats, suits, and hats watching nearby.

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