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Poster

McCormick "Westward" Advertising Poster

Date: 1886
Description: Advertising poster showing color illustration of pioneers on a bluff overlooking a McCormick binder harvesting grain in the valley below. The poster bears ...
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...
Postcard

International Harvester Postcard — Mexico

Date: 1910
Description: Postcard of farmers operating grain binders in Mexico. Includes a color illustration of two grain binders pulled by oxen or cattle. Original caption reads:...
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

Champion Farm Equipment Catalog Cover

Date: 1913
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester's Champion farm equipment, featuring a chromolithograph illustration of Native Americans ...
Book or Pamphlet

Kentucky Drills Catalog Cover

Date: 1913
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for the Kentucky line of grain drills sold by International Harvester. Features a color advertising illustration of a...
Photograph

Harvesting Grain by Hand in Mexico

Date: 06 29 1928
Description: Several people harvest grain by hand, while two men on horses look on. All the men wear sombreros; the men on horses wear suits, while the harvesters wear...
Photograph

Mail Carrier In Winter Near Mount Tab

Date: 
Description: View of a mail carrier using skis and a walking stick to navigate the snow of Mount Tab. The man carries a backpack and a dog sits at his feet.
Postcard

The Return From the Alps

Date: 
Description: Color postcard of a Swiss farmer returning home with his animals. Many of the animals, and five of the shepherds, are labeled with a name. The path loops b...
Postcard

International Harvester Postcard — Mexico

Date: 1909
Description: Postcard distributed by International Harvester Company featuring a color illustration of a harvesting scene: four people in the fields of Mexico operating...
Postcard

International Harvester Postcard — United States

Date: 1909
Description: Postcard distributed by International Harvester Company featuring a color illustration of a harvesting scene in the United States. The illustration depicts...
Print

Why Best Tractors are Tracklayers

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of an advertisement for Best tractors featuring a color illustration of a man using a plow pulled by two oxen to work in a field. The headline ...
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Mower in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Man using a team of horses to pull a mower in a field. Another man is standing and watching on the right. There are buildings on a hill in the distance on ...
Photograph

Men Using Horse-Drawn Mowers

Date: 1900
Description: Left side view of three men posing together while sitting on horse-drawn mowers. The horses are wearing fly-nets. A man stands with them on the right. In t...
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View across harvested field towards men and a young girl posing near a man using a horse-drawn McCormick binder. Farm buildings and fences are in the backg...
Photograph

Two Men with Horse-Drawn Binders

Date: 1900
Description: Three-quarter view from rear left of two men operating two horse-drawn McCormick binders in a field. Mountains are in the far background.
Photograph

Men Using Horse-Drawn Mowers

Date: 1900
Description: Rear view of two men using horse-drawn mowers in a field. Mountains are in the far background.
Photograph

Men Using Horse-Drawn Mowers

Date: 1900
Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of two men using horse-drawn mowers in a field. Mountains are in the far background.
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View across field, with mountains in the distance. On the left is a man coming down the field driving a horse-drawn binder. A man on the right appears to b...
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Three-quarter view from front right of a man using a horse-drawn binder in a field. Another man in the background is driving a horse-drawn buggy. In the fa...

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