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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

Deering Harvester Advertising Poster

Date: 1899
Description: Advertising poster featuring color illustation of three men and a dog watching a farmer harvest grain with a horse-drawn Deering Ideal grain binder. The me...
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

River Scene with Cows

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Description: River, with fence in foreground, reflecting trees and sunlight. On the right is a field with cows, a man near a fence, and a small dog.
Photograph

Horse and Buggy Near Mining Camp

Date: 09 1910
Description: People gathered around a horse-drawn buggy on the dividing line between the Ferris-Hagerty property and the Leighton-Wyoming mines. Harry Dankoler is to th...
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

Drilling Wheat

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Description: Elevated view of two men using agricultural machinery to drill (plant) wheat. "Superior" sign is on the machinery. A boy and a dog stand nearby. A horse an...
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...

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