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"McCormick Day" in Small Rural Town

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view of farmers lined up in horse-drawn wagons loaded with their new McCormick farm machines. Their wagons are adorned with "McCormick" signs and ...
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Deering Ideal Corn Binder

Date: 1911
Description: A man and three children gather around a man operating a horse-drawn Deering Ideal corn binder in E. Nyquist's cornfield.
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Husker-Shredder Powered by Engine

Date: 1905
Description: Farmers using a husker-shredder(?) powered by an engine. A man and two children look on from the doorway of a barn. Another man is standing on a horse-draw...
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Horse-drawn Buggy Approaching Farmer on McCormick Binder

Date: 1899
Description: A farmer is operating a McCormick grain binder pulled by two horses in a field. A young child wearing a wide-brimmed hat is watching, and a horse-drawn bug...
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Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: A man is picking up bundles of grain by hand, while another man is operating a horse-drawn grain binder. In the left background is a group of people in a s...
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Horse-Drawn Mower and Carriage in Field

Date: 1900
Description: View towards a man wearing a banded hat operating a horse-drawn mower in a field. In the background there is a boy standing near a man in a horse-drawn car...
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Farmstead

Date: 1920
Description: View of a barn, farmhouse, outbuilding and tractor on an International Harvester demonstration farm.
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Group of Men and Boys in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of three young boys standing in a field with men who are posing near horse-drawn carriages. There are many piles of cut grain in the field. A...
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Group of Men with Hay Stacker

Date: 1895
Description: A large group of men and a boy are working in a field harvesting hay. There is a large pile of hay with a man standing on top of it. Other men are using a ...
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Harvesting Hay with Hay Stacker

Date: 1895
Description: Outdoor group portrait of men harvesting hay. Two men are standing on top of a haystack with pitchforks filled with hay. A wooden counter-weighted hay stac...
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Boy Operating McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View down mowed section of field, with a young boy on the right operating a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder. Two men are working in the field gathering ...
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Group of People and Horses with Farm Equipment

Date: 1900
Description: Group of men, children, women and horses posing with farm equipment in front of farm buildings, a farmhouse, and a windmill. A man is posing on a McCormick...
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Men in Field with Grain Binders

Date: 1900
Description: Men are posing in a row of horse-drawn McCormick grain binders. A man and child are posing in a horse-drawn carriage. In the background is a farmhouse and ...
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Group of Men and Boys Harvesting Corn

Date: 1900
Description: View down corn rows of field of a large group of men and boys harvesting corn stalks. Several men are filling a wagon. Behind them is a man operating a cor...
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Haying Operation

Date: 1900
Description: Men are working with a horse-drawn mower and a horse-powered hay stacker in a field. Two men and a child are standing on a large stack of hay, and a horse-...
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Mower in Field

Date: 1900
Description: People are gathered in a field near a man using a horse-drawn mower in a field. There are horse-drawn buggies and farm buildings on the left.
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: A man wearing a suit is standing behind the binder. In the background people are standing and sitting near horse-drawn carriages.
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Men and Boys in Field with Man on Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: A boy is sitting on one of the horses pulling the horse-drawn binder. A man and three boys are standing on the right holding sheaves of wheat. In the backg...
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Mower near Shoreline

Date: 1900
Description: View from rear of a man using a horse-drawn McCormick binder in a sloped field on the right. On the left a group of people are posing. Men and a young boy ...
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Threshing Operation

Date: 1914
Description: Group of men, and two young boys, using a thresher near a barn.

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