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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...
Print

McCormick Catalog Art

Date: 1894
Description: Color lithograph illustration on the back cover of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows an American Revolutionary War battle scene. Also...
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

Harold McCormick Family Portrait at Walnut Grove, Virginia

Date: 1922
Description: Harold F. McCormick family, farm laborers, and various animals on the Walnut Grove estate at Raphine, Virginia. Harold McCormick was the son of Cyrus Hall ...
Book or Pamphlet

International Ensilage Cutters Catalog

Date: 1918
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International ensilage cutters, featuring an illustration of farmers using an ensilage cutter to fill a silo. At the bo...
Book or Pamphlet

D.M. Osborne Catalog Cover

Date: 1899
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the D.M. Osborne Company, manufacturers of agricultural machinery. Features an illustration of a farmer in a barnyard w...
Poster

International Tractor and Engine Poster

Date: 1913
Description: Advertising poster for International tractors and engines featuring an illustration of a farmer using a cultivator in a field beside a herd of cows. The ma...
Poster

IHC Gasoline Engine Advertising Poster

Date: 1913
Description: Advertising poster for International Harvester stationary, portable and traction engines. Features color illustrations of engines and tractors in a number ...
Photograph

Harrison Street Bridge

Date: 
Description: View from what appears to be a lumber yard of men posed standing on the newly constructed Harrison Street bridge that replaced one destroyed in the flood o...
Print

Hart-Parr Advertisement

Date: 1925
Description: Front cover of a Hart-Parr advertising booklet featuring a color illustration of a farmer using the Hart-Parr 30 tractor to work in a field on a farmstead,...
Book or Pamphlet

Pages from The Oliver Alphabet

Date: 1889
Description: Interior pages of the pamplet, with illustrations for the letter "H" and "I."
Print

Wisconsin State Fair Letterhead

Date: 1952
Description: Letterhead for the Wisconsin State Fair, with a state fair ribbon superimposed on a silhouette of the state, and two vignettes of agricultural and industri...

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