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Grinding Corn with a Farmall C Tractor

Date: 1950
Description: View towards a farmer standing at an open barn door pouring corn into a belt-driven McCormick hammer mill powered by a Farmall C tractor.
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McCormick-Deering No. 31-RW West Coast Special Harvester-Thresher

Date: 1936
Description: Farmer Frank Rakow harvesting corn with a McCormick-Deering no. 31-RW West Coast Special harvester-thresher (combine). Mr. Rakow and the No. 31-RW are work...
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Man in Field near Farmstead

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Description: A man is standing in a field with corn and other crops, with a windmill on a wooden tower and a barn in the background. Two carriages are also visible, one...
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McCormick Grain Binders at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 1900
Description: Two men use horse-drawn McCormick grain binders in a field in front of a dairy barn at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A grain elevator or walkway ext...
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McCormick Binders at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 1900
Description: Two men use horse-drawn McCormick grain binders in a field in front of a dairy barn at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A grain elevator or walkway ext...
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McCormick-Deering One-Row Corn Picker

Date: 1930
Description: McCormick-Deering one-row tank corn picker pulled by a Farmall Regular tractor in a field. Stencils are on the picker.
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McCormick-Deering Two-Row Corn Picker

Date: 1930
Description: Man operating a McCormick-Deering two-row corn picker in field. Stencils and/or decals are on the machine.
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McCormick-Deering Power Drive Corn Picker

Date: 1929
Description: McCormick-Deering power drive corn picker in action in the field. Two men are emptying the contents from the picker into a wooden wagon.
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Corn Harvest at IH Demonstration Farm

Date: 1924
Description: Men on an International Harvester demonstration farm are feeding corn into a husker-shredder as a boy is holding a burlap bag to the machine to catch the k...
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McCormick-Deering Corn Picker

Date: 12 29 1928
Description: Front view of man driving a tractor with a McCormick-Deering corn picker (possibly a No. 20) in a field. Decals and/or stencils are on the machine.
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McCormick-Deering No.2 Corn Sheller and Farmall Regular

Date: 12 1930
Description: McCormick-Deering No.2 corn sheller and Farmall Regular tractor on Dick Wormley's farm. A man stands on the left gathering the shelled corn into a "utility...
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McCormick-Deering No. 31 Harvester-Thresher

Date: 1936
Description: McCormick-Deering No.31 harvester-thresher (combine) in a field. Original caption reads "New 31-RW West Coast Special harvester-thresher in "gyp" corn on 1...
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Clogged Silo Filler Knives

Date: 10 04 1926
Description: A man is reaching into a running machine to clean clogged silo filler blades, demonstrating farm hazards on International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental...
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International Corn Harvester

Date: 1964
Description: A man is sitting behind the steering wheel of a Farmall tractor outfitted with a McCormick International Model 234 corn harvester.
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International Harvester Axial-Flow Combine

Date: 1977
Description: A man uses an International Harvester axial-flow combine in a cornfield.
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Husker and Shredder in Farm Yard

Date: 1902
Description: Men with a wagon feeding corn stalks into a husker-shredder near a barn. Other farm implements are in the foreground behind a fence, and a windmill is in t...
Print

King Corn

Date: 1901
Description: Advertisement for the grand exhibition of the McCormick corn binder, endorsed by "King Corn." Features an illustration of a Native American man and a photo...
Book or Pamphlet

The Language of the Hand — Moline Plow Co. Catalog

Date: 1871
Description: Front and back cover of catalog. Front features an illustration of 6 hands, each labeled from A-F. The back has an illustration of the "Flying Dutchman" tr...
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Corn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View across harvested field of a man using a horse-drawn McCormick corn binder in a cornfield. The corn is in a strange position in the binder, possibly fo...
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Titan Powering Corn Separator

Date: 1920
Description: Titan tractor belt-driving a corn separator in a field. Men are working with horse-drawn wagons near the tractor.

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