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Book or Pamphlet

William Deering and Company Harvesting Machinery Catalog

Date: 1886
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for William Deering and Company farm machinery. Features an illustration of a young woman in a wheat field surrounded by bi...
Photograph

Harvesting Wheat with a Cradle

Date: 1918
Description: A farmer using a cradle to harvest wheat in a field. Farm buildings are in the far background.
Photograph

Milwaukee Grain Binder in Field

Date: 1910
Description: A farmer operating a horse-drawn Milwaukee grain binder in a field.
Photograph

McCormick Reapers in a Wheat Field

Date: 08 11 1963
Description: Two men on two McCormick reapers at work in a wheat field. In the distance several farm buildings are visible with large clouds in the sky.
Photograph

McCormick Binders on Hillside

Date: 1900
Description: Two farmers are using McCormick grain binders along the side of a steep hill overlooking farm buildings below.
Photograph

McCormick Grain Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: A man is using a McCormick grain binder pulled by three horses to harvest a crop of wheat in a field surrounded by trees.
Photograph

McCormick Binder near Children in Wheat Field

Date: 1900
Description: Four small children are sitting on shocks of wheat in a field as a man is operating a McCormick grain binder nearby. Farm buildings and a fence are in the ...
Photograph

Boy Riding McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Boy operating a McCormick grain binder pulled by two white horses through a field. Trees are in the background.
Photograph

Group of Men Posing in Field with Three Grain Binders

Date: 1895
Description: A large group of men, mostly African American, posing in a field with three McCormick grain binders. Each binder is being operated by a man and is pulled b...
Photograph

Four Men and One Boy in Field with Grain Binder

Date: 1895
Description: One man is operating a grain binder pulled by two horses, while three other men and a boy are working in the field near him. One man is holding a cradle us...
Photograph

Man and Children with McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1895
Description: Elevated view of five children sitting in a field of grain. Behind them a man operates a McCormick grain binder pulled by two horses, one wearing a fly-net...
Photograph

Men and Boys Waving near McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Group portrait of men and boys waving in a field. One man is operating a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder. Another man and a boy are in a horse-drawn bug...
Historical Object

McCormick Woodcut

Date: 
Description: Original woodcut created for the letterpress print of McCormick's Harvester and Self Binder. It has three sections and is connected using wood splines. An ...
Historical Object

McCormick Electrotype

Date: 
Description: Electrotype created for the letterpress print of McCormick's Harvester and Self Binder. A woodcut was created first, the electrotype next, then the letterp...
Print

McCormick Letterpress Print of Wire Binder

Date: 1877
Description: Letterpress print of McCormick's Harvester and Self Binder (wire binder). The grain binder is operated by a man seated on the machine and pulled by two hor...
Painting

State Fair Centennial Mural Study Sketch

Date: 1948
Description: Prior to the 1948 State Fair, artist Robert Hodgell traveled Wisconsin to study its many landscapes. He then produced a series of study sketches outlining ...
Photograph

Four Young Girls near Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Rear view of a man posing on a horse-drawn McCormick binder. Nearby on the right four young girls are sitting in the field on sheaves of wheat. In the back...

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