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Diagram of McCormick's Reaper

Date: 1867
Description: A diagram of McCormick's cultivator-reaper, which was patented in 1845. The illustration, titled "The Cultivator" depicts a man using a rake to remove the ...
Book or Pamphlet

Excelsior Harvesting Machinery Catalog

Date: 1890
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Excelsior harvesting machinery manufactured by Hoover and Gamble. Features a color illustration of a boy and girl in a ...
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Men Using Tractor and Threshing Machine

Date: 1897
Description: Large group portrait of men and young boys operating a steam tractor that is being used for belt-driven threshing machinery in a field. In the foreground a...
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Harvesting Machinery Catalog Cover

Date: 1889
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for William Deering & Company, manufacturers of harvesting machinery. The cover features a framed inset of a scene of...
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Advertising Catalog

Date: 1889
Description: Advertising catalog for grain cutting (harvesting) machinery manufactured by William Deering and Company. Features an illustration of children sitting with...
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Horse-Drawn Hay Rake

Date: 07 20 1921
Description: Man operating a horse-drawn hay rake. Two boys and a man in the background are piling the cut hay.
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Karst Family

Date: 1895
Description: Women bringing lunch to the men working in the field. The men are harvesting grain using a horse-drawn grain binder.
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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.
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Young Boy Operating Corn Binder

Date: 1895
Description: View towards a young boy operating a corn binder pulled by two horses. The binder is moving along a row of corn. An empty carriage or buggy is sitting in 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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People in Front of Farm Buildings

Date: 
Description: View across barnyard of men and boys displaying horses. Two boys are posing on top of a heavily loaded wagon, possibly sacks of potatoes, in front of a bar...
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Men Operating Farm Machinery

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of men and boys operating a steam tractor used for belt-driven threshing machinery. Farm buildings are on the right, and one has a thatched r...
Photograph

Man and Young Boy Using Horse-Drawn Binders in a Field

Date: 1900
Description: A man and a young boy are each driving a horse-drawn binder in a field. A group of four men are standing in the background on the left with sheaves of whea...
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Man and Young Boy Using Horse-Drawn Binders in a Field

Date: 1900
Description: A man and a young boy are each driving a horse-drawn binder in a field. A man wearing a hat and suspenders is standing in the foreground on the left. On th...
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Two Young Men with Two Horse-Drawn Binders

Date: 1900
Description: View of two young men with two horse-drawn binders in a field. There is a wooden fence and trees behind them.
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Men in Field with Horse-Drawn Mowers

Date: 1900
Description: Two men using horse-drawn mowers in a field. A man wearing a suit is standing on the left. A man is standing behind the mower on the right holding a scythe...
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Young Boy with Corn Binder in Cleared Field

Date: 1900
Description: Young boy using a horse-drawn corn binder in a cornfield.
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Girl Posing near Man on Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Young girl and man standing in a field near a man using a horse-drawn McCormick binder in a field. Left side view of horse-drawn binder. The horse in front...
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Left side view of a man using a horse-drawn binder in a field. The horses are wearing fly-nets. Another man, or young boy, is standing in the background on...
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Men and Boys in Field with Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View towards a group of men and boys in a field standing near a man on a horse-drawn McCormick binder. The horses are wearing fly-nets. Behind the group is...

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