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Poster

Advertising Handbill for Hatch and Whitely

Date: 1851
Description: Advertising handbill for reapers designed by A.J. Cook and manufactured by Hatch and Whitely of Springfield in Clark County, Ohio.
Book or Pamphlet

Empire Mower, Reaper & Twine Binder Catalog

Date: 1883
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for J.F. Seiberling, manufacturer of agricultural equipment, featuring a color chromolithograph illustration of a horse-dr...
Book or Pamphlet

Champion Machine Company Catalog

Date: 1869
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for Champion reaping and mowing machines manufactured by the Champion Machine Company. The cover features a color illustra...
Book or Pamphlet

Whiteley, Fassler & Kelly Catalog

Date: 1871
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the Champion reaper and mower manufactured by Whiteley, Fassler & Kelly. The cover features an illustration of a farme...
Book or Pamphlet

Champion Reapers and Mowers Catalog Cover

Date: 1879
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the Champion line of reapers and mowers manufactured by Warder, Mitchell, and Company. The cover features a color illu...
Book or Pamphlet

Buckeye Binder, Mower and Reaper

Date: 1901
Description: Front and back cover of an advertising leaflet for Aultman, Miller and Company. The advertisement includes color illustrations of the horse-drawn Buckeye r...
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 ...
Photograph

Stacking Alfalfa

Date: 
Description: Horse-drawn wagons surround a large stack of alfalfa while men are using horses to lift more on the pile. Cornfalfa Farms.
Photograph

Horse-Powered Hay Press

Date: 01 15 1908
Description: Three men in a field use a horse-powered hay press. Two carriages are on the the left.
Book or Pamphlet

Mansfield Machine Works Catalog Cover

Date: 1870
Description: Front cover of a mower and reaper catalog. Features a color illustration of a man using a mower in field, with the caption: "Mower Finger Bar Lifter Over a...
Book or Pamphlet

Peerless Reaper Co. Catalog Cover

Date: 1880
Description: Catalog cover with gold and black ink illustrations. In the center a woman standing on a globe of the earth carries a sheaf of wheat on her shoulder and a ...
Print

The Tiger, King of Rakes Advertising Card

Date: 1879
Description: Features a color illustration of a man using a horse-drawn sulky rake.
Book or Pamphlet

Champion Light Binder

Date: 1884
Description: Brochure titled: "50 Reasons Why the Champion Light Binder Takes the Lead." At the bottom is an illustration of a man standing and pointing at an inset ill...
Book or Pamphlet

William Anson Wood Catalog Cover

Date: 1882
Description: Front cover of catalog for mowing and reaping machines. The cover has a red and black design surrounding a tilted inset illustration of a man using a mower...
Print

Empire Mower and Reaper

Date: 1893
Description: Lithograph of the Empire Mower and Reaper; several other reaper manufacturers and models are identified in the illustration which appears above the text: “...
Photograph

Power Section of Horse-Powered Hay Press

Date: 01 15 1908
Description: Power section of a horse-powered Hay Press outdoors in a field. There is a horse behind a fence in the background on the right.
Photograph

Baling Operation

Date: 10 02 1908
Description: View towards four men using a horse-powered hay press. Three men are working with the hay press, and another man is standing on top of the large haystack. ...
Photograph

Man with Horse-Drawn Manure Spreader

Date: 06 17 1909
Description: Right side view of a man driving a horse-drawn manure spreader. In the background is a fence.
Photograph

Men Using Horse-Drawn Hay Press

Date: 10 13 1909
Description: View across field towards three men using a horse-drawn hay press to bale hay. One man is standing on a pile of hay on the right. Another man is standing o...
Photograph

Men Operating Hay Press Near Barn

Date: 11 03 1909
Description: View towards three men operating a horse-powered hay press near a barn.

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