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Battle of Gettysburg Advertising Poster

Date: 1886
Description: Color lithographed color advertising poster showing a McCormick grain binder at the Civil War battle of Gettysburg. The poster was based on a cyclorama by ...
Photograph

Lincoln Highway

Date: 1912
Description: View down hill toward two cars passing each other along the Lincoln Highway near Bedford, Pennsylvania. The Lincoln Highway was conceived in 1912 by Carl F...
Photograph

Farm Scene with Grain Binder

Date: 1905
Description: Farm scene including a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder, people, a farmhouse, and a barn.
Photograph

Man on Horse-Drawn Mower in Hilly Field

Date: 1899
Description: A man sporting a beard and wide-brimmed straw (?) hat is operating a mower pulled by two horses in a field. The field is on hilly terrain. A dirt road and ...
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Horse-Drawn Mower in Field

Date: 1899
Description: Rear view of a farmer operating a horse-drawn mower in a field. The words "E Rees Howard Farm. Newton Square Phila." have been etched into the emulsion of ...
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McCormick Horse-Drawn Grain Binder in Field

Date: 1899
Description: A farmer is operating a McCormick binder pulled by two horses in a field of grain. The gear mechanisms can be seen at the rear of the binder.
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McCormick Horse-Drawn Grain Binder on Hillside

Date: 1899
Description: Rear view of a farmer operating a McCormick grain binder pulled by two horses on a hillside. In the background are hills and trees.
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Horse-Drawn McCormick Open Elevator (?) Binder

Date: 1899
Description: A young farmer is sitting on what may be a horse-drawn McCormick right hand open elevator binder (?).
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Horse-Drawn McCormick Open Elevator (?) Binder

Date: 1900
Description: A farmer is operating what may be a McCormick open elevator (?) binder pulled by two horses in a field of grain on a gently sloping hillside.
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Cattle Grazing in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Landscape of a model farm (?) with cattle grazing in a field in the foreground. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, model farms were experimental fa...
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Cattle in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Cattle grazing in field. This may represent a model farm, an experimental farm of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Farmer Using Farmall M Tractor

Date: 1940
Description: A man uses a McCormick-Deering Farmall M tractor with a Number 8 bottom plow to work in a field.
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Farmall M with Number 8 Bottom Plow

Date: 1940
Description: Rear view of a man using a McCormick-Deering Farmall M tractor with a Number 8 bottom plow to do field work on a hillside. Farm buildings are in the backgr...
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DR-60 Truck

Date: 1938
Description: Two men use a DR-60 truck owned by J. Robert Bazley, Inc. to dump coal taken from Pennsylvania coal strippings into a chute leading to railroad cars. The m...
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Pennsylvania State Highway

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Description: A view of a country dirt road with a car pulled over to the right side. The road is part of the Pennsylvania State Highway, and is bordered by a fence on o...
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Lincoln Highway

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Description: Hilltop view looking down toward the Lincoln Highway and a Revolutionary War shot factory, both surrounded by woods and fields. Hills are in the far distan...
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Lincoln Highway

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Description: View down hillside toward the Lincoln Highway and a Revolutionary War shot factory, surrounded by woods and hills.
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Washington Bridge

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Description: Elevated view of the Washington Bridge, crossing over numerous railroad tracks. In the foreground is a train engine, dwellings, and a dilapidated brick str...
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Baily Mowing Machine

Date: 1919
Description: Mowing machine designed by Jabez Baily in a yard near a house or farm building.
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Baily Mowing Machine

Date: 1919
Description: A mowing machine designed by Jabez Baily in yard outside a house or farm building.

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