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IHC Hay Presses

Date: 1914
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for IHC hay presses featuring an illustration of a landscape of a valley with farms and fields.
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Ball Mower and Reaper Advertisement

Date: 1870
Description: Advertising brochure for the Ohio Mower and Reaper manufactured by Ephraim Ball. The advertisement features a line drawing of men using two mowers pulled b...
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Osborne Twine Binder Advertisement

Date: 1884
Description: Advertisement for the Number 14 Osborne Light Twine Binder, featuring a color illustration of a man using a horse-drawn grain binder in a field.
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Champion Trade Card

Date: 1875
Description: Advertising card produced by Warder, Mitchell and Company, manufacturers of the Champion line of agricultural machinery. Features a color illustration of a...
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Deering Trade Card

Date: 1883
Description: Advertising card produced by William Deering (later known as William Deering and Company), manufacturer of agricultural machinery. Features at the top an i...
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McCormick Family Farm

Date: 1885
Description: Engraved illustration of "Walnut Grove," the "homestead of the McCormick family" in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Cyrus Hall McCormick developed the first s...
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Manny's Reaper and Mower Advertisement

Date: 1856
Description: Engraved illustration from an advertising booklet for Manny's Patent Adjustable reaper and mower. The page features two images of men operating the reaper ...
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Manny and Company's Circular Cover

Date: 1856
Description: Cover page of a Manny & Co. advertising circular featuring two illustrations of men using Manny's reaper and mower. The top illustration shows the reaper a...
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McCormick Advertisement — "Take It Cool"

Date: 1897
Description: An advertisement designed with images of three hand fans decorated with scenes of farmers using McCormick farming machinery. A ribbon across the bottom car...
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T-20 TracTracTor Brochure

Date: 1938
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for T-20 TracTracTors (crawler tractors), featuring photographs of tractors plowing a field; harvesting with a combine (har...
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G.E. Evans Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of G.E. Evans, a grower of cultivated cranberries from New Lisbon, Wisconsin. Includes an illustration by (A.?) R.R. Richards of people working ...
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Russell and Company Advertising Booklet

Date: 1919
Description: Back cover of a booklet titled, "The Russell & Co. Year Book of Tractors & Threshers." The text reads: "The Old Reliable Line. 78th Year. 1842 to 1919. Geo...
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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...
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Rumely Farm Truck

Date: 1921
Description: Front cover of an advertisement for the Rumely 1 1/2 ton farm truck. An illustration depicts a man driving the truck past a cornfield and farm buildings.
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Cletrac Tank-Type Tractor

Date: 1920
Description: Advertisement for the Cletrac tank-type crawler tractor featuring photographs of the tractor in action on a farm. The photographs illustrate, clockwise fro...
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What the Wallis Will Do

Date: 1920
Description: Advertisement for the Wallis tractor, featuring multiple photographs of farmers using the tractor in the field along with a headline reading: "What the Wal...
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The Mail Plane

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Description: Engraved print depicting two people harvesting grain along a fence line in a field. One person holds a scythe while the other carries a bucket, possibly th...
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Johnston Harvester Company Advertising Card

Date: 1876
Description: Advertising card with a color illustration of a man using the Johnston Light Combine in a field with two horses. The back of the card describes the agricul...
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Minneapolis Harvester Works Advertising Cards

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Description: Front and back of three advertising cards with color illustrations of a woman named "Minnie" and the same man in three different scenes. The front of the l...
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Print of Two Men with a Horse-Drawn Mower

Date: 08 21 1909
Description: Two men sitting on a horse-drawn mower in a field. One man is driving and the other is raking.

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