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McCormick Catalog Cover
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Color lithograph cover illustration for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows a field of grain with a man harvesting by hand at an "1801" marker and a man harvesting with a horse-drawn grain binder at an "1899" marker. Includes the text: "The End of the Century," and "McCormick, First in the Field."
1899
International Harvester Company
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W012S1D
WHi 4420
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