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McCormick Advertising Folder
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Cover of a foldout advertising card produced by the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, manufacturers of agricultural machinery. Features an illustration of a young girl framed by shafts of wheat and the text, "I am looking for the McCormick binder my papa likes so well."
1886
McCormick Harvesting Machine Company
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W012SH8
WHi 39503
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McCormick Grain Binder Illustration
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Color illustration of a "McCormick Steel Harvester and Binder" from an advertising folder. Printed by Gies and Company, Buffalo.
McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Advertising Card
1886
Front of a card advertising the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. Illustrations show "primitive" harvesting methods alongside a McCormick binder and a McCormick mower. The bottom texxt reads: "...
Esterly Harvesting Machine Co. Brochure
1902
Full-size inside spread of foldout brochure. Features an illustration of the Esterly Steel Binder. Includes the phrase: "Folding platform / no trucks required."
