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Men with Deering Auto-Mower
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A group of men outdoors are standing behind a Deering Auto-Mower holding Deering signs. The mower was an experimental gas powered mowing machine. The text above the photograph reads: "'Automobile' Mower - Development Started 1894."
1900
Deering Harvester Company
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Deering Auto-Mower
1900
Man operating an Auto-Mower in a field. The Auto-Mower was an experimental gas powered mowing machine. This version was likely produced by the Deering Harvester Company.
Experimental Automower
1900
Experimental "auto mower" on display, possibly in the Deering Harvester Company display at the 1900 Paris Exposition.
McCormick Auto-Mower
July 24, 1900
Engineer E.A. Johnston operating a single-cylinder version of the McCormick Auto-Mower at the McCormick Works. Johnston was Director of Engineering for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. The...
Men with Sickle Bar Mower
1900
Three men posing with a piece of McCormick agricultural machinery, possibly a sickle bar mower (?). The writing on the machine reads, "McCormick H.M. Co. Harvester. Patented Mar 14 1876, Nov 26 187...
McCormick Auto-Mower
1900
A well-dressed man is sitting in the seat of a McCormick Auto-Mower, possibly at the Paris Exposition. The experimental machine is thought by some to be the first gas-powered tractor.
