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McCormick Mower Flyer
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Flyer advertising the McCormick Mower, "monarch among mowers." Contains testimonials from various parts of the country. The reverse contains similiar testimonials about the McCormick "square tube harvester and simple knotter."
1889
McCormick Harvesting Machine Company
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McCormick No. 4 Mower Illustration
1887
Color illustration of the horse-drawn "New McCormick Steel Mower No. 4" from an advertising folder. Printed by Gies and Company, Buffalo.
McCormick No. 3 Steel Mower Illustration
1887
Illustration of a "McCormick Steel Mower No. 3" 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: "...
McCormick Always the Winner
1900
Flyer describing a McCormick Mower field trial victory in Plano, Alabama. Includes a small illustration of a farmer using the horse-drawn mower under the headline "McCormick always the winner."
McCormick Mower Illustration
1874
Illustration of a man operating a McCormick mower pulled by a team horses, under the headline "To-Hjulet Mower."
McCormick Interchangeable Twine and Wire Binder
1889
Flyer advertising the McCormick interchangeable twine and wire binder. Explains that farmers can use twine, when twine is cheapest and wire, when wire is cheapest to bind their grain.
