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Men with Sickle Bar Mower
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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 1878, Jan 23 1883."
1900
McCormick Harvesting Machine Company
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Stack of Sickle Bar Mowers at McCormick Works
January 24, 1916
Two rows of fifteen sickle bar mowers(?) stacked at an International Harvester factory (most likely McCormick Works in Chicago).
McCormick Mower at Monticello
June 21, 1899
A man is using a McCormick New 4 mower pulled by two horses to work on the farm land at Monticello.
Men Posing with McCormick Binder
1899
A group of five men are standing and sitting around a McCormick grain binder.
Men and Child With Automatic Self-Rake Reaper
1900
A girl wearing a dress and hat is carrying a metal pail towards men using a McCormick automatic self-rake reaper in a field.
McCormick Wire Binder of 1876
1900
Side view of a man using a McCormick wire binder pulled by three horses to work in a field.
Automatic Self-Rake Reaper
1900
A man leads two horses pulling a McCormick automatic self-rake reaper through a field while another man follows behind. In the background is a river or pond.
