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Photograph

Combining at Night

Date: 1970
Description: Farmer harvesting grain with International 915 combine (harvester-thresher) at night. There is a truck in the right foreground.
Photograph

Russian Men Threshing Grain

Date: 1910
Description: Four men threshing grain by hand while two children are watching. The location is Russia, probably near Lubertzy.
Photograph

No. 141 Harvester-Thresher

Date: 1954
Description: Color photograph of a farmer harvesting grain with a McCormick No. 141 harvester-thresher (combine) and an International truck.
Photograph

McCormick No. 141 Harvester-Thresher

Date: 1954
Description: Man operating a McCormick No. 141 harvester-thresher (combine) in a field.
Photograph

Threshing with Tractor

Date: 1912
Description: Men running a thresher off of the belt drive of an International tractor.
Photograph

Threshing with Engine and Horses

Date: 12 20 1907
Description: Men are working with horses, a threshing machine, a push binder(?) and stationary engine in a field. A group of men and women with a horse-drawn buggy are ...
Photograph

Stationary Engine and Thresher

Date: 1915
Description: Men are operating a thresher and a stationary engine near a barn.
Book or Pamphlet

Minneapolis Threshing Machine Brochure

Date: 1917
Description: Front cover of a booklet produced to advertise the Minneapolis threshing machine. The cover is decorated with the word "Satisfaction" and the company's log...
Book or Pamphlet

Twin City Agricultural Equipment Advertisement

Date: 1920
Description: Advertisement for Twin City tractors and threshers, produced by the Minneapolis Steel and Machinery Company. The text on the advertisement reads: "Power fo...
Print

Right Arm of Agriculture Advertisement

Date: 1921
Description: Advertisement for Twin City Power Farming and Equipment featuring the text "The Right Arm of Agriculture" and an illustration of a farmer's arm beside illu...
Book or Pamphlet

Threshing Machinery Booklet

Date: 1918
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising Nichols & Shepard Company threshing machinery featuring a color illustration of farmers using a Red River Special thre...
Book or Pamphlet

Threshing Machinery Booklet Back Cover

Date: 1918
Description: Back cover of a booklet advertising Nichols & Shepard Company threshing machinery, which features a color illustration of a tractor powering a threshing m...
Book or Pamphlet

Lauson Tractor Usages

Date: 1925
Description: Inside pages of a pamphlet advertising the Lauson tractor, depicting six usages of the equipment on a farm: plowing, silo filling, discing, corn shelling, ...
Book or Pamphlet

Port Huron Advertisement

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the Port Huron Wild Cat agitator and the Port Huron "rusher-thresher." The page features illustrations of a wild cat ...
Print

Separation by Pitchfork

Date: 1918
Description: Illustration titled: "This is the Whole Story of Modern, Clean and Successful Threshing." The top section reads: "This is the way to Separate by hand with ...
Print

Orchard Tractor and Thresherman's Special

Date: 1937
Description: Advertisement for the Oliver Hart-Parr orchard tractor (pictured at top left) and the thresherman's special. The slogan at the top of the page reads: "Oliv...
Print

Baker Grain Thresher

Date: 1929
Description: Side view of the Baker grain thresher. The caption beneath the illustration reads: "We invite you to study carefully and thoroughly this interior view of t...
Book or Pamphlet

Avery Threshers Advertisement

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the Avery Yellow-Fellow and Yellow-Kid threshers. The cover features an illustration of men using threshers in a farm...
Book or Pamphlet

Threshing Machines Pamphlet

Date: 1921
Description: Back cover of a pamphlet advertising Advance-Rumely threshing machines featuring a color illustration of farmers using a stationary thresher near a barn.
Book or Pamphlet

Geiser Thresher

Date: 1919
Description: Pamphlet advertising the Geiser No.4 and No. 5 thresher featuring a photograph of a man and dog beside the machine, and the cut-out shape of a tractor on t...

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