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Testing the First Reaping Machine

Date: 1883
Description: Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc...
Print

McCormick Harvesting Machinery Catalog Cover

Date: 1904
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for McCormick harvesting machines. The cover features an illustration of an old man wearing a hat, smoking a pipe and readi...
Book or Pamphlet

Osborne Harvesting Machines Catalog Cover

Date: 1902
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for D.M. Osborne & Co. harvesting machines showing three old men. Two of the men appear to be listening to the third man. I...
Print

Hitching The Tractor To The Implement, Tractor Safety Cartoon

Date: 1958
Description: Cartoon from an International Harvester operator's manual. The cartoon is underneath the heading: "Hitching the Tractor to the Implement". The cartoon depi...
Print

Storage, Safety Cartoon

Date: 1964
Description: Cartoon from an International Harvester operator's manual. The cartoon appears under the heading: "storage". The cartoon depicts a man wearing overalls, a ...
Book or Pamphlet

International Harvester Testimonial Brochure

Date: 1938
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure with testimonial letters from International Harvester customers. Features a drawing of a man looking over the shoulder of ...

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