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McCormick Catalog Art

Date: 1894
Description: Color lithograph illustration on the back cover of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows an American Revolutionary War battle scene. Also...
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Oliver Chilled Plow Works Advertisement

Date: 1883
Description: Lithographed advertising card for the Oliver Chilled Plow Works commemorating the new year, 1884. The card features two color illustrations within a gold f...
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Fuller & Johnson Mfg. Co., Ltd.

Date: 1890
Description: Foldout cards in a 10-page brochure for Fuller & Johnson Mfg. Co., Ltd., manufacturers of farm implements, based in Madison, WI. The top illustration is fo...
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The Evolution of the Reaper, Part One

Date: 1883
Description: Three illustrations from an 1883 McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog portraying the evolution of the reaper. The first drawing is captioned: "Firs...
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The Evolution of the Reaper, Part Two

Date: 1883
Description: Three illustrations from an 1883 McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog portraying the evolution of the reaper. The first drawing is captioned: "Four...
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Advertising Card

Date: 1886
Description: Front of a card advertising the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. Illustrations show "primitive" harvesting methods alongside a McCormick binder and a ...
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Advertising Card

Date: 1886
Description: Inside of a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company advertising card. Features color illustrations demonstrating the development of harvesting technology, in...
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FIELD TESTS are "NO GOOD" For a "No Good" Machine

Date: 1893
Description: An advertisement for the McCormick No. 4 Steel Mower in the December edition of The Farmer's Advance, a publication of the McCormick Harvesting Mach...
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McCormick Wire Binder Advertisement

Date: 1878
Description: Advertisement for the McCormick Combined Reaping and Self-Binding Machines, as manufactured by the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company [or possibly C.H. a...
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Tractor Ergonomics

Date: 08 21 1919
Description: Page from Motor Age magazine showing tractor operator's positions, including the Wichita, Eagle, Best, Frick, Moline, Fordson, Royer, and Cletrac tr...
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Canadian La Crosse Happy Farmer Advertising

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Description: An advertisement for a newspaper or magazine in French for the La Crosse Happy Farmer Models A and B tractors. The local dealer was the Renfrew Machinery C...
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"A Lesson in Arithmatic" Happy Farmer Tractor Advertising

Date: 1917
Description: The cover of a La Crosse Tractor advertisement from M. Maloney Company, Syracuse, N.Y.
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La Crosse Tractor Advertisement for the Model F and G Tractors

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Description: Am advertisement for the La Crosse Models F and G tractors. Color illustration depicts a man and woman watching another man driving a tractor. Includes a g...
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La Crosse Model M Introduction

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Description: A magazine advertisement introducing the La Crosse Model M tractor. Depicts a man with a pitchfork standing near a tractor. In the background are farm buil...
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Manny and Company's Circular Cover

Date: 1856
Description: Cover page of a Manny & Co. advertising circular featuring two illustrations of men using Manny's reaper and mower. The top illustration shows the reaper a...
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Jeff the Dictator

Date: 1860
Description: Two images of Jefferson Davis within a rope forming a figure eight. At the top, Davis is standing proudly in a uniform holding a sword. The skull and cross...
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IH Outdoor Recreation Equipment Brochure

Date: 1936
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for International Harvester golf equipment. Features a photograph of a man driving a Fairway-12 Tractor on the Bobby Jones...
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McCormick-Deering Wide Type Disk Harrows Flyer

Date: 1938
Description: Front of an advertising flyer for McCormick-Deering wide type disk harrows. Includes photographs of 10-20 tractors pulling disk harrows. Caption reads: "A...
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No. 51 Harvester-Thresher Brochure

Date: 1938
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the No. 51 harvester-thresher (combine). Includes the text: "Harvesting Hillside Crops with the McCormick-Deering No.5...
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DYRR Heavy Duty Beet Plows and Sub-Soilers

Date: 1938
Description: Dyrr heavy duty beet plow and sub-soiler brochure cover featuring a photograph of man pulling a beet plow with an International TracTracTor (crawler tracto...

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