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Champion Harvester and Binder

Date: 1882
Description: Advertising handbill for the Champion harvester and binder. Includes the text: "the Champion light binder, is the only simple, light, durable, efficient wo...
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Mower in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Man in a field in the seat of a mower drawn by two horses. The mower may be a McCormick, manufactured by the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company.
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Sweep Horsepower Threshing

Date: 1890
Description: Sweep horsepower threshing. Men and products lined up near the machinery with a large haystack on the left.
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Threshing with Horses

Date: 1900
Description: Threshing with horse sweep power and men at work.
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Katherine Dexter McCormick Operating a Grain Binder

Date: 08 1905
Description: Katherine Dexter McCormick operating a horse-drawn grain binder on a 1,320 acre farm near west of Fargo, North Dakota. The five men following the binder ar...
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Harvesting Corn

Date: 1902
Description: A farmer is using a corn binder, while two other men are collecting the shocks. A farmhouse is in the background with several individuals standing on the p...
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Threshing Grain by Horse Power

Date: 1834
Description: Threshing of grain by horse power, US patent.
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Group of People Posed Along Storefronts

Date: 1900
Description: Large group of people posed in commercial area on a wooden sidewalk. Leigeois Bar, Implement Store, and Blacksmith Shop. Joseph Leigeois is shown in the fo...
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Mower in Field

Date: 1900
Description: A man is using what appears to be a mower drawn by two horses to work in a field. Farm buildings and other workers are in the background, as well as child...
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Auction Sale on the Leo Melcher Farm

Date: 1889
Description: Broadside advertising an auction on the Leo Melcher farm. Items for sale included livestock, feed and crops, farm machinery, and household items including ...
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Wallin Brothers Threshing Rig

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Description: Crew of men harvesting grain using horses, a tractor and a thresher. Three men standing in the field at left are wearing suits and hats.
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John Quinney

Date: 1920
Description: John Quinney, Richard Quinney's grandfather, standing in front of a horse-drawn harrow on the fields of his farm.
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Threshing Day

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Description: Threshing day in the fields at the Quinney family farm. View includes, two workers, a tractor powering the thresher, a horse-drawn cart full of straw, a t...
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Hay Mowing

Date: 1947
Description: Young Ralph Quinney driving a horse-drawn hay-mower on his family's farm.
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Harvesting Corn

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Description: Three men in a cornfield, mid-harvest. One of the men is seated on a horse-drawn harvester. "McCormick Chicago" (rest of text illegible) can be read on the...
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Binding Oats

Date: 1915
Description: Several agricultural workers are shown binding oats using horse-drawn equipment. A team of five horses are pulling agricultural equipment, and another team...
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Harvesting Rice

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Description: View of a field of rice being harvested. A team of horses are pulling agricultural equipment, and several houses/outbuildings are in the distance. Caption ...
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Harvesting Wheat

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Description: Two teams of horses aren pulling agricultural machinery, and a horse-drawn carriage is nearby. Most of the large field has been harvested, and bundles of w...
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Harvesting Wheat

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Description: Several men are shown using harvesting machinery in a field of wheat. Several teams of horses are pulling the machinery.
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Harvest Scene

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Description: Agricultural workers harvest wheat. Several teams of horses are pulling harvesting machinery. Workers gather the wheat into bundles. Caption reads: "Harves...

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