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N.C. Wyeth Depiction of McCormick Reaper Demonstration

Date: 1931
Description: Painting by N.C. Wyeth depicting the public demonstration of the first reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steele's Tavern, Virginia in 1831. The painting sh...
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International "Red Baby" Truck Leaving Rural Farmstead

Date: 1923
Description: International "Red Baby" (model S) truck loaded with binder twine(?) and a stationary engine leaving a rural farmstead. In the background a woman holding a...
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Harold McCormick Family Portrait at Walnut Grove, Virginia

Date: 1922
Description: Harold F. McCormick family, farm laborers, and various animals on the Walnut Grove estate at Raphine, Virginia. Harold McCormick was the son of Cyrus Hall ...
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Miniature Farm Display at Muscatine Imp. Co.

Date: 07 02 1929
Description: A tabletop display of a miniature farm, including a house, barn, garage, windmill, fences, plants, tractor, truck, animals, and two water pumps. A sign on ...
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Cream Separator at Farmhouse

Date: 1923
Description: A woman wearing an apron is standing on the porch of a farmhouse to look at a McCormick cream separator at the base of the stairs. Nearby a man wearing ove...
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Men with Lime Pulverizer

Date: 1920
Description: A man is feeding limestone into a "Jeffrey lime pulver" powered by an International tractor. A pile of rocks is in the foreground, and a farmhouse and anot...
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Farm Equipment in Snow

Date: 1915
Description: A plow is sitting in the snow in front of farm buildings and a woodpile. The photograph was likely taken to illustrate the hazards of improper equipment st...
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Farm Implements in Snow

Date: 1915
Description: Several farm implements, including a grain binder and mower, sitting in a barnyard covered with snow. A shed, farmhouse, and woodpile are in the background...
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Man with Horse-Drawn Mower

Date: 1916
Description: Rear view of a man leading two horses pulling a mower across a field. In the background is a farmhouse, a barn, and several other farm buildings.
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Farmer with Corn Planter with Fertilizer Attachment

Date: 1921
Description: A man is operating a horse-drawn McCormick corn planter with a fertilizer attachment in a field. A dirt road, barn and farmhouse are in the background acro...
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Farm Scene with Corn Binder

Date: 1910
Description: A man using a team of horses to pull a Deering(?) corn binder across a barnyard. Another man, cows, a windmill, and farm buildings are in the background.
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Woman with Parasol on Front Lawn of Farmhouse

Date: 1925
Description: View of a woman posing holding a parasol while sitting on the front lawn of a farmhouse on an International Harvester demonstration farm. Other people are ...
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IH Demonstration Farm at Larimore

Date: 08 03 1923
Description: View of an International Harvester Company demonstration farm from across a dirt road. A farmhouse is to the right, and a barn and smaller buildings are ne...
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IH Demonstration Farm at Aberdeen

Date: 07 1930
Description: View of the farmhouse, barn, and silo on an International Harvester Company demonstration farm.
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Crop Rotation Sign at IH Demonstration Farm

Date: 07 1930
Description: A crop rotation sign stands near a dirt road leading to the farmhouse on an International Harvester demonstration farm.
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Farmers with Corn

Date: 1913
Description: Three farmers standing near a wagon loaded with bags of corn as they deliver their product for testing. Two of the men are wearing winter coats with fur-tr...
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Unkempt Backyard

Date: 07 1923
Description: Rags, discarded shoes, empty bottles and food cans littering the space surrounding a rear entrance to a farmhouse.
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Gas-Powered Water Pump

Date: 10 1923
Description: A woman using a 1.5 horsepower McCormick-Deering engine to pump water into a metal bucket outside a building at International Harvester's Hinsdale experime...
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Fly Trap

Date: 1924
Description: A wooden fly trap standing at the back entrance to the farmhouse of Professor Perry Holden.
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Woman on Farmhouse Porch

Date: 1920
Description: A woman wearing a dress and apron washes her hands in a metal bucket set on a table on a farmhouse porch. Multiple metal pails with handles and a milk pail...

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