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Poster

McCormick Grain Binder Advertising Poster

Date: 1882
Description: Advertising poster for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company featuring a color illustration of a well-dressed farmer riding a binder pulled by two horse...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

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 ...
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1895
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color illustration of a derailed train carrying circus animals and a man op...
Book or Pamphlet

International Ensilage Cutters Catalog

Date: 1918
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International ensilage cutters, featuring an illustration of farmers using an ensilage cutter to fill a silo. At the bo...
Photograph

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 ...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

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 ...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

IH Demonstration Farm at Aberdeen

Date: 07 1930
Description: View of the farmhouse, barn, and silo on an International Harvester Company demonstration farm.
Photograph

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.
Photograph

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...
Book or Pamphlet

Planet Jr. Implement Catalogue Cover

Date: 1890
Description: Cover of the Planet Jr. catalog. Features an illustration of a man and young girl (about 5 or 6 years old) in a garden pushing a Planet Jr. Garden Drill to...
Book or Pamphlet

Massey-Harris Company Catalog Covers

Date: 1893
Description: Front and back cover of binder catalog. The front cover has a color illustration of a young boy making a crude drawing on a wall of a horse-drawn binder wi...
Photograph

International Truck Delivering Cream Separator to Farm

Date: 05 26 1927
Description: View uphill towards a truck on a driveway with a cream separator in the bed of the truck. A sign painted on the side of the open truck bed reads: "McCormic...

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