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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...
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Diamond Iron(?) Tractor at Winnipeg Tractor Contest

Date: 1912
Description: Men standing around a Diamond Iron(?) tractor at the Winnipeg tractor contest in Canada.
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Horse-Drawn Plow Competition

Date: 1913
Description: Two men appear to be competing in a plowing competition with horse-drawn walking plows. Onlookers and automobiles are in the background. The photograph was...
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U.S. Soil Conservation Albuquerque Demonstration

Date: 1948
Description: Farmer demonstrating 6-row forward-mounted beet and bean cultivator for Farmalls M, MD, or H at the U.S. Soil Conservation Albuquerque Demonstration. Capti...
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Holt Crawler Tractor at 1911 Winnipeg Tractor Contest

Date: 1911
Description: Man plowing with a Holt crawler tractor, no. 1609, at the Winnipeg tractor contest in Canada. The tractor was built by the Holt Manufacturing Company of St...
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Holt Crawler at Winnipeg Tractor Contest

Date: 1911
Description: Men in suits and hats follow along as a man plows with a Holt crawler tractor at the Winnipeg tractor contest in Canada. Another man in the foreground is p...
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Aultman-Taylor Tractors at Winnipeg Tractor Contest

Date: 1911
Description: Men tending to two Aultman and Taylor tractors at the Winnipeg tractor contest in Canada. One of the tractors is a 30-60 gas tractor.
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Case 20-40 Tractor at Winnipeg Tractor Contest

Date: 1911
Description: Men pose with a J.I. Case 20-40 tractor at the Winnipeg tractor contest in Canada.
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Man Demonstrates the Bates Steel Mule Tractor

Date: 1918
Description: Man pulling a tractor plow with a Bates Steel Mule Model D tractor at what appears to be an agricultural exhibition or fair. The Bates Steel Mule was manuf...
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First IHC Tractor Shipped to Russia

Date: 08 1910
Description: Crowd gathered in a field at Ekaterinburg (Ekaterinoslaw) to witness a demonstration of the first International Harvester tractor shipped to Russia. The t...
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First IHC Tractor Shipped to Russia

Date: 08 1910
Description: Crowd of men, women and children gathered at Ekaterinburg (Ekaterinoslav) to witness a demonstration of the first International Harvester tractor shipped t...
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Farmall Cub Presentation Demonstration

Date: 1947
Description: Five female Harvester employees perched on a McCormick-Deering Farmall tractor in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Taken at Farmall Cub Presentation Demonstration. ...
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Crowd Watches Demonstration of Radio-Controlled Tractor

Date: 1931
Description: Crowd watching a demonstration of a radio-controlled McCormick-Deering Farmall F-30 tractor at an agricultural exhibition or fair.
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"Romance of the Reaper" Demonstration Scene

Date: 1930
Description: Still from the feature length motion picuture "Romance of the Reaper" showing a recreation of the demonstration of Cyrus McCormick's reaper of 1831 at Waln...
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Harvester Farm Display

Date: 1946
Description: A worker tending to a replica field in the Harvester Farm exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry. The scene includes a Farmall tractor and a barn.
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Terrace Plowing Demonstration

Date: 09 27 1945
Description: Exhibit of new machinery at the terrace plowing demonstration and conservation field day on the Carl Ribbke farm near Ableman. Some of the 2,000 cars and b...
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Tractor Pulling Four Grain Binders

Date: 1910
Description: A tractor pulls a series of four grain binders while a man drives an IHC Auto Wagon alongside and a crowd of men looks on.
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The Titan 10-20 Tractor

Date: 1919
Description: The Titan 10-20 tractor on display under a large tent with signs explaining its gold painting and new reduced price.
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International Harvester Mogul 8-16 Demonstration

Date: 1916
Description: A man plows a field for a group of men with a Mogul 8-16 kerosene tractor. The sign on the tractor boasts of its winning the Grand Prize at the San Francis...
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Titan 15-30 H.P. at Work in Field

Date: 1916
Description: Men plow a field using an International Harvester Titan 15-30 kerosene tractor and a P&O plow. The men were likely participating in a demonstration or show...

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