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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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Katherine Dexter McCormick on a Grain Binder

Date: 08 1905
Description: Three men in suits work on an International Harvester grain binder while Katherine Dexter McCormick sits in the seat of the machine. The man bent over the ...
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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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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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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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Hay Mowing

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

Date: 1947
Description: Yound Richard Quinney operating a tractor to cultivate corn.
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Harvesting Maize

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Description: Three men harvesting maize (corn) in the Texas panhandle. A tractor and other farm machinery is being utilized. Caption reads: "Harvesting Maize In The Pan...
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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 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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Drilling Wheat

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Description: Elevated view of two men using agricultural machinery to drill (plant) wheat. "Superior" sign is on the machinery. A boy and a dog stand nearby. A horse an...
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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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Harvesting Wheat

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Description: Agricultural workers harvesting wheat. Several teams of horses are pulling agricultural machinery while workers gather the wheat into bundles. Caption read...
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Harvesting Grain

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Description: View of workers using teams of horses to harvest grain. The horses pull agricultural machinery which harvests the grain. A barn and another farm building a...
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Harvesting Wheat

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of agricultural workers using two teams of horses to pull harvesting machinery in a wheat field in the vicinity of Twin Falls. Harvested whea...
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Breaking Sod

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Description: View toward two men on two tractors breaking sod in a field.
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Steam Plowing

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Description: A view of three men on a steam plow in a field. Caption reads: "Steam Plowing, Thomas Ranch, Chico, Cal."
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Steam Tractor

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Description: A view of two men on a steam tractor with a gang plow in a field. An automobile is behind the plow.
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Farm and Field

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Description: Composite view of a farm (above) and a view of cutting wheat in a field. Decorative elements appear on either side at the top.

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