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Poster

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...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

"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...
Photograph

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.
Photograph

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.
Photograph

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.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Field Demonstration of Mogul 8-16 Tractor

Date: 1916
Description: A group of men and women gather in a farm field to watch a demonstration of plowing with a Mogul 8-16 tractor.
Photograph

Model of Men Working with Farm Equipment

Date: 1932
Description: A model or diorama depicting farmers with a Farmall tractor, truck, harvester-thresher (combine) and a horse in a field. The display was likely part of Int...
Poster

Grain Harvesting Display Panel for "A Century of Progress"

Date: 06 07 1933
Description: Display panel used in the International Harvester exhibit at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair. The panel illustrates the technological advancements...
Photograph

Tractor Demonstration

Date: 05 17 1916
Description: Men are watching the demonstration of an Avery Company tractor pulling a Hoosier seed drill (?) across a field at Newsorn Farm during the annual meeting of...
Photograph

Antique Farm Equipment Show

Date: 09 1993
Description: "Antique farm equipment show at Calumetville."
Print

Empire Mower and Reaper

Date: 1893
Description: Lithograph of the Empire Mower and Reaper; several other reaper manufacturers and models are identified in the illustration which appears above the text: “...
Drawing

"Testing of First Reaper at Steele's Tavern"

Date: 
Description: "Testing of First Reaper at Steele's Tavern." Second version illustrating occasion.
Photograph

Men with Farmall H Tractor and No. 42 Combine

Date: 1940
Description: Four men posing with a Farmall H tractor pulling a No. 42 combine in a field in the Snake River Valley. The tractor and combine were being demonstrated in ...
Photograph

Farm Progress Days

Date: 1973
Description: Elevated view of a group of men demonstrating the use of a tractor belt powering a threshing machine. A crowd of people are watching from the sidelines.
Photograph

IH Display at Fair

Date: 11 10 1927
Description: View across lawn towards a display of tractors, trucks, cream separators, and the other implements around a counter with posters and signs. There is a corn...

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