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Experimental Combine Harvesting Grain

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of men harvesting grain with a McCormick-Deering 12 foot experimental combine (harvester-thresher) pulled by a Farmall M tractor. There is a ...
Book or Pamphlet

CB&Q Corn Planters Catalog Cover

Date: 1910
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for CB&Q corn planters sold by International Harvester. Features an illustration of a moonlit field with corn shocks.
Photograph

Helicopters over Rice Paddies

Date: 1962
Description: Aerial view of four U.S. Marine helicopters banking over an expanse of rice paddies in Vietnam. Fluffy white clouds fill the sky.
Photograph

Fields of Grain

Date: 07 19 1949
Description: "Fields of grain were photographed from Highway 41 (now Highway 175) south of Theresa."
Photograph

Fields and Farmland

Date: 
Description: View of rows of field crops surrounded by other farmland.
Photograph

Spring Valley Road

Date: 07 05 1959
Description: "Shirley Widmer reminisces on Spring Valley Road."
Photograph

Herb Bintzler Farm

Date: 06 1949
Description: "Workers collect bales of hay on the Herb Bintzler farm, which is located on Hwy 41 (Hwy 175 today), south of Theresa."
Historical Object

McCormick Woodcut

Date: 
Description: Original woodcut created for the letterpress print of McCormick's Harvester and Self Binder. It has three sections and is connected using wood splines. An ...
Historical Object

McCormick Electrotype

Date: 
Description: Electrotype created for the letterpress print of McCormick's Harvester and Self Binder. A woodcut was created first, the electrotype next, then the letterp...
Print

McCormick Letterpress Print of Wire Binder

Date: 1877
Description: Letterpress print of McCormick's Harvester and Self Binder (wire binder). The grain binder is operated by a man seated on the machine and pulled by two hor...
Photograph

Spraying Cornfield

Date: 07 1990
Description: "Mark Lifke sprays corn in a field on Warner Road."
Photograph

Fields of Wheat

Date: 1985
Description: Ripe wheat ready for harvest on a beautiful summer day.
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View across field towards a man using a horse-drawn binder. There is a farmhouse, farm buildings and a windmill in the background on the left.
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Rear view of a man using a horse-drawn McCormick binder in a field. Piles of sheaves are dotted throughout the hilly field. Hills and trees are in the far ...
Photograph

Twelve No. 11 McCormick Deering Harvester threshers

Date: 1927
Description: Handwritten caption on back of photograph reads: "Twelve No. 11 McCormick-Deering Harvester threshers (1927) cutting wheat on Louis Bertrand's farm outside...
Photograph

1460 Combine

Date: 07 1980
Description: Left side view of man driving a 1460 combine in a field.
Photograph

1460 Combine

Date: 07 1980
Description: Front view of man using a 1460 combine in a field.
Photograph

1460 Combine

Date: 07 1980
Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a 1460 combine in a field.
Photograph

1460 Combine

Date: 07 1980
Description: Elevated view of a man driving a 1460 combine in a field.
Photograph

1480 Combine

Date: 
Description: Four men operating four combines simultaneously in a field of wheat.

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