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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...
Poster

Gammon and Deering Advertising Poster

Date: 1876
Description: Color chromolithograph illustration advertising poster for the Marsh Harvester, produced by Gammon and Deering Company. Printed by Charles Shober & Co., Ch...
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

McCormick-Deering 123-SP Combine in Barley Field

Date: 1947
Description: Farmers operating a McCormick-Deering 123-SP combine in a barley field. The combine was owned by Roy Kinsey.
Poster

Gasoline Engine

Date: 1913
Description: Color advertising poster of an International gasoline engine serving many functions, with an address for Budapest, Hungary. The poster was printed by the H...
Poster

Milwaukee Farm Implements

Date: 1913
Description: Color advertising poster for International Milwaukee farm implements. Imprinted with "Rappresentanti Generali per l'Italia A. Tremontoni & Figli Bologna, I...
Poster

Milwaukee Farm Implements

Date: 1913
Description: Color advertising poster for International Milwaukee farm implements. Imprinted with "Agence Generale Belge des Machines Milwaukee 52 rue du Viaduc a Tourn...
Photograph

Harvesting Wheat with International 8-16 Tractor and Binders

Date: 06 14 1921
Description: Farmers harvesting wheat with an International 8-16 HP kerosene tractor and two Deering seven foot binders on the farm of W.P. Ridley in Maury County. Thre...
Postcard

First Wisconsin Aviator-A.P. Warner

Date: 11 04 1909
Description: Color postcard depicting Arthur Pratt Warner of Beloit flying his Curtiss Pusher for the first time, November 4, 1909. Warner was the first person in Wisco...
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Co. Catalog

Date: 1887
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color chromolithograph illustration of farmers in a field with a horse-dra...
Book or Pamphlet

Plano Manufacturing Company Catalog

Date: 1891
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog featuring a color chromolithograph illustration of a farmer working in a field with a grain binder. A young man holds a par...
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1896
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company, featuring a color chromolithograph illustration of a young boy and girl playing along ...
Book or Pamphlet

Excelsior Harvesting Machinery Catalog

Date: 1890
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Excelsior harvesting machinery manufactured by Hoover and Gamble. Features a color illustration of a boy and girl in a ...
Photograph

Kruegers Husking Corn

Date: 
Description: August, Mary, Tina, Saraphina, Jennie and Edgar Krueger husking corn.
Photograph

Tollef Gjermundsen Farmstead

Date: 1874
Description: View down hill towards two men in the foreground standing on top of a stone fence looking out onto fields where two or three men are working with two wagon...
Photograph

Men by Haystacks

Date: 1873
Description: View across bare field towards two men posing with four haystacks behind a fence. One man is seated on a fence post and the other stands on a ladder agains...
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. Includes an illustration of a field with corn shocks. There is a fe...
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

McCormick Reaper Illustration

Date: 
Description: Illustration of a McCormick reaper of 1858 in the field near a farm house. A crowd of onlookers is gathered near the field.
Print

McCormick's Reaper and Mower Flyer

Date: 1859
Description: Flyer and order form advertising McCormick's Reaper and Mower. Features the headline "15,000 sold in the last 4 years" under an illustration of the reaper...

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