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Mogul Tractor Pulling Deering New Ideal Binders

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Description: Two men are using an International Harvester Mogul 10-20 HP tractor to pull the two Deering New Ideal binders they are riding in a field during 10-20 tract...
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Experimental International Harvester Motor Cultivator

Date: 1916
Description: Man with cigar tests an International Harvester experimental motor cultivator in a field.
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Futuristic McCormick Grain Harvester

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Description: Industrial artist's rendering of what a McCormick grain harvester of the future may look like ("future farm machines").
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U.W. Mechanical Engineering Building Construction

Date: 11 02 1930
Description: University of Wisconsin Mechanical Engineering Building, under construction, showing scaffolding around building and Findorff Builders sign, 1513 Universit...
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Field Testing Experimental Cotton Picker

Date: 03 16 1927
Description: Engineering photograph of men field testing an experimental cotton picker pulled by a Farmall tractor.
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Experimental Motor Cultivator

Date: 12 03 1920
Description: Engineering photograph of a man testing an experimental motor cultivator. Original caption reads: "In this job the cultivator is set farther ahead than in...
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Experimental Motor Cultivator

Date: 09 19 1919
Description: Engineering photograph of a farmer field testing an experimental motor cultivator with crawler treads. Original caption reads: "The motor cultivator with p...
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Limited Production Motor Cultivator

Date: 06 12 1917
Description: Engineering photograph of a man field testing a limited production motor cultivator. Original caption reads: "... the 1916 motor cultivator with the additi...
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Boy Operating Farmall Tractor

Date: 06 10 1924
Description: Engineering photograph of young boy cultivating a field with an experimental or early production Farmall tractor with attached cultivator.
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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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Experimental Combine with Farmall M Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of men field testing an experimental 12 foot McCormick-Deering combine (harvester-thresher) with a Farmall M tractor. Mountains are in the ba...
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Experimental McCormick-Deering Combine and Farmall M Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of men field testing an experimental McCormick-Deering 12 foot combine with a Farmall M tractor.
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No. 77-A Two-Row Corn Picker

Date: 12 03 1920
Description: Engineering photograph of an experimental No. 77-A self-powered two-row corn picker in a field. The caption reads: "No. 77-A two-row corn picker developmen...
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Experimental No. 51 Hillside Harvester-Thresher

Date: 1932
Description: Experimental McCormick-Deering No. 51 hillside harvester-thresher (combine). Original caption reads: "This machine had no recleaner but featured a self-lev...
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McCormick Auto-Mower

Date: 07 24 1900
Description: Engineer E.A. Johnston operating a single-cylinder version of the McCormick Auto-Mower at the McCormick Works. Johnston was Director of Engineering for the...
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Special Orchard Disk Harrow for California (Experimental)

Date: 09 21 1926
Description: A man driving a tractor is using a disk harrow in a field. In the background is an IH plant.
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Aerial View of Ft. Wayne Engineering Building

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Description: Caption reads: "Ft. Wayne Engineering Building."

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