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Man Sitting on McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Well-dressed man in a field sitting in a McCormick grain binder drawn by mules.
Photograph

Farmer with McCormick Mower

Date: 1900
Description: Farmer in a field using a McCormick mower drawn by two mules.
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Catalog

Date: 1890
Description: Color catalog illustration of a farmer harvesting grain at night by moonlight with a horse-drawn grain binder. A farmhouse is in the background. Text at bo...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1882
Description: Cover of a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog with an illustration of a mower in a field.
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.
Poster

Battle of Gettysburg Advertising Poster

Date: 1886
Description: Lithographed advertising poster showing a McCormick grain binder at the Civil War battle of Gettysburg. The poster was based on a cyclorama by French artis...
Photograph

Rural Scene with Field, Homes, and Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Several farmhouses and farm buildings are located near each other in a rural setting. A field with corn(?) and lettuce(?) is in the foreground. A man is op...
Photograph

Man on Horse-Drawn Mower in Hilly Field

Date: 1899
Description: A man sporting a beard and wide-brimmed straw (?) hat is operating a mower pulled by two horses in a field. The field is on hilly terrain. A dirt road and ...
Photograph

Farmer Harvesting Grain with Horse-Drawn Reaper

Date: 1899
Description: Rear view of farmer operating a horse-drawn self-rake reaper harvesting grain in a hilly field.
Photograph

Horse-Drawn McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1899
Description: A farmer is operating a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder in a field. Many of the gear mechanisms in the rear of the binder are clearly visible in the ima...
Photograph

McCormick Horse-Drawn Grain Binder in Field

Date: 1899
Description: A farmer is operating a McCormick binder pulled by two horses in a field of grain. The gear mechanisms can be seen at the rear of the binder.
Photograph

McCormick Horse-Drawn Grain Binder on Hillside

Date: 1899
Description: Rear view of a farmer operating a McCormick grain binder pulled by two horses on a hillside. In the background are hills and trees.
Photograph

Farmer and Farmhand Harvesting Grain with McCormick Binder

Date: 1899
Description: A farmer is operating a McCormick horse-drawn right hand open elevator grain binder (?) in a field while another man is gathering the bound sheaves of grai...
Photograph

Farmstead near Waterway

Date: 1900
Description: Rural scene of farmstead with a river or stream (?) in the background. The farm is bounded by a barbed wire fence, and there is a utility pole on the bank ...
Photograph

Man with Cradle Scythe

Date: 1900
Description: Man harvesting grain with hand cradle in a field. There are many haystacks in the field in the background.
Photograph

Man Riding Horse-Drawn Mower

Date: 1900
Description: Rear view of a man wearing a banded hat and riding a mower drawn by two horses. The man is lifting the sickle bar on the mower to avoid a tree stump. A roa...
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: A man is picking up bundles of grain by hand, while another man is operating a horse-drawn grain binder. In the left background is a group of people in a s...
Photograph

Man Driving Mule-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: A man with a large brimmed hat riding a mule-drawn McCormick grain binder in a field with a single tree in the background.
Photograph

Man with Horse-Drawn Grain Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Slightly elevated view of a bearded man driving a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder in a field near a split-rail fence. There are trees in the far backgro...
Photograph

Field with Horse-Drawn Corn Binder near Farm Buildings

Date: 1900
Description: View from distance of a man standing in a field with fences and farm buildings behind him. A horse-drawn corn binder is standing in the field, and cows, pi...

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