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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...
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Cultivating Cotton Field with McCormick Farmall Super MD Tractor

Date: 1953
Description: View of an African American farmer cultivating a cotton field with a stage I McCormick Farmall Super MD tractor. The tractor is equipped with a cultivator ...
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...
Photograph

Farmer and Farmall Tractor in Cornfield

Date: 09 15 1924
Description: View over cornfield towards a farmer driving a McCormick-Deering Farmall tractor with a sun shade.
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

Brantford Steel Binders Catalog

Date: 1889
Description: Front and back cover of an advertising catalog for A. Harris, Son & Company of Brantford, Canada, manufacturers of grain binders, mowers and reapers. The c...
Photograph

Women and Children Watch Men Work in Field

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Description: Children, men with hats, and women with parasols, are watching men work in a field with a horse-drawn plow and other agricultural equipment. A house is in...
Photograph

Farmall Regular Tractor in Soybean Field

Date: 1928
Description: A farmer in a field is using a Farmall Regular tractor with a mower attachment to cut soybeans for hay. The tractor is equipped with an umbrella that reads...
Photograph

Push Binder

Date: 1910
Description: A farmer uses a team of six mules to power a push binder through a field. The farmer is shaded by an umbrella. The advertisement on the umbrella reads: "Ha...
Photograph

C-254 Cultivator on Super C Tractor

Date: 1952
Description: Front view looking towarsd a man under an umbrella using a Farmall Super C tractor outfitted with a C-254 cultivator to work in a field. Another man on a t...
Photograph

McCormick-Deering Harvester Thresher

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view of two men on a McCormick-Deering harvester-thresher (combine) with pickup attachment in a field. Decals and/or stencils are on the machine, ...
Photograph

Tractor on Montgomery Farm

Date: 1924
Description: An umbrella is shading a man while he is driving a McCormick-Deering 10-20(?)tractor and disc harrow through a field.
Poster

International Harvester Centennial Poster

Date: 1931
Description: Poster commemorating the 100-year anniversary of the invention of the reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick (reaper centennial). The poster features a color repro...
Photograph

Mrs. Mabel Arbogast Driving a Farmall A

Date: 1942
Description: Close-up of Mrs. Mabel Arbogast of Eldon, Mo., driving a Farmall A, being used for disking a rye field. She is sitting on a sheepskin seat cover under an u...
Poster

Deering Harvester Company Calendar

Date: 1902
Description: Lithographed advertising poster with calendar, featuring an illustration of a young girl with a parasol. Also features color illustrations of a horse-drawn...
Book or Pamphlet

Eureka Mower Catalog

Date: 1882
Description: Front and back of catalog for the Eureka Mower. Features on the front a color illustration of a man riding the mower drawn by two horses. An umbrella beari...
Photograph

Man with Horse-Drawn Push Binder

Date: 1907
Description: Side view of a man using a horse-drawn push binder in a field. The man is standing on a platform under an umbrella which has an advertisement for hardware ...
Photograph

Group of People with Ox-Drawn Binders

Date: 1900
Description: Group of men and women standing in a field with men driving ox-drawn binders.
Photograph

Mrs. Mabel Arbogast Driving a Farmall A

Date: 1942
Description: Mrs. Mabel Arbogast of Eldon, Mo., driving a Farmall A pulling a disk harrow through rye on the farm of Mr. E. Arbogast. She is sitting on a sheepskin seat...
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Men Using TD-14 with Combine

Date: 1941
Description: View down hill towards a group of men with a TD-14 and 51 combine owned by Eaton Sisters. They are harvesting mustard. Below them in the valley are farm bu...

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