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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...
Print

Tracteurs Deering

Date: 1929
Description: Advertising folder for Deering 10-20 and 15-30 tractors, showing an Arab man in the foreground and tractors at work in the background. Printed for Algiers,...
Book or Pamphlet

William Deering & Company Catalog

Date: 1892
Description: Cover of a Swedish advertising catalog for William Deering and Company farm machinery. Features an illustration of a wizard(?) surrounded by male and femal...
Photograph

Testing an 1831 Reaper Replica

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...
Photograph

Men with Cream Separator

Date: 1925
Description: A man is emptying a pail into a Number 4 electric cream separator in a shed on the farm of John Doanan. Mr. Doanan is standing with a pail in the foregroun...
Photograph

Men with Sickle Bar Mower

Date: 1900
Description: Three men posing with a piece of McCormick agricultural machinery, possibly a sickle bar mower (?). The writing on the machine reads, "McCormick H.M. Co. H...
Photograph

Men with McCormick Mower

Date: 1900
Description: Men are sitting and standing around a McCormick mower, while a man wearing a suit and hat is standing to the left writing on a slip of paper, possibly a re...
Photograph

Consolidation Coal Company Farm

Date: 1900
Description: Group of men from the Consolidation Coal Company pose with a McCormick grain binder and two horses in a field on the company farm.
Print

Front of Cat and Mouse Trade Card

Date: 
Description: Front view of a trade card created by the Plano Manufacturing Company featuring an illustration of a cat climbing a screened window in pursuit of a mouse. ...
Photograph

McCormick Auto-Mower

Date: 1900
Description: A well-dressed man is sitting in the seat of a McCormick Auto-Mower, possibly at the Paris Exposition. The experimental machine is thought by some to be th...
Print

Pulling Stumps with Cletrac Tractor

Date: 1920
Description: A man uses a Cletrac crawler tractor to clear land on a farm. The caption beneath the photograph reads: "Pulling stumps and clearing land are important job...
Book or Pamphlet

Ann Arbor Agricultural Co. Brochure

Date: 1882
Description: Front and back sides of the Ann Arbor Co. brochure. The front cover includes an illustration of the factory. The inside is a spread with an illustration of...
Book or Pamphlet

Planet Jr. Implement Catalogue Cover

Date: 1890
Description: Cover of the Planet Jr. catalog. Features an illustration of a man and young girl (about 5 or 6 years old) in a garden pushing a Planet Jr. Garden Drill to...
Book or Pamphlet

Johnston Harvester Company Brochure

Date: 
Description: Inside 2-page spread of fold-out brochure for Harvesting Machinery featuring a color illustration of a man using "The 'Bonnie' Binder, Right Hand" in a fie...
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Co. Catalog Front and Back Cover

Date: 1885
Description: The front cover features a color illustration of a man and woman relaxing near a lake or river. The woman is sitting on a chair under an umbrella painting ...

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