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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

McCormick Catalog Cover

Date: 1895
Description: Color lithograph cover illustration for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows a portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick over an illustration of ...
Postcard

International Harvester Postcard — Siberia

Date: 1910
Description: Postcard of horses pulling a grain binder. Man seated on machine. Caption reads "Siberia — A Harvest Scene near Tobolsk, where American Harvesting Machines...
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Three-quarter view from rear of a man using a horse-drawn McCormick binder on the Gary Owen farm. A farmhouse and windmill are in the far background.
Photograph

Man with Plano Grain Binder

Date: 1910
Description: Man standing outdoors beside a Plano grain binder. On the machine is stamped: "Manufactured by The Plano Mfg. Co. / Plano Ill's." There appears to be a cem...
Photograph

Hauling Sisal Leaves

Date: 1915
Description: Men carrying cut sisal leaves to take to a decorticating mill (which removes the outer husk), loading them on a donkey, and tram car which is on rails.
Photograph

Men Creating Shock of Corn

Date: 10 1906
Description: Two men gathering corn into a large corn shock on a farm.
Photograph

Farmer Picking Corn by Hand

Date: 1911
Description: A farmer wearing a straw hat and smoking a pipe examining or picking corn. Behind him is a team of horses pulling a wagon.
Photograph

Russian Farmer with McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1902
Description: Farmer sitting in the seat of a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder, probably in Russia. The "McCormick" name on the binder appears in Russian.
Photograph

Man and Young Boy Using Horse-Drawn Binders in a Field

Date: 1900
Description: A man and a young boy are each driving a horse-drawn binder in a field. A man wearing a hat and suspenders is standing in the foreground on the left. On th...
Photograph

Men with Horse-Drawn Corn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Two men in field with horse-drawn corn binder. The horses are wearing binders and fly-nets.
Photograph

Man in Field Using Horse-Drawn Corn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Left side view of a man using a horse-drawn corn binder in a cornfield. The horses are wearing fly-nets.
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: A group of people, children, men and a dog, are standing behind a man using a horse-drawn binder in a field.
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Three-quarter view from right front of a man using a horse-drawn binder in a field. A man, seen from head and shoulders only, is standing behind the binder...
Photograph

Three Men with Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: View across harvested field towards three men with a horse-drawn binder. The man on the left is wearing a suit and hat and is carrying a case. The man on t...
Photograph

Group of Men Posing near Man on Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View across harvested field towards men posing near a man on a horse-drawn McCormick binder. Farm buildings are behind them, and in the far background are ...
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Three-quarter view from left front of a man using a horse-drawn binder in a field. The horses are wearing fly-nets. Trees are in the background.
Photograph

Man Adjusting Dump Rake Height

Date: 1900
Description: Two men are adjusting the rake height on a horse-drawn dump rake. A man is sitting in the driver's seat of the dump rake. Two other men or young boys are s...
Photograph

Man Lifting Corn Stalk from Platform of Corn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Man standing at side of horse-drawn corn binder and lifting a bound shock of corn stalks off of the platform.
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Daisy Reaper

Date: 1900
Description: Rear view of a man, sitting and turning to look over his right shoulder, on a horse-drawn McCormick reaper in a field.

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