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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...
Poster

Gammon and Deering Advertising Poster

Date: 1876
Description: Color chromolithograph illustration advertising poster for the Marsh Harvester, produced by Gammon and Deering Company. Printed by Charles Shober & Co., Ch...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

McCormick Reaper

Date: 1900
Description: Man operating a McCormick horse-drawn grain binder in a field. A tugboat is pulling sailing ships on a body of water in the distance. The photograph appear...
Poster

Gasoline Engine

Date: 1913
Description: Color advertising poster of an International gasoline engine serving many functions, with an address for Budapest, Hungary. The poster was printed by the H...
Poster

Milwaukee Farm Implements

Date: 1913
Description: Color advertising poster for International Milwaukee farm implements. Imprinted with "Rappresentanti Generali per l'Italia A. Tremontoni & Figli Bologna, I...
Poster

Milwaukee Farm Implements

Date: 1913
Description: Color advertising poster for International Milwaukee farm implements. Imprinted with "Agence Generale Belge des Machines Milwaukee 52 rue du Viaduc a Tourn...
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...
Postcard

First Wisconsin Aviator-A.P. Warner

Date: 11 04 1909
Description: Color postcard depicting Arthur Pratt Warner of Beloit flying his Curtiss Pusher for the first time, November 4, 1909. Warner was the first person in Wisco...
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Co. Catalog

Date: 1887
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color chromolithograph illustration of farmers in a field with a horse-dra...
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

Milwaukee Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1896
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company, featuring a color chromolithograph illustration of a young boy and girl playing along ...
Book or Pamphlet

Excelsior Harvesting Machinery Catalog

Date: 1890
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Excelsior harvesting machinery manufactured by Hoover and Gamble. Features a color illustration of a boy and girl in a ...
Photograph

Tollef Gjermundsen Farmstead

Date: 1874
Description: View down hill towards two men in the foreground standing on top of a stone fence looking out onto fields where two or three men are working with two wagon...
Print

The Evolution of the Reaper, Part One

Date: 1883
Description: Three illustrations from an 1883 McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog portraying the evolution of the reaper. The first drawing is captioned: "Firs...
Print

Champion Trade Card

Date: 1875
Description: Advertising card produced by Warder, Mitchell and Company, manufacturers of the Champion line of agricultural machinery. Features a color illustration of a...
Print

McCormick's Reaper and Mower Flyer

Date: 1859
Description: Flyer and order form advertising McCormick's Reaper and Mower. Features the headline "15,000 sold in the last 4 years" under an illustration of the reaper...
Painting

Residence of Mr. Martin Lutscher

Date: 1875
Description: Seifert's watercolor is fairly large, measuring 27" wide by 21" high, and provides a detailed depiction of a nineteenth century Wisconsin farm. The small s...
Poster

Deering Harvester Advertising Poster

Date: 1899
Description: Advertising poster featuring color illustation of three men and a dog watching a farmer harvest grain with a horse-drawn Deering Ideal grain binder. The me...
Photograph

Deering Grain Binder

Date: 1914
Description: A farmer uses a Deering grain binder to harvest a crop.

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