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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

Champion Harvesting Machines Advertisement

Date: 1890
Description: Advertising poster for Champion brand agricultural machines, manufactured by Warder, Bushnell and Glessner Company. The main illustration depicts a salesma...
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

Manure Spreader

Date: 1908
Description: Alexander and August Krueger spreading manure with a Litchfield spreader pulled by a three horse team. August is sitting on top of the spreader with the fa...
Photograph

Using a Deering Corn Binder

Date: 1906
Description: August, Alexander, Jennie, and Edgar Krueger cutting corn using a Deering corn binder. Alexander is standing next to the three horse team while Edgar is si...
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Mower in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Front view from left of a man using a horse-drawn mower in a field. There is a dog sitting in the grass near the man. A split-rail fence and a hill are in ...
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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.
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Sorghum Mill

Date: 1905
Description: A little girl posing with men and boys, probably members of the Cuff family, around a portable sorghum mill. One young man is holding a bundle of cane as a...

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