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Harvesting Wheat

Date: 1907
Description: Agricultural workers harvesting wheat. Several teams of horses are pulling agricultural machinery while workers gather the wheat into bundles. Caption read...
Photograph

Threshing Wheat in Kansas

Date: 1907
Description: A large group of agricultural workers is shown threshing wheat in a field. In the foreground a horse-drawn vehicle is in the field. In the background are s...
Photograph

Horse-Drawn McCormick Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Side view of a man using two horses to pull a McCormick grain binder through a farm field. A barn and farmhouse are in the background on a hill.
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McCormick Binders on Hillside

Date: 1900
Description: Two farmers are using McCormick grain binders along the side of a steep hill overlooking farm buildings below.
Photograph

McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1900
Description: A man wearing a wide-brimmed hat is using a McCormick grain binder pulled by two horses to harvest a field of wheat.
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McCormick Grain Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: A man is using a McCormick grain binder pulled by three horses to harvest a crop of wheat in a field surrounded by trees.
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McCormick Binder near Children in Wheat Field

Date: 1900
Description: Four small children are sitting on shocks of wheat in a field as a man is operating a McCormick grain binder nearby. Farm buildings and a fence are in the ...
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Men in Field of Harvested Wheat

Date: 1900
Description: Three men, all looking away from the camera and holding their hats in their hands, are posing while standing in a hillside field next to piles of harvested...
Photograph

Boy Riding McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Boy operating a McCormick grain binder pulled by two white horses through a field. Trees are in the background.
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Men and Boys Waving near McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Group portrait of men and boys waving in a field. One man is operating a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder. Another man and a boy are in a horse-drawn bug...
Photograph

Group of People Posing with Farm Equipment

Date: 1900
Description: A group of people are posing in a field near a barn. They are harvesting grain, and a man is operating a grain binder pulled by three horses. A girl wearin...
Postcard

International Harvester Postcard — South America

Date: 1909
Description: Postcard distributed by International Harvester Company featuring a color illustration of a cattle-drawn grain binder being put to use in South America. Or...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Catalog Cover

Date: 1905
Description: Catalog cover featuring an illustration of wheat and flowers and a barbed wire fence in the foreground, framing a view of a field. There is a man in the di...
Book or Pamphlet

Twine Talk: Deering Harvester Company Booklet

Date: 1902
Description: Front and back cover of a Deering Harvester Company brochure for twine. The cover reads: "The Original Spinners," and "The World's Greatest Spinners, Deeri...
Book or Pamphlet

Plano Manufacturing Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1900
Description: Cover for Light Running Plano binders, mowers, headers, reapers, hay rakes and sickle grinders. Features an illustration on the top left in gold ink on a r...
Book or Pamphlet

Warder, Bushnell and Glessner Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1901
Description: Front cover featuring a color illustration of wheat, clover flowers, and a calendar for 1901, around an inset illustration of a farmer working in a field w...
Book or Pamphlet

Walter A. Wood Brochure

Date: 1900
Description: Brochure for the Paris Exposition with text in French. Two inside spreads show a man on the left using a team of two horses to pull a harvesting machine in...
Photograph

Women Using Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Three-quarter rear view from left of a woman using a horse-drawn McCormick binder in a field. The horses are wearing blankets. Farm buildings are in the ba...
Photograph

Four Young Girls near Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Rear view of a man posing on a horse-drawn McCormick binder. Nearby on the right four young girls are sitting in the field on sheaves of wheat. In the back...
Photograph

Harvesting Wheat by Hand

Date: 1900
Description: Group of people working in a field harvesting wheat by hand. Some of the workers are using a sickle.

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