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McCormick Advertising Poster

Date: 1902
Description: Chromolithograph advertising poster for McCormick mowers and rakes. Features on the top half a young boy with a reaping hook/sickle and a young girl holdin...
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International Harvester's First General Office Building

Date: 1902
Description: International Harvester's first headquarters building at 7 Monroe Street on the northwest corner of Michigan Avenue. IHC later sold the building and proper...
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First to Fly — Almost Flying

Date: 10 10 1902
Description: Wilbur Wright gliding down the steep slope of Big Kill Devil Hill at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Much of the Wright Brothers' success derived from the fact...
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Corn Binder with Shocker

Date: 1902
Description: Four men stand next to a horse-drawn corn binder in a cornfield. A shock of corn is suspended in the air with a corn shocker. Two of the men have light-col...
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Horse-Drawn Corn Binder

Date: 1902
Description: A man operating a horse-drawn McCormick corn binder on Swift Ranch.
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Woman Operating McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1902
Description: A 17-year-old woman operates a horse-drawn 7 foot McCormick grain binder on the 320 acre farm of J.E. Parrish.
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McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1902
Description: Rear view of a farmer operating a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder.
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Corn Binder Demonstration

Date: 1902
Description: Man demonstrating the use of a corn binder. The man may be Alexander Legge, who later became President of the International Harvester Company.
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Grain Binders in Field

Date: 1902
Description: A group of farmers, including several young girls and boys, using two horse-drawn McCormick grain binders to harvest a crop.
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McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1902
Description: A farmer uses a McCormick grain binder while two other men gather the tied bundles.
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Corn Binder in Mexico

Date: 1902
Description: Left side profile view of a Mexican farmer using a horse-drawn corn binder while two other men are looking out from the stalks of corn.
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Corn Binder in Field

Date: 1902
Description: Left side profile view of a farmer using a horse-drawn corn binder in a field.
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Corn Binder in Field

Date: 1902
Description: Two men standing by a corn binder in a field while a young girl is sitting on a horse.
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Harvesting Corn

Date: 1902
Description: A farmer is using a corn binder, while two other men are collecting the shocks. A farmhouse is in the background with several individuals standing on the p...
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The Late Major J.W. Powell

Date: 1902
Description: Waist-up studio portrait, with accompanying obituary entry, of Major John Wesley Powell (1834-1902), American soldier, explorer, and geologist. Best known ...
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Charles F. Pfister, Henry C. Payne, and Frank G. Bigelow

Date: 1902
Description: Studio group portrait of (left to right) Charles F. Pfister, Henry C. Payne, and Frank G. Bigelow.

Pfister was a Milwaukee financier, who - among numerou...

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Men Working on Silage Operation

Date: 1902
Description: Several men working on silaging operation with a husker and shredder in front of a barn. Men are standing on wagons moving grain, and full bags are leaning...
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Man and Girl with Push Binder

Date: 1902
Description: A man and girl posing in a field with a horse-powered push binder. Hills are in the background.
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Husker and Shredder in Farm Yard

Date: 1902
Description: Group of men working with a tractor-powered husker and shredder in a farm yard. Men are standing on wagons, and there is a pile of boards in the yard. Part...
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Men Using Stationary Engine in Farm Yard

Date: 1902
Description: Several men and horses cutting ensilage(?) near farm buildings or sheds. The cutter is connected to a stationary engine with a belt. A pile of farm machine...

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