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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

International Harvester F-20 Tractor with M-4 Power Binder

Date: 05 08 1939
Description: Elevated rear view of two men in a field operating a new McCormick-Deering F-20 tractor and M-4 power binder, which was owned and operated by Grover Evans,...
Photograph

Experimental Combine Harvesting Grain

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of men harvesting grain with a McCormick-Deering 12 foot experimental combine (harvester-thresher) pulled by a Farmall M tractor. There is a ...
Photograph

Man Harvesting Cotton with Mechanical Picker

Date: 1932
Description: African American man harvesting cotton with an experimental McCormick-Deering 2-row cotton picker mounted on a Farmall Regular tractor.
Poster

McCormick-Deering Harvester-Thresher Advertising Poster

Date: 1930
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering harvester-threshers (combines). Includes the text "McCormick Reaper Centennial" and a color illustration of farmer...
Poster

McCormick-Deering Grain Binder Advertising Poster

Date: 1930
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering grain binders. Includes color illustrations of farmers operating tractor and horse-drawn grain binders in the fiel...
Poster

McCormick-Deering Binder Twine Advertising Poster

Date: 1930
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering "Big Ball" binder twine. Includes a color illustration of farmers harvesting grain with a tractor and grain binder...
Photograph

Farmers Harvesting Corn with Farmall Tractors and Corn-Picker

Date: 1930
Description: Farmers using Farmall tractors and a corn-picker with overhead grain tank on the Callens farm.
Photograph

Experimental McCormick-Deering Combine and Farmall M Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of men field testing an experimental McCormick-Deering 12 foot combine with a Farmall M tractor.
Photograph

Men Harvest Beans with Farmall A Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: Men harvesting beans with a four foot combine (harvester-thresher) and a Farmall A tractor. Original caption reads: "4-ft. combine in beans — note special ...
Book or Pamphlet

All-Steel Thresher Catalog Cover

Date: 1930
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for International Harvester All-Steel Threshers showing two men threshing hay with pitchforks and a thresher. The catalog ...
Book or Pamphlet

German Flyer for Deering Grain Binders

Date: 1931
Description: German advertising leaflet for International Harvester's Deering line of grain binders. Features a color illustration of a farmer in a field with horse-dra...
Photograph

Cotton Picker on Farmall Regular Tractor

Date: 1932
Description: Man operating an experimental 2-row cotton picker built around a Farmall Regular tractor [original caption reads: "Regular Farmall & 2 row cotton picker"]....
Photograph

Harvesting Tobacco Leaves

Date: 1939
Description: Field workers gathering and spearing cut tobacco leaves.
Photograph

Harvesting Grain with a McCormick-Deering No. 41 Harvester-Thresher

Date: 1932
Description: Elevated view of a farmer harvesting grain with a McCormick-Deering tractor and No. 41 16-foot harvester-thresher (combine). The No. 41 featured a 28-inch ...
Photograph

McCormick-Deering No. 31-RW West Coast Special Harvester-Thresher

Date: 1936
Description: Farmer Frank Rakow harvesting corn with a McCormick-Deering no. 31-RW West Coast Special harvester-thresher (combine). Mr. Rakow and the No. 31-RW are work...
Photograph

Threshing Clover with McCormick-Deering No. 31-RW Harvester-Thresher

Date: 10 27 1936
Description: Farmers threshing Ladino clover on the farm of M.M. Laurence with a McCormick-Deering No. 31-RW West Coast Special harvester-thresher (combine).
Photograph

Filming of "Romance of the Reaper" at Walnut Grove

Date: 1930
Description: Film crew setting up a scene in which actors playing the parts of Cyrus McCormick and his slave Jo Anderson operate a replica of McCormick's reaper of 183...
Photograph

McCormick-Deering Cotton Picker Mounted on a Farmall Tractor

Date: 1932
Description: African American man operating an experimental two-row cotton picker in a field.
Book or Pamphlet

More and Better Potatoes to the Acre

Date: 06 15 1932
Description: Cover of a booklet produced by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department to help farmers improve their potato crops. Includes an illustra...

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