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Holt's Lightning Hay Knife

Date: 1881
Description: Front of advertising card featuring a color illustration of a man and young boy outside during winter. The man is using a Lightning Hay knife to cut the ha...
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Hussey's Grain Cutter

Date: 1851
Description: Illustration of two men using a Hussey Grain Cutter in a field. One man is riding on the grain cutter, and another man is riding on one of two horses pulli...
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Hussey's Reaping & Mowing Machine

Date: 1851
Description: Back side of direction sheet, featuring two illustrations of men using the machine in a field. The top illustration has the title: "This cut represents the...
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Johnston Harvester Company Advertising Card

Date: 1876
Description: Advertising card with a color illustration of a man using the Johnston Light Combine in a field with two horses. The back of the card describes the agricul...
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Keller's Advertising Cards

Date: 1880
Description: Front and back of advertising cards for the Excelsior Gleaner and Binder. Front features illustrations of a man using the machinery in a field. The back fe...
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D.M. Osborne & Co. Advertisement

Date: 1860
Description: Advertisement card that reads: "The Kirby. It Mows! It Reaps! It Rakes!" Includes a photograph that has been pasted onto the card of a man using the Kirby.
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Plano Manufacturing Company Advertising Card

Date: 1882
Description: Front of advertising card featuring a color illustration of a group of men looking at a man sitting on a Plano harvester and twine binder in front of an Ag...
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Sheridan's Powder Advertising Card

Date: 1881
Description: Advertising card with the heading: "To make hens lay, use Sheridan's condition powder." Features a color illustration of a man in a hen house on the left h...
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The Tiger, King of Rakes Advertising Card

Date: 1879
Description: Features a color illustration of a man using a horse-drawn sulky rake.
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Royce Improved Reaper Advertising Card

Date: 1880
Description: Front of card with an illustration over an orange background of a man using a team of horses to pull a reaper in a field.
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Watson Manufacturing Co. Advertisement

Date: 1885
Description: Advertisement for Watson-Deering Twine Binder for 1885. The illustration features a rear view of a man using a team of horses to pull a twine binder throug...
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Richmond Champion Grain Drill Advertisement

Date: 1879
Description: Front page of 4-page advertisement with an illustration featuring a man using a team of horses to pull a grain drill in a field.
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Case's Threshing Machine

Date: 1850
Description: Engraving of a man in a coat and hat feeding stalks into a thresher. The thresher is run by two horses on a treadmill at right. The grain is collected from...
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Mining Operation

Date: 1839
Description: Cut-away lithography illustration of a mining operation, showing men lowering a miner into a mine where several other men are working.

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