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Diagram of McCormick's Reaper

Date: 1867
Description: A diagram of McCormick's cultivator-reaper, which was patented in 1845. The illustration, titled "The Cultivator" depicts a man using a rake to remove the ...
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Testing Milking Machines

Date: 11 10 1937
Description: Three male workers testing the "Clean Easy Milker" milking machines at the Ben H. Anderson Mfg. Company, 3220 Atwood Avenue.
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Field Testing Experimental Cotton Picker

Date: 03 16 1927
Description: Engineering photograph of men field testing an experimental cotton picker pulled by a Farmall tractor.
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Limited Production Motor Cultivator

Date: 06 12 1917
Description: Engineering photograph of a man field testing a limited production motor cultivator. Original caption reads: "... the 1916 motor cultivator with the additi...
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Experimental McCormick Motor Grain Binder

Date: 1919
Description: Man operating an experimental McCormick motor-driven grain binder in a field.
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Reverse Drive Tractor with Hay Rake

Date: 1921
Description: Man operating an experimental(?) reverse drive tractor with mounted hay rake in a field.
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Experimental Cotton Picker

Date: 12 23 1937
Description: Engineering photograph of an experimental cotton picker mounted to a Farmall F-20 tractor.
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No. 77-A Two-Row Corn Picker

Date: 12 03 1920
Description: Engineering photograph of an experimental No. 77-A self-powered two-row corn picker in a field. The caption reads: "No. 77-A two-row corn picker developmen...
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Experimental Four-Row Planter

Date: 03 28 1919
Description: Engineering photograph of an experimental four-row planter. The original caption reads: "In this four-row planter development the seeding mechanism was dr...
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Experimental Tractor

Date: 08 23 1919
Description: Engineering photograph of an experimental tractor or motor cultivator with a rear crawler track near an International Harvester factory. The original capti...
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First McCormick Reaper Re-Enactment

Date: 1929
Description: Re-enactors demonstrating a replica of the first reaper built by Cyrus Hall McCormick in 1831. The man raking at the back of the reaper appears to be playi...
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First McCormick Reaper Re-Enactment

Date: 1929
Description: Re-enactors demonstrating a replica of the first reaper built by Cyrus Hall McCormick in 1831. The man raking at the back of the reaper appears to be playi...
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Farmer Harvesting Corn with McCormick Corn Picker

Date: 1954
Description: Color photograph of a man harvesting corn with a McCormick corn picker on International Harvester's experimental farm.
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"Romance of the Reaper" Demonstration Scene

Date: 1930
Description: Still from the feature length motion picuture "Romance of the Reaper" showing a recreation of the demonstration of Cyrus McCormick's reaper of 1831 at Waln...
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Experimental McCormick-Deering 15-30 Tractor

Date: 10 07 1929
Description: Experimental McCormick-Deering 15-30 tractor parked outside a brick building (possibly International Harvester's Tractor Works in Chicago). This photograp...
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Experimental McCormick-Deering 15-30 Tractor

Date: 10 07 1929
Description: Experimental McCormick-Deering 15-30 tractor parked outside a brick building (possibly International Harvester's Tractor Works). This photograph was taken ...
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International Harvester Farm Exhibit

Date: 06 1975
Description: Children examine a trailing plow at the Museum of Science and Industry's International Harvester exhibit.
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Carousel Bear on Cub Tractor at Museum of Science and Industry

Date: 1947
Description: The "Carousel Bear" sitting astride a Farmall Cub tractor at the Harvester Farm exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry.
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Harvester Machine Shop Display

Date: 1946
Description: "Machine Shop" in the Harvester Farm exhibit at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry.
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Cotton Picking Machine

Date: 05 17 1916
Description: Men gathered outdoors around a cotton picking machine exhibited at the National Implement and Vehicle Association Meeting.

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