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Hay Press, Horse Powered

Date: 1905
Description: Horse hitched to a hay press near International Harvester's Champion Works. A sign on the factory reads: "International Harvester Co. Champion Division." T...
Photograph

Experimental Cotton Picker

Date: 08 03 1933
Description: Engineering phtoo of an experimetnal single-row, two drum, self-propelled cotton picker. The photograph was taken outside International Harvester's Tracto...
Photograph

Experimental Cotton Picker

Date: 08 03 1933
Description: Engineering photograph of an experimental single-row, two drum, self-propelled cotton picker parks. The photograph was taken outside the office of Internat...
Photograph

McCormick-Deering Corn Binder

Date: 1931
Description: McCormick-Deering corn binder parked outside a Chicago factory, most likely the McCormick Works. Decals and/or stencils are on the machine.
Photograph

Cranberry Cleaning Equipment

Date: 1958
Description: Elevated view of a man loading freshly harvested cranberries into processing machinery. The machine appears to separate the berries from leaves and other d...
Photograph

Grading Cranberries

Date: 1950
Description: Machinery used for grading cranberries. As the berries move through the machine the are sorted by size and deposited on the appropriate conveyor belt for p...
Book or Pamphlet

Johnston Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1886
Description: Front and back cover of a catalog for harvesting machines. The cover features a color illustration of shocks of hay in a field surrounded by sun rays in th...
Photograph

McCormick No. 4 Harvester Thresher

Date: 06 14 1925
Description: Original caption reads: "McCormick No. 4 harvester-thresher as built for Argentine in 1925. This model was originally developed for the domestic trade in 1...
Photograph

McCormick No.10 Harvester Thresher

Date: 03 20 1927
Description: Original caption reads: "McCormick No. 10 harvester-thresher equipped with 16-foot solid platform. This machine has been the accepted heavy type machine so...
Photograph

No.21 Harvester Thresher

Date: 01 25 1932
Description: Original caption reads: "No.21 harvester-thresher. This machine was built expressly for European grain conditions and is equipped with a torpedo divider, g...
Photograph

International Harvester 91x H.T. Self Propelled Combine

Date: 10 14 1954
Description: Self propelled 91 x H.T. parked outdoors.
Photograph

Powered Hay Press Near Barn

Date: 04 30 1910
Description: View across yard of powered hay press in front of a barn at Springfield Works, with bales of hay in the machine.
Book or Pamphlet

Salzer Seed Company Advertisement

Date: 1898
Description: An advertisement in the John A. Salzer Seed Company catalog. The illustration features corn and oats, and two circular insets, one of factories and fields,...
Photograph

Cheese Factory

Date: 07 1936
Description: View across harvested field shocks of grain towards the long, two-story brick Carl Marty & Co. factory, featuring a large smokestack and a water tower. The...
Photograph

Two Advertisements for Titan Tractors

Date: 
Description: Two advertisements: the one at the top is #I-20982 with text that reads: "1920 Production One Every Five Minutes, Titan Tractors $1000.00." The advertiseme...
Photograph

Men Operating Thresher in Plant Yard

Date: 06 08 1911
Description: A group of men are operating a thresher in a plant yard at McCormick Works. Railroad cars and factory buildings are in the background.

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