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McCormick Reaper Illustration

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Description: Illustration of a McCormick reaper of 1858 in the field near a farm house. A crowd of onlookers is gathered near the field.
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Farmers Loading Crop into Barn

Date: 1900
Description: Five men are using a tractor to power a belt and grain elevator while storing a harvested crop in a barn.
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Corn Picker in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Men using a horse-drawn corn picker in a cornfield. A horse-drawn wagon is sitting next to the corn picker. In the background is a farm building or farmhou...
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Men with Husker-Shredder near Barn

Date: 1900
Description: Four men are working with a husker-shredder and a wagon near a barn. The husker-shredder is powered with a belt hooked to what is probably a tractor (not v...
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McCormick Grain Binder with Sailing Ships

Date: 1900
Description: Man operating a McCormick horse-drawn grain binder in a field. A tugboat is pulling sailing ships on a body of water in the distance. The photograph appear...
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McCormick Automatic Self-Rake Reaper

Date: 1899
Description: McCormick automatic self-rake reaper built in 1858 and patented by McClintock Young. Original caption reads: "This machine embodies the improvement of subs...
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Silaging Operation near Barn

Date: 1900
Description: Silage operation near barn. A Westinghouse engine is powering the ensilage cutters. Men are posing near wagons. A house in the background on the right surr...
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Young Boy Operating Corn Binder

Date: 1895
Description: View towards a young boy operating a corn binder pulled by two horses. The binder is moving along a row of corn. An empty carriage or buggy is sitting in a...
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Horse-Drawn Mower and Carriage in Field

Date: 1900
Description: View towards a man wearing a banded hat operating a horse-drawn mower in a field. In the background there is a boy standing near a man in a horse-drawn car...
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Boy Operating McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View down mowed section of field, with a young boy on the right operating a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder. Two men are working in the field gathering ...
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Horse-Drawn Mower and Carriage in Field

Date: 1900
Description: A man is sitting on a horse-drawn mower in a field, while two other men are looking on from a horse-drawn carriage.
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Horse-Drawn Mowers

Date: 1900
Description: View over fence towards men using horse-drawn mowers in a field, while a couple in a horse-drawn carriage are looking on. Fences and farm buildings are in ...
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Horse-Drawn Mowers and Buggy

Date: 1900
Description: A man and a boy are each driving their own mower. Each mower is pulled by two horses. The young boy is waving his hat. A man on the right is riding in a b...
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Man Riding Horse-Drawn Mower

Date: 1900
Description: Rear view of a man wearing a banded hat and riding a mower drawn by two horses. The man is lifting the sickle bar on the mower to avoid a tree stump. A roa...
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Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: A man is picking up bundles of grain by hand, while another man is operating a horse-drawn grain binder. In the left background is a group of people in a s...
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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 in Field with Grain Binders

Date: 1900
Description: Men are posing in a row of horse-drawn McCormick grain binders. A man and child are posing in a horse-drawn carriage. In the background is a farmhouse and ...
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Horse-Drawn Carriage and Grain Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Men are posing around a horse-drawn grain binder while two women are looking on from a horse-drawn carriage. One of the men is holding a bicycle, and a far...
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Silage Cutting near Barn

Date: 1900
Description: View over fence of silage cutting operation near a barn on a small hill. Several men are working in the barnyard. A horse-drawn wagon stacked with silage i...
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Large Haying Operation

Date: 1900
Description: Men working on haying operation in a field. Two men are driving horse-drawn wagons piled high with hay. One man is standing near one wagon holding an imple...

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