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The McCormick Big 4 Steel Mower
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Original pen and ink drawing of an illustration for a McCormick Company advertising catalog. Includes an illustration of a well-dressed farmer operating a horse-drawn mower in a field. In the bottom right corner it says: "The Best in the World" with an illustration of a globe behind it.
1890
McCormick Harvesting Machine Company
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WHi 86962
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Original pen and ink drawing of an illustration used in a McCormick Company advertising catalog. Includes illustrations of a horse-drawn hay rake and a hay press.
McCormick No. 3 Steel Mower Illustration
1887
Illustration of a "McCormick Steel Mower No. 3" from an advertising folder. Printed by Gies and Company, Buffalo.
McCormick No. 4 Mower Illustration
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Color illustration of the horse-drawn "New McCormick Steel Mower No. 4" from an advertising folder. Printed by Gies and Company, Buffalo.
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Back cover of a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Illustrations show the McCormick Reaper Works factory and the McCormick No. 4 Steel Mower. Also shows men holding flags of various nat...
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Original pen and ink drawing of an illustration for a McCormick Company advertising catalog. Features a drawing of a school boy at a desk holding a chalk board with a picture of a grain binder over...
