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McCormick Self-Binder Instructions
1878
Directions for attaching the McCormick Self-Binder to a harvester. Features an illustration of an early wire binder.
McCormick Letterpress Print of Wire Binder
1877
Letterpress print of McCormick's Harvester and Self Binder (wire binder). The grain binder is operated by a man seated on the machine and pulled by two horses.
McCormick Interchangeable Twine and Wire Binder
1889
Flyer advertising the McCormick interchangeable twine and wire binder. Explains that farmers can use twine, when twine is cheapest and wire, when wire is cheapest to bind their grain.
McCormick Harvester Catalog
1878
Front cover of a catalog for McCormick's Harvester and Self-Binder, featuring a drawing of a binder at work in the field.
McCormick Woodcut
Original woodcut created for the letterpress print of McCormick's Harvester and Self Binder. It has three sections and is connected using wood splines. An electrotype was created from the wood cut,...
McCormick Binders Drawn by Camels in Russia
1887
Illustration from an 1887 McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog showing a row of McCormick binders being pulled by camels. The original caption reads: "The McCormick in Asiatic Russia. From...
