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McCormick Bundle Carrier Instructions
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Instructions for attaching steel bundle carrier to McCormick steel harvester. Features an illustration of the carrier attached to a harvester. The harvester, also called a binder, bound cut grain with twine. The bundles were then dropped on the ground. However, the bundle carrier attachment allowed several bundles to be gathered on the carrier and dropped on the ground together.
1886
McCormick Harvesting Machine Company
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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 Self-Binder Instructions
1877
Directions for attaching the McCormick self-binder to the harvester. Features an illustration of an early wire grain binder.
Esterly Harvesting Machine Co. Brochure
1902
Front of 8-page foldout brochure. Includes 4 illustrations of machinery, including the Esterly Steel Binder, Canvas Bundle Carrier, Folding Platform or Truck Binder, and a Mower.
Pentoga Road (National Forest Road 2446) over Brule River
245696
Located in Florence, Florence County
McCormick Advertising Folder
1886
Foldout advertising card for the McCormick grain binder. Includes a color illustration of a farmer operating a horse-drawn grain binder under the text "the king of the harvest field; McCormick stee...
International Bus Engine Illustration
1919
Illustration of an International Bus Engine. Original caption reads: "International engines are designed, built and tested to stand the strain of constant every-day service. Sturdiness, simplicity,...
