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McCormick Binders Drawn by Camels in Russia
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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 a photograph taken on the Estate of Ivan Pleshanow, 120 miles east of Samar, Russia, who operates five McCormick Harvesters and Binders, all drawn by Camels."
1887
McCormick Harvesting Machine Company
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WHi 36371
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