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Horse-drawn mower, 1905 Item Info

An enclosed-gear, steel-wheeled, two-hitch horse-drawn rider- operated bar mower being used in a hay field. The operator is driving the work horses away from the camera. One of the horses is wearing a leather fly skirt. A row of poplar trees runs diagonally across the photograph in the middle distance between the horses and the horizon. The machine shows the markings of International Harvester, although on the rear of the photograph there is extended text regarding a McCormick-Deering mower.
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Title:
Horse-drawn mower, 1905
Creator (Organization):
Iowa State University
Date Created:
1905
Description:
An enclosed-gear, steel-wheeled, two-hitch horse-drawn rider- operated bar mower being used in a hay field. The operator is driving the work horses away from the camera. One of the horses is wearing a leather fly skirt. A row of poplar trees runs diagonally across the photograph in the middle distance between the horses and the horizon. The machine shows the markings of International Harvester, although on the rear of the photograph there is extended text regarding a McCormick-Deering mower.
Subject (Topic):
Farm equipment Agriculture
Subject (Organization):
Iowa State University
Location:
Iowa--Story County Iowa
Language:
zxx
Source:
Iowa State University. Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering records, 1903-2014, undated
Call Number:
RS 9/7
Finding Aid Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9sj5v
Contributing Institution:
Iowa State University. Special Collections and University Archives
Publisher:
Iowa State University. Library
Extent:
23.4 x 18.3 cm
Genre:
photographs
Type:
Image
Format:
image/jpeg
Digital Collection Title:
Iowa State University photographs
Digital Collection Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9610vr73
Identifier:
universityphotographs532
Filename:
9-7-m_agriculturalmachinery_561-1-7.jpg
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9kp7tr4v

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"Horse-drawn mower, 1905", Iowa State University Photographs, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
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https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9kp7tr4v
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