McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Catalog Cover | Book or Pamphlet | Wisconsin Historical Society

Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Catalog Cover

McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Catalog Cover | Book or Pamphlet | Wisconsin Historical Society
Front cover of catalog featuring a framed portrait of Cyrus H. McCormick surrounded by foliage. A putto is pulling away a drape from the portrait with one hand, and holding a mirror in the other hand. Below the portrait is a paper reading: "A Record of Sixty-Four Years of Success," which is above an illustration of a man using a horse-drawn McCormick binder in a field. In the lower right corner is written: "Cyrus H. McCormick, the inventor of the Reaper, was elected a corresponding Member of the French Academy of Sciences, in 1878, for 'having done more for the cause of Agriculture than any other living man.'"
DESCRIPTION
Front cover of catalog featuring a framed portrait of Cyrus H. McCormick surrounded by foliage. A putto is pulling away a drape from the portrait with one hand, and holding a mirror in the other hand. Below the portrait is a paper reading: "A Record of Sixty-Four Years of Success," which is above an illustration of a man using a horse-drawn McCormick binder in a field. In the lower right corner is written: "Cyrus H. McCormick, the inventor of the Reaper, was elected a corresponding Member of the French Academy of Sciences, in 1878, for 'having done more for the cause of Agriculture than any other living man.'"
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:112619
Creation Date: 1895
Creator Name:McCormick Harvesting Machine Company
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County:
State:
Collection Name:McCormick - International Harvester
Genre:Book or Pamphlet
Original Format Type:prints, photomechanical
Original Format Number:Pamphlet from Library
Original Dimensions:7 x 9.5 inches
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Pam 68-1951
SUBJECTS
Agricultural machinery
Fields (Agriculture)
Harvesting
Horses
Portraits
Foliage
Hats
Neckties
Suits (Clothing)
Work clothes
Agricultural machinery industry
Beards
McCormick, Cyrus Hall, 1809-1884
Men
Moustache
Inventors

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