Testing of the First Reaping Machine | Print | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Testing of the First Reaping Machine

Testing of the First Reaping Machine | Print | Wisconsin Historical Society
Copy of chromolithograph of the testing of the first reaping machine at Steele's Tavern, W. Virginia." The scene includes racist depictions of enslaved African Americans.
DESCRIPTION
Copy of chromolithograph of the testing of the first reaping machine at Steele's Tavern, W. Virginia." The scene includes racist depictions of enslaved African Americans.
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:119803
Creation Date: 1915
Creator Name:International Harvester Company
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Collection Name:Glass negative series, circa 1900-1939
Genre:Print
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
See also Image ID: 2497 for an advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper. Heavily masked or opaqued.
SUBJECTS
Women
Men
McCormick, Cyrus Hall, 1809-1884
Crowds
Fences
Agricultural machinery
Inventors
Farms
Farm buildings
Slavery
Horses
Trees
Clothing and dress
Dresses
Hats
Landscape
Field crops
Taverns (Inns)

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