Photograph
McCormick "Marsh" Type Harvester
| Men demonstrating the horse-drawn McCormick "Marsh type" harvester built ca. 1878. The men are wearing period dress and the photograph was most likely staged as a historical re-enactment - possibly in conjunction with International Harvester's "reaper centennial" celebration. Original caption reads: "This type of machine was built in McCormick's Reaper Works in Chicago from 1875-1883. An elevator delivered the cut grain to a platform on the side of the machine where it was bound into bundles by hand. Two men could bind the grain as fast as it was cut. With the reapers for earlier years, a crew of 4 or 5 men was required to do the binding." |
| Image ID: | 22889 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1929 |
| Creator Name: | International Harvester Company |
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| Collection Name: | International Harvester Company corporate archives central file (documented series), 1819-1998 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | MCC MSS 6Z, box 1292, #459 |
| Original Dimensions: | 10 x 8 inches |
| Costume |
| Farmers |
| Hats |
| Work clothes |
| Horses |
| Outdoor photography |
| Field crops |
| Fields (Agriculture) |
| Agricultural machinery |
| Harvesting |
| Men |
| Agriculture |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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