Photograph
Horse-Drawn Reaper near Windmill
| Man and a boy working with a horse-drawn reaper in a field. The reaper is likely a model or replica of the McCormick reaper of 1831. A windmill is in the background and the photographer's shadow is in the foreground. The photograph may have been taken for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company or its successor, the International Harvester Company. |
| Image ID: | 24854 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1905 |
| Creator Name: | International Harvester Company |
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| Collection Name: | McCormick Company visual materials, circa 1851-circa 1950 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | M2002-175, box 1, folder 24 |
| Original Dimensions: | 13 x 10 inches |
| See also Image ID: 141450 & 141451 In his book "The Reaper," John F. Steward claims that the photograph was taken on the farm of Fred Runger just west of Chicago, Illinois. He further claims that the reaper in the photograph is a "model" of the first reaper. A retouched version of the photograph (with the windmill removed) appeared in Herbert Casson's 1909 biography of Cyrus Hall McCormick. A name stamped on the back of the photo reads: "Geo. E. Mellen." |
| Agricultural machinery |
| Field crops |
| Fields (Agriculture) |
| Harvesting |
| Horses |
| Windmills |
| Hats |
| Children |
| Clothing and dress |
| Men |
| Outdoor photography |
| Farmers |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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