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Testing the First Reaping Machine
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Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The scene includes racist depictions of enslaved African Americans. Oval insets are at top left and right: the left is of a man using a twine binder with a team of two horses, and the right is a portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick. Printed for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company by the Milwaukee Litho. and Engraving Company.
1883
McCormick Harvesting Machine Company
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Testing of the First Reaping Machine
1915
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.
McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Advertising Card
1886
Inside of a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company advertising card. Features color illustrations demonstrating the development of harvesting technology, including the reaping hook, the cradle, and ...
Illustration of Cyrus McCormick's Reaper
1887
Illustration of men harvesting grain with Cyrus McCormick's reaper of 1831. The illustration appeared in an advertising folder produced by the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. Includes the tex...
McCormick No. 3 Steel Mower Illustration
1887
Illustration of a "McCormick Steel Mower No. 3" from an advertising folder. Printed by Gies and Company, Buffalo.
Front of "Which Side Are You On?" Card
1888
The front side of an advertising card showing a farmer reaching over a fence for a McCormick machine. There is a portrait of Cyrus McCormick on the fence and the text "I want machines that every te...
McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Catalog
1896
Back cover of a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Illustrations show the McCormick Reaper Works factory and the McCormick No. 4 Steel Mower. Also shows men holding flags of various nat...
