Photograph
Filming of "Romance of the Reaper" at Walnut Grove
| Film crew setting up a scene in which actors playing the parts of Cyrus McCormick and his slave Jo Anderson operate a replica of McCormick's reaper of 1831. The scene was part of a feature length motion picture titled "Romance of the Reaper." The film was produced by the International Harvester Company to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the invention of the reaper, also known as the "reaper centennial." |
| Image ID: | 25710 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1930 |
| Creator Name: | International Harvester Company |
| City: | Raphine |
| County: | |
| State: | Virginia |
| 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 10-11 |
| Original Dimensions: | 9.5 x 7.5 inches |
| Fields (Agriculture) |
| Harvesting |
| Actors |
| Motion picture cameras |
| Motion pictures |
| Costume |
| Men |
| Outdoor photography |
| Inventions |
| Farmers |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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