Photograph
Cyrus Hall McCormick and his Wife Nettie
| Portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884) with his wife Nettie Fowler McCormick (1835-1923). McCormick was a Chicago industrialist and inventor in 1831 of the first commercially successful reaper, a horse-drawn machine to harvest wheat. He formed the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company in 1848 to manufacture and sell his invention, and through innovative marketing techniques the Chicago firm grew into the largest farm equipment manufacturer in the United States. The company eventually became part of the International Harvester Company. |
| Image ID: | 8775 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1884 |
| Creator Name: | Brands Studios |
| City: | Chicago |
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| State: | Illinois |
| Collection Name: | McCormick family photographs and graphic materials, circa 1842-1966 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | M2002-174, Box 4, folder 1 |
| Original Dimensions: | 4 x 5.75 inches |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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