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Harold McCormick Family Portrait at Walnut Grove, Virginia
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Harold F. McCormick family, farm laborers, and various animals on the Walnut Grove estate at Raphine, Virginia. Harold McCormick was the son of Cyrus Hall McCormick, and a president of the International Harvester Company. Walnut Grove was the boyhood home of Cyrus Hall McCormick. Pictured (L to R) are: three unidentified farm hands, Muriel McCormick (on horse), unidentified farm hand, Fowler McCormick (on horse), Mathilde McCormick, Julia Mangold, Howard Colby, unidentified man, Kathleen (Mrs. Rush) Searson, Harold F. McCormick, and (J.) Rush Searson.
1922
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Harold F. McCormick Family and Friends
1922
Outdoor group portrait of the Harold Fowler McCormick family, friends and servants at Walnut Grove. Left to right (seated): Kathleen (Mrs. Rush) Searson, Fowler McCormick, Harold F. McCormick, Math...
McCormick Family Farm
1885
Engraved illustration of "Walnut Grove," the "homestead of the McCormick family" in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Cyrus Hall McCormick developed the first successful mechanical reaper on this farm i...
Harold McCormick and his Children at Walnut Grove Farm
1922
Harold F. McCormick (with cup) and his children, left to right: Muriel, Harold, Jr. and Mathilde at the Walnut Grove farm in Rockbridge County.
McCormick Family Farm
1900
Exterior view of the family farm, Walnut Grove, of Robert Hall McCormick (father of Cyrus Hall McCormick).
Building at Walnut Grove(?)
1900
Weathered building, possibly at Walnut Grove, the family farm of Cyrus McCormick. Walnut Grove was near Steele's Tavern, Virginia.
McCormick's Blacksmith Shop at Walnut Grove
1931
Exterior view of the blacksmith shop at Walnut Grove farm where Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884) invented and built his first reaper in 1831.
