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McCormick Reaper Works "Rest Room"

Date: 1899
Description: Two women sitting in the "rest room" at the McCormick Reaper Works. A piano is in the background.
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Threshing in the 1870s

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Description: Men and women pose in the middle of threshing operations with steam engine, horse-drawn wagon and a wheelbarrow equipped with a homemade basket. A handwrit...
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McCormick Advance Reaper

Date: 1899
Description: Farmer with horse-drawn McCormick Advance reaper built 1870-1871.
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McCormick Automatic Self-Rake Reaper

Date: 1899
Description: McCormick automatic self-rake reaper built in 1858 and patented by McClintock Young. Original caption reads: "This machine embodies the improvement of subs...
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McCormick Harvester and Twine Binder

Date: 1899
Description: Farmer harvesting grain with McCormick grain binder built in 1883. Original caption reads: "The frame was made entirely of wood, iron being used only for g...
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Farm Family Poses with McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Men, women and children posing in a field with a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder.
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McCormick Wire Binder of 1876

Date: 1900
Description: Side view of a man using a McCormick wire binder pulled by three horses to work in a field.
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McCormick Reaper of 1847

Date: 1900
Description: A man is using a team of two horses to pull a McCormick reaper in a field, while other women and men are raking the cut grain.
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Men Posing with McCormick Binder

Date: 1899
Description: A group of five men are standing and sitting around a McCormick grain binder.
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Farmer with Self Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Charles F. Nitz is operating a McCormick grain binder, drawn by three horses through a field. The original caption reads: "The oldest self binder in Cuming...
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Men with Self-Binding Harvester

Date: 1899
Description: Two men are operating a horse-drawn McCormick twine grain binder in a field.
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McCormick Wire Binder

Date: 1899
Description: A man is operating a McCormick wire binder driven by two horses.
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Man with McCormick Wire Binder

Date: 1899
Description: Man operating a McCormick wire binder driven by two horses through a field.
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Men with McCormick Harvester

Date: 1899
Description: A man is operating a McCormick self-binding harvester driven by two horses, while two men are standing beside him in a field. The harvester was built in 18...
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Steele's Tavern, Virginia

Date: 1900
Description: Run-down building with a stone chimney in a rural landscape. The photograph is identified as "Steele's Tavern." Cyrus McCormick successfully demonstrated h...
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Side View of Self-Binding Harvester

Date: 1899
Description: Side view of two men using a McCormick twine self-binding harvester pulled by three horses. The original photograph caption reads: "This machine represents...
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McCormick Wire Binder

Date: 1899
Description: A group of farmers are using a McCormick wire grain binder, built in 1876. A horse-drawn carriage is in the background. The original caption reads: "The im...
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McCormick Family Farm

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of the family farm, Walnut Grove, of Robert Hall McCormick (father of Cyrus Hall McCormick).
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Automatic Self-Rake Reaper

Date: 1900
Description: A man leads two horses pulling a McCormick automatic self-rake reaper through a field while another man follows behind. In the background is a river or pon...
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Men and Child With Automatic Self-Rake Reaper

Date: 1900
Description: A girl wearing a dress and hat is carrying a metal pail towards men using a McCormick automatic self-rake reaper in a field.

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