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McCormick Reaper Advertising Brochure

Date: 1862
Description: Cover of a British advertising brochure for "McCormick's Reaping and Mowing Machine, (of which 50,000 have now been made in the United States) with his new...
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Advertisement for McCormick Self-Rake Reaper

Date: 1868
Description: Page from an advertising brochure featuring "McCormick's Prize Self-Raker, . . . the only perfect reaper in lodged grain." Features an engraved illustratio...
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McCormick Mower Advertisement

Date: 1868
Description: Page from an advertising brochure for "McCormick's Prize Mower." Includes illustrations of award medals for the Paris Exposition Universal of 1867, and a m...
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McCormick Wire Binder Advertisement

Date: 1878
Description: Advertisement for the McCormick Combined Reaping and Self-Binding Machines, as manufactured by the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company [or possibly C.H. a...
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McCormick's 1834 Reaper Patent

Date: 1897
Description: Official copy of Cyrus McCormick's 1834 reaper patent. This copy was made by the Patent Office at the request of the McCormick family.
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Reaper Test on Centennial Coin

Date: 1931
Description: Back side of a coin made for International Harvester to celebrate the "Reaper Centennial." The event commemorated the one hundred year anniversary of the t...
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McCormick's 1834 Reaper Patent

Date: 1897
Description: Official copy of Cyrus McCormick's 1834 reaper patent. This copy was made by the Patent Office at the request of the McCormick family.
Poster

McCormick-Deering Grain Binders

Date: 1932
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering featuring color illustrations of two grain binders at work in the field. The text on the poster reads, "McCormick-...
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Cub Cadet Advertisement

Date: 1962
Description: Advertisement for the International Cub Cadet lawn and garden tractor featuring a color photograph of a man using the machine to trim grass next to a hedge...
Photograph

Farmall Tractors at Farmall Works

Date: 1959
Description: Elevated view of rows of Farmall tractors lined up in a lot outside International Harvester's Farmall Works. Original caption (with magazine article) reads...
Photograph

Tractors at Farmall Works

Date: 1959
Description: Rows of Farmall tractors stand outside International Harvester's Farmall Works. The factory site includes Industrial buildings and a water tower.
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Century of the Reaper

Date: 1931
Description: Cover of the book "Century of the Reaper" by Cyrus McCormick III ("Cyrusie"). The cover includes a color illustration of the senior Cyrus McCormick testing...
Historical Object

McCormick Electrotype

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Description: Electrotype created for the letterpress print of McCormick's Harvester and Self Binder. A woodcut was created first, the electrotype next, then the letterp...
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McCormick Harvester & Twine Binder

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Description: Letterpress print of a McCormick Harvester & Twine Binder. The grain binder is operated by a man seated on the machine and pulled by two horses. A farmhous...
Drawing

Landscape Plan of Riven Rock

Date: 1897
Description: Topographical map of Stanley McCormick's Riven Rock estate in El Montecito, Santa Barbara County, California. The map is identified as a map of a survey co...
Map or Atlas

Overhead Map of Riven Rock Estate

Date: 1899
Description: Overhead map of the Stanley McCormick's Riven Rock estate in El Montecito, Santa Barbara, California. The map shows the placement of dwellings and fields, ...
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Rebuilt McCormick Buildings

Date: 1871
Description: Collage depicting multiple McCormick buildings reconstructed or built after the Chicago Fire. The caption at bottom reads, "Rebuilt Chicago. — Buildings Er...
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Farm Scene

Date: 1945
Description: Farm scene created by Alf Nichol. The artwork was possibly used in an International Harvester publication or advertisement.
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Obed Hussey's Reaper of 1833

Date: 1894
Description: Illustration of Obed Hussey's reaper of 1833 drawn by horses in a field.
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Bell's Reaper of 1826

Date: 1894
Description: Illustration of a man and horses with Bell's reaper of 1826.

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