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Diagram of McCormick's Reaper

Date: 1867
Description: A diagram of McCormick's cultivator-reaper, which was patented in 1845. The illustration, titled "The Cultivator" depicts a man using a rake to remove the ...
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Dealership

Date: 1890
Description: Three men posing with a McCormick mower and binder in front of M. Sheehan's McCormick Harvesting Machine Company dealership. A note on the back of the prin...
Postcard

McCormick Building at Paris Exposition

Date: 1900
Description: Souvenir postcard from the Paris Exposition of 1900 in Paris, France, showing the "McCormick Building."
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Reaper, Binder and Mower outside McCormick Works

Date: 1890
Description: Reaper, grain binder and mower in a yard outside the McCormick Reaper Works.
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Horse-Drawn Reaper near Windmill

Date: 1905
Description: Man and a boy working with a horse-drawn reaper in a field. The reaper is likely a model or replica of the McCormick reaper of 1831. A windmill is in the b...
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First McCormick Reaper Re-Enactment

Date: 1929
Description: Re-enactors demonstrating a replica of the first reaper built by Cyrus Hall McCormick in 1831. The man raking at the back of the reaper appears to be playi...
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First McCormick Reaper Re-Enactment

Date: 1929
Description: Re-enactors demonstrating a replica of the first reaper built by Cyrus Hall McCormick in 1831. The man raking at the back of the reaper appears to be playi...
Photograph

Disk Harrow

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Description: Charley Sharpe and Fred Jones working with a disk harrow in a field. The disk harrow is pulled by four horses. Original caption reads: "Charley Sharpe and...
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Harvest in Ireland

Date: 1903
Description: A woman, child, dog, and group of men are gathered around a harvester in a field. The caption reads: "Harvester History. Harvest of 1903. Jones Lever Bin...
Photograph

Plano Mowers at Cork Fairgrounds

Date: 1903
Description: Two boys and a group of men inspect Plano mowers at a fairgrounds in Cork, Ireland. At the time, Plano was one of the brand names sold by International Har...
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McCormick Self-Rake Reaper

Date: 1870
Description: McCormick Self-Rake reaper in front of a fence or wall in a factory(?) yard.
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McCormick Reaper in Israel

Date: 1914
Description: Children looking at a McCormick reaper parked on the side of a road in what is now Israel. The caption reads: "Jewish Colony Milharuiyeh - 6 miles south o...
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Experimental Tractor outside Deering Works

Date: 03 26 1912
Description: Group of men standing with an experimental tractor outside International Harvester's Deering Works (factory). The original caption reads: "An early design ...
Photograph

Distributing Christmas Turkeys at Deering Works

Date: 
Description: Men standing among piles of turkeys ready for distribution at International Harvester's Deering Works. The turkeys were distributed as Christmas gifts. The...
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Deering Mower

Date: 1893
Description: George Lincoln sitting on a Deering mower. The original caption reads: "George Lincoln on old Deering Mower about 1893."
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Grain Binder

Date: 1870
Description: Engineering(?) photograph of a grain binder. The binder may be experimental.
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Filming of "Romance of the Reaper" at Walnut Grove

Date: 1930
Description: 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 183...
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"Romance of the Reaper" Demonstration Scene

Date: 1930
Description: Still from the feature length motion picuture "Romance of the Reaper" showing a recreation of the demonstration of Cyrus McCormick's reaper of 1831 at Waln...
Print

Caricature of Cyrus "Cyrusie" McCormick III

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Description: Caricature of "Cyrusie" McCormick operating a horse-drawn McCormick reaper.
Print

Alexander Legge Caricature

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Description: Caricature of Alexander Legge. Legge was president of International Harvester Company from 1922 to 1929. He was vice chairman of the War Industries Board ...

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