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Whiteley, Fassler & Kelly Advertising Handbill

Date: 1858
Description: Advertising handbill for the Champion reaper and mower produced by Whiteley, Fassler & Kelly of Springfield, Ohio.
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McCormick Advertising Handbill

Date: 12 1856
Description: Handbill and order form advertising reaper and mower manufactured by Cyrus Hall McCormick. This describes the gold medal awarded at the "Great French Exhib...
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Advertising Handbill for Hatch and Whitely

Date: 1851
Description: Advertising handbill for reapers designed by A.J. Cook and manufactured by Hatch and Whitely of Springfield in Clark County, Ohio.
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Mary Ann Hall McCormick

Date: 1850
Description: Portrait of Mary Ann Hall McCormick (1780-1853), wife of Robert McCormick (1780-1846). Mary Ann and Robert McCormick were the parents of inventor and indus...
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Kirby's American Harvester Advertisement

Date: 1859
Description: Handbill for Kirby's American Harvester, a combined reaper and mower. The advertisement features two line drawings of the machine in use, as a reaper and ...
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W.K. Miller's Iron Harvester Advertisement

Date: 1859
Description: Handbill for W.K. Miller's Iron Harvester, a combined reaper and mower manufactured by C.M. Russell & Company. Features three line drawings of machines.
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Eagle Mower and Reaper Advertisement

Date: 1859
Description: Handbill for the Eagle Mower and Reaper distributed by A.G. Mott, general agent for Maryland. Includes the text "the best grass and grain harvester in use....
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McCormick Reaper Illustration

Date: 1859
Description: Back cover of an 1859 catalog advertising McCormick's Reaping and Mowing Machines. Features a drawing of an original McCormick reaper being used to harves...
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McCormick's Patent Virginia Reaper Handbill

Date: 1850
Description: Broadside advertising McCormick's Patent Virginia Reaper, manufactured by the company then known as C.H. McCormick & Co. D.W. Brown of Ashland, Ohio was t...
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McCormick Reaper Directions

Date: 1850
Description: Handbill containing directions for putting together and operating McCormick's reaper, manufactured by C.H. McCormick & Co. Headline over illustration of t...
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McCormick's Patent Virginia Reaper Broadsheet

Date: 1851
Description: Handbill advertising McCormick's Patent Virginia Reaper, manufactured by C.H. McCormick & Co. Includes an illustration of the reaper in use. One man is dri...
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McCormick's Patent Reaping and Mowing Machine

Date: 1853
Description: Handbill or broadsheet advertising McCormick's Patent Reaping and Mowing Machine, manufactured by C.H. McCormick and Co. Includes an illustration of the ma...
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McCormick's Patent Reaping and Mowing Machine

Date: 1853
Description: Broadsheet advertising McCormick's Patent Reaping and Mowing Machine, manufactured by C.H. McCormick and Co. Contains an illustration of the machine in use...
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McCormick's Reaping and Mowing Machine Handbill

Date: 1854
Description: Broadside advertising McCormick's Reaping and Mowing Machine, manufactured by C.H. McCormick & Co. Includes several testimonials from McCormick customers.
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McCormick's Reaper and Mower Flyer

Date: 1859
Description: Flyer and order form advertising McCormick's Reaper and Mower. Features the headline "15,000 sold in the last 4 years" under an illustration of the reaper...
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McCormick's Reaper and Mower

Date: 1859
Description: Handbill advertising McCormick's reaper and mower. Includes the headline "15,000 sold in the last four years." An order form is attached to the bottom of t...
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McCormick's Patent Virginia Reaper

Date: 1850
Description: Handbill or broadsheet advertising McCormick's Patent Virginia Reaper. Features a small illustration of the machine followed by warnings to other manufactu...
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McCormick's Patent Virginia Reaper

Date: 1851
Description: Handbill or Broadsheet advertising McCormick's Patent Virginia Reaper. Includes an illustration of the reaper in use. One man is driving the horses, anothe...
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McCormick's Reaping and Mowing Machine Directions

Date: 1857
Description: Handbill containing directions for putting together and operating McCormick's "Reaping and Mowing Machine" [reaper]. Includes illustrations of the machine.
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McCormick's Reaping and Mowing Machine Directions

Date: 1858
Description: Directions for putting together and operating McCormick's Reaping and Mowing Machine. Features illustrations of the machine in use in the field and alone. ...

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