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Poster

Testing the First Reaping Machine

Date: 1883
Description: Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc...
Print

McCormick Catalog Cover

Date: 1895
Description: Color lithograph cover illustration for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows a portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick over an illustration of ...
Photograph

Cyrus Hall McCormick

Date: 1848
Description: Photographic reprint of a daguerreotype of Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884). McCormick was a Chicago industrialist and inventor in 1831 of the first commer...
Poster

Map of the United States in 1831

Date: 1933
Description: Map created by International Harvester entitled: "The United States as it appeared in 1831 when Cyrus Hall McCormick invented the Reaper." The map pinpoint...
Photograph

Charles B. Withington

Date: 1909
Description: Quarter-length oval studio portrait of Charles B. Withington, the inventor of the first practical wire binder. Withington was born in Akron, Ohio in 1830, ...
Photograph

John F. Steward

Date: 1900
Description: Portrait of John F. Steward, head of International Harvester's Patent Department. Steward had previously worked for the Deering Harvester Company.
Photograph

Coin for Reaper Centennial

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Description: Coin for Reaper Centennial with portrait of C.H. McCormick, inventor of the reaper.
Print

Engraving "Men of Progress, American Inventors"

Date: 05 22 1935
Description: Engraving of "Men of Progress, American Inventors."
Drawing

"Testing of First Reaper at Steele's Tavern"

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Description: "Testing of First Reaper at Steele's Tavern." Second version illustrating occasion.
Print

Testing of the First Reaping Machine

Date: 1915
Description: Copy of chromolithograph of the testing of the first reaping machine at Steele's Tavern, W. Virginia." The scene includes racist depictions of enslaved Afr...
Photograph

Anvil Block Used for Building the First Reaper

Date: 1900
Description: Anvil block sitting outdoors. The block was used by Cyrus McCormick for building the first reaper.
Photograph

Advertisement for History of International Harvester Company

Date: 1920
Description: Advertisement with illustrations on the progress of the International Harvester company.
Photograph

Push Binder Drawing

Date: 11 02 1913
Description: Inventors copyright drawing with signatures of inventors Paul Kane, and G.A. Hagadone. Dated Dec. 14th, 1912.
Photograph

Push Binder Drawing

Date: 03 05 1913
Description: Inventors copyright drawing.
Photograph

Push Binder Drawing

Date: 03 08 1913
Description: Inventors copyright drawing. Dated March 4, 1913.
Photograph

"Great American Inventors" Painting

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Description: "Great American Inventors," copy of engraving for Harper's.
Photograph

Detail of Painting "Great American Inventors"

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Description: Detail of "Great American Inventors," showing Cyrus Hall McCormick. Copy of engraving for Harper's.
Print

The Reaper Takes Form

Date: 1931
Description: Back cover of an advertisement sheet, with a front page that reads: "International Harvester Celebrates The Invention of the Reaper". The color illu...

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