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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

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.
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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