Date: | 1879 |
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Description: | Portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884). McCormick was a Chicago industrialist and inventor in 1831 of the first commercially successful reaper, a hor... |
Date: | 1883 |
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Description: | Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc... |
Date: | 1931 |
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Description: | Painting by N.C. Wyeth depicting the public demonstration of the first reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steele's Tavern, Virginia in 1831. The painting sh... |
Date: | 1895 |
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Description: | Color lithograph cover illustration for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows a portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick over an illustration of ... |
Date: | 1866 |
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Description: | Portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884). This portrait was reportedly a favorite of his wife Nettie Fowler McCormick (1835-1923). McCormick was a Chic... |
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Description: | Portrait of inventor John F. Appleby. The Wisconsin inventor is credited with inventing a knotting mechanism that made twine grain binders possible in the ... |
Date: | 1933 |
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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... |
Date: | 1909 |
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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, ... |
Date: | 06 26 1959 |
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Description: | Richard Brachman, an engineer, demonstrates his solution for the problem of mowing the grass on a steep slope near his home. He removed the handles of his ... |
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Description: | Color portrait of James Oliver pasted onto a card. "When I sell a plow, I make a friend." |
Date: | 1895 |
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Description: | Catalog featuring calendar pages. February features Lewis Miller, the father of the mowing machine, with text and a portrait. March has an illustration of ... |
Date: | 1895 |
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Description: | Front cover of catalog featuring a framed portrait of Cyrus H. McCormick surrounded by foliage. A putto is pulling away a drape from the portrait with one ... |
Date: | 1920 |
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Description: | Advertisement with illustrations on the progress of the International Harvester company. |
Date: | 1931 |
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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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Description: | Stone marker at Walnut Grove. The inscription reads: "Cycrus H. McCormick — Inventor of the reaper. Was born on this farm, Feb. 15, 1809. Here he completed... |
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