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American Inventors

Date: 1900
Description: Cigar box label with portraits of inventors Thomas Edison, Eli Whitney, Robert Fulton, Cyrus McCormick, Richard March Hoe. Around the edges are illustratio...
Photograph

N.C. Wyeth Depiction of McCormick Reaper Demonstration

Date: 1931
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...
Photograph

McCormick Reaper Exhibit at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 1933
Description: Female model posing with a rake next to a reproduction of Cyrus Hall McCormick's first reaper at International Harvester's "A Century of Progress" Worlds F...
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World's First Reaper Placard

Date: 1931
Description: Placard for display with replicas of Cyrus McCormick's reaper of 1831. The replicas were produced by the International Harvester Company for the "reaper ce...
Poster

International Truck Advertising Poster

Date: 1931
Description: Advertising poster for International motor trucks with color illustration of a truck and ghostly images of pioneers on horseback and oxen-drawn Conestoga w...
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

Joseph R. McCarthy and Dwight Eisenhower

Date: 07 12 1952
Description: Senator Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin congratulates Dwight Eisenhower after his nomination at the Republican Convention. Eisenhower is thought to have d...
Photograph

Reaper Centennial Medallion

Date: 1931
Description: Front side of International Harvester's reaper centennial medallion (or coin), featuring an image of Cyrus Hall McCormick, the words: "Inventor of the Reap...
Painting

Test of the First Reaper

Date: 1932
Description: Diorama(?) depicting the test of the first mechanical reaper by Cyrus McCormick at Steele's Tavern, Virginia in 1831. The display was likely part of Intern...
Photograph

Agricultural Display

Date: 06 02 1933
Description: Elevated view of a McCormick-Deering 10-20(?) tractor and a harvester-thresher (combine) on display in the International Harvester exhibit at the "A Centur...
Photograph

International Harvester Display

Date: 06 02 1933
Description: Replica of Cyrus McCormick's original 1831 reaper on display in the International Harvester exhibit at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair. Scale mode...
Photograph

"Romance of the Reaper" Film Still

Date: 1929
Description: Scene from the film "Romance of the Reaper" showing the building of the first practical reaper on the McCormick farm in Virginia. Actors playing the parts ...
Historical Object

Cyrus Hall McCormick Reaper Centennial Coin

Date: 1931
Description: Front side of a coin made for International Harvester to celebrate the "Reaper Centennial." The event commemorated the one hundred year anniversary of the ...
Historical Object

Reaper Test on Centennial Coin

Date: 1931
Description: Back side of a coin made for International Harvester to celebrate the "Reaper Centennial." The event commemorated the one hundred year anniversary of the t...
Postcard

McCormick-Deering Tillage Tools

Date: 1932
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering tillage tools featuring the headline: "Wherever Crops are Grown" and a color illustration of a man using a Farmal...
Poster

McCormick-Deering Grain Binders

Date: 1932
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering featuring color illustrations of two grain binders at work in the field. The text on the poster reads, "McCormick-...
Manuscript

Letter from Jane Addams

Date: 07 28 1930
Description: A letter from Jane Addams of Hull House to Cyrus McCormick regarding his donation to Hull House to benefit a children's program. The letter has two photogr...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Triple-Power Tractors Catalog

Date: 1931
Description: Cover of a McCormick-Deering "triple-power tractors" brochure. Cover includes a banner reading "1831-1931 McCormick Reaper Centennial," and an image of the...
Print

Century of the Reaper

Date: 1931
Description: Cover of the book "Century of the Reaper" by Cyrus McCormick III ("Cyrusie"). The cover includes a color illustration of the senior Cyrus McCormick testing...
Photograph

McCormick Company Office

Date: 1900
Description: Office in a McCormick Company building — possibly a factory, branch house, dealership or office building. A desk, chairs, telephone, radiator, wastebasket,...

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