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McCormick Family Farm
1885
Engraved illustration of "Walnut Grove," the "homestead of the McCormick family" in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Cyrus Hall McCormick developed the first successful mechanical reaper on this farm i...
McCormick Reaper Works
1885
Engraved bird's-eye view illustration of the "McCormick Harvesting Machine Company's Works," including railroad cars, smoke from smokestacks and factory workers.
McCormick Harvester & Twine Binder
Letterpress print of a McCormick Harvester & Twine Binder. The grain binder is operated by a man seated on the machine and pulled by two horses. A farmhouse is in the background on the right.
McCormick Grain Binder
1900
Side view of a man operating a horse-drawn McCormick twine grain binder in a field.
Men with Self-Binding Harvester
1899
Two men are operating a horse-drawn McCormick twine grain binder in a field.
McCormick Twine Advertising Poster
1929
Advertising poster for McCormick binder twine. Includes color illustrations of balls of twine and a horse-drawn grain binder in a field. Printed by the Magill-Weinsheimer Company of Chicago for dis...
