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McCormick Sawmill
Lantern slide illustration of a sawmill(?) in 1863 near a railroad line with a steam train approaching.
McCormick Reaper Works
Lantern slide illustration of the interior of the McCormick Reaper Works(?) as it appeared in 1860. Shows men stoking a boiler, working at a work bench, and putting together a reaper.
Advance Reaper
1900
A. Lindemann of Cascade, Iowa, with a horse-drawn McCormick Advance reaper and mower.
N.C. Wyeth Depiction of McCormick Reaper Demonstration
1931
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 shows a crowd of onlookers cheering Cyrus Mc...
Futuristic McCormick Grain Harvester
Industrial artist's rendering of what a McCormick grain harvester of the future may look like ("future farm machines").
