Press release image compiled by the International Harvester Company. The image includes "excerpts of the patent grant from the U.S. Patent Office to Cyrus Hall McCormick for his reaper, patented June 21, 1834 [quote from press release]". Also includes the text "improvement in machines for reaping small grain."
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