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IHC Executives at McCormick Works Public Event
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Cyrus McCormick, Jr., Cyrus McCormick III, and other International Harvester executives stand near a replica of the original McCormick reaper as a crowd looks on inside the McCormick Works.
December 15, 1926
International Harvester Company
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