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World's First Reaper Placard
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Placard for display with replicas of Cyrus McCormick's reaper of 1831. The replicas were produced by the International Harvester Company for the "reaper centennial" celebration marking the one hundred year anniversary of Cyrus McCormick's invention. The placard includes text describing the basic principles of the reaper and a reproduction of N.C. Wyeth's painting of the first reaper test at Steele's Tavern, Virginia.
1931
International Harvester Company
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W0136GB
WHi 26068
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The Reaper Takes Form
1931
Back cover of an advertisement sheet, with a front page that reads: "International Harvester Celebrates The Invention of the Reaper". The color illustration features Cyrus Hall McCormick building t...
McCormick's Patent Virginia Reaper
1851
Handbill or Broadsheet advertising McCormick's Patent Virginia Reaper. Includes an illustration of the reaper in use. One man is driving the horses, another raking the cut grain from the reaper's p...
McCormick's invention of 1831 reformed farming methods of the whole world
Jan 07, 1931
Wisconsin State Journal
International Harvester Display
June 2, 1933
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 models of other harvesting machines and tools ...
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...
Test of the First Reaper
1932
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 International Harvester's exhibit at the "A Cent...
