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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.
McCormick Reaper Illustration
Illustration of a McCormick reaper of 1858 in the field near a farm house. A crowd of onlookers is gathered near the field.
Railroad Crew Posing with Steam Engine
1890
Crew from the Augusta and Knoxville railroad posing with a steam engine.
Nettie McCormick and Son Robert
1864
Oval-framed portrait of Nettie Fowler McCormick (1835-1923), and her son Robert (1863-1865). Nettie, a well-known philanthropist, was the wife of Chicago inventor and industrialist Cyrus Hall McCor...
Cyrus Hall McCormick
1865
Full-length studio portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick holding a top hat (1809-1884), by Matthew Brady. McCormick was a Chicago industrialist and inventor.
Train approaching Railroad Station
Train approaching railroad station crowded with people.
