Photograph
McCormick Reaper of 1847
A man is using a team of two horses to pull a McCormick reaper in a field, while other women and men are raking the cut grain. |
Image ID: | 60569 |
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Creation Date: | circa 1900 |
Creator Name: | McCormick Harvesting Machine Company |
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Collection Name: | International Harvester Company corporate archives central file (documented series), 1819-1998 |
Genre: | Photograph |
Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
Original Format Number: | MCC MSS 6Z, Box 1306, File 513, #500 |
Original Dimensions: | 14 x 11 inches |
The original caption reads, "Prints #275 - 500 - I-4731 - I-4732 - I-4826, are side, front and rear views of The McCormick Reaper; invented 1845, patented 1847. The improvement embodied in this machine is a seat for carrying the raker, and which enabled him, while riding, to rake the grain from the platform, depositing it in gavels on the ground." The handwritten text on the back of the photograph reads, "Doc. No. 513." |
Farms |
Fences |
Men |
Outdoor photography |
Women |
Inventions |
Farmers |
Trees |
Clothing and dress |
Hats |
Work clothes |
Farmhouses |
Agricultural implements |
Agricultural machinery |
Field crops |
Harvesting |
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