Photograph
McCormick Display at Columbian Exposition
Flags hanging above a McCormick Harvesting Machine display at what is possibly the World's Columbian Exposition (The World's Fair of 1893). A painting of a bird's-eye view of the McCormick Reaper Works factory is hanging as the centerpiece to the display, and a framed portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick, set on the ground, is leaning against it. |
Image ID: | 60572 |
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Creation Date: | circa 1893 |
Creator Name: | McCormick Harvesting Machine Company |
City: | Chicago |
County: | |
State: | Illinois |
Collection Name: | McCormick Company visual materials, circa 1851-circa 1950 |
Genre: | Photograph |
Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
Original Format Number: | M2002-175, Box 16, Folder 1 |
Original Dimensions: | 13.5 x 10.5 inches |
The sign hanging to the right of the painting reads, "All Harvesters of To-Day Are Based Upon the Features C.M. McCormick Invented and Built in 1831." The image may have been taken at another world's fair or exposition, such as Paris in 1900. |
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Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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