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Reaper Test on Centennial Coin
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Back side of a coin made for International Harvester to celebrate the "Reaper Centennial." The event commemorated the one hundred year anniversary of the testing of the first reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick. The illustration on the coin represents the first reaper test and is based on a painting by N.C. Wyeth.
1931
International Harvester Company
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WHi 64502
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Cyrus Hall McCormick Reaper Centennial Coin
1931
Front side of a coin made for International Harvester to celebrate the "Reaper Centennial." The event commemorated the one hundred year anniversary of the testing of the first reaper by Cyrus Hall ...
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...
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...
Coin for Reaper Centennial
Coin for Reaper Centennial with portrait of C.H. McCormick, inventor of the reaper.
Reaper Centennial Medallion
1931
Front side of International Harvester's reaper centennial medallion (or coin), featuring an image of Cyrus Hall McCormick, the words: "Inventor of the Reape,," and his years of birth and death, 180...
International Harvester Centennial Poster
1931
Poster commemorating the 100-year anniversary of the invention of the reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick (reaper centennial). The poster features a color reproduction of an N.C. Wyeth painting depictin...
