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| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Re-enactors demonstrating a replica of the first reaper built by Cyrus Hall McCormick in 1831. The man raking at the back of the reaper appears to be playi... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Scene from the film "Romance of the Reaper" showing the building of the first practical reaper on the McCormick farm in Virginia. Actors playing the parts ... |
| Date: | 05 07 1928 |
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| Description: | View towards the backs of two log buildings built into the side of a hill. The building on the left has a stone foundation, two windows on the first floor ... |
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| Description: | View towards the residence of Robert and Mary Ann Hall McCormick. A group of three people are posing on the steps of the porch on the left. Caption reads: ... |
| Date: | 09 1937 |
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| Description: | View of side of the McCormick Mill, built into the side of a hill on the right. There are small windows, one on the lower level, and another on the upper l... |
| Date: | 02 07 1938 |
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| Description: | Man standing outdoors using a frow to split shingles. |
| Date: | 02 07 1938 |
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| Description: | Man using an axe to split wood for shingles. |
| Date: | 02 07 1938 |
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| Description: | Handwritten on back: "3. Man at right is cutting off sap wood. R. Man at left is using a frow (knife) to split block into thinner sections." |
| Date: | 02 07 1938 |
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| Description: | Two men are sawing a log. Handwritten on back: "1. Sawing white oak log the required length." |
| Date: | 02 07 1938 |
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| Description: | Handwritten on back: "2. Man at right is taking out the heart wood. 6. Man at left is finishing completed shingles with draw knife." |
| Date: | 02 07 1938 |
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| Description: | Two men working outdoors making split shingles. |
| Date: | 02 15 1938 |
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| Description: | Two men are standing on the stone wall, and another man is standing on scaffolding inside the dam. In the foreground are large stones, logs, and water. Han... |
| Date: | 02 15 1938 |
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| Description: | A group of men are working on the dam. Handwritten on back: "Outside of Dam wall at center." |
| Date: | 03 26 1938 |
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| Description: | View from road toward two men are working on the mill building. There is a barn and silo in the background on the right. Handwritten on back: "Mill buildin... |
| Date: | 03 26 1938 |
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| Description: | Handwritten on back: "Lower end of tail race." The Blacksmith Shop is on the far left, and the reconstruction of the mill is just behind it. In the center ... |
| Date: | 03 26 1938 |
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| Description: | A man is working near the mill. Handwritten on back: "South side of mill showing pit for water wheel." |
| Date: | 03 26 1938 |
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| Description: | A man is sitting on the right looking down at the spillway. Buildings are in the background. Handwritten on back: "Mill building — note pillar to support o... |
| Date: | 03 26 1938 |
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| Description: | Two men are looking toward the back of the mill building which is on the right. Behind the man on the right is the Blacksmith Shop. In the distance are fen... |
| Date: | 03 26 1938 |
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| Description: | View towards side of cabin, which has a door and window opening in the log structure. Scaffolding is set up around the building, and tools and building mat... |
| Date: | 03 26 1938 |
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| Description: | Three men are working on the top of the mill building. There is no roof, and the logs are not filled in or chinked. The road curves from the left in the ba... |
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