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Christopher Latham Sholes

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Description: Portrait of Christopher Latham Sholes posing at a typewriter.
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N.C. Wyeth Depiction of McCormick Reaper Demonstration

Date: 1931
Description: 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 sh...
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Walking and Talking Robot

Date: 02 15 1957
Description: John Fischer, age 11, demonstrates his invention, a "walking and talking" robot. The robot's eyes light up, and it rolls back and forth on a platform.
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Air-Lec Doors

Date: 06 15 1927
Description: Schoelkopf Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of Air-Lec power door operators. The doors are in an open position, view from indoors looking out towards t...
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Coin for Reaper Centennial

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Description: Coin for Reaper Centennial with portrait of C.H. McCormick, inventor of the reaper.
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Detail of Painting "Great American Inventors"

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Description: Detail of "Great American Inventors," showing Cyrus Hall McCormick. Copy of engraving for Harper's.
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Oscar Zerk at a Desk

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Description: Oscar Zerk is sitting at a desk holding a paper in his hand. The room is decorated with two taxidermied birds, and a large picture window is behind the des...
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Portrait of Oscar Zerk

Date: 08 1954
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of inventor Oscar Zerk with his hand on his chin.

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