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Obed Hussey

Date: 1850
Description: Quarter-length portrait of inventor Obed Hussey (1782?-1860) as it appeared in W.T. Hutchinson's biography of Cyrus Hall McCormick. He is wearing an eye pa...
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McCormick's Patent Virginia Reaper

Date: 1850
Description: Broadside advertising McCormick's Patent Virginia Reaper, manufactured by what was then known as C.H. McCormick & Co. Features an illustration of the reape...
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McCormick Reaper Directions

Date: 1850
Description: Handbill containing directions for putting together and operating McCormick's reaper, manufactured by C.H. McCormick & Co. Headline over illustration of t...
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McCormick's Patent Virginia Reaper

Date: 1850
Description: Handbill or broadsheet advertising McCormick's Patent Virginia Reaper. Features a small illustration of the machine followed by warnings to other manufactu...
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Map of Darlington

Date: 1850
Description: Ink on paper. Shows local streets and Pekatonika River. "John M. Keep, proprietor. "Original plat of Darlington as surveyed by Richardson on June 14, 1850....
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Case's Threshing Machine

Date: 1850
Description: Engraving of a man in a coat and hat feeding stalks into a thresher. The thresher is run by two horses on a treadmill at right. The grain is collected from...

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