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Testing the First Reaping Machine

Date: 1883
Description: Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc...
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African American Farmers with Horse-Drawn Plows

Date: 1918
Description: Two African American farmers in a field operating horse-drawn walking plows.
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First McCormick Reaper Re-Enactment

Date: 1929
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...
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Boy Holding Horse on Film Set

Date: 1929
Description: A photograph from the set of the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the...
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Testing an 1831 Reaper Replica

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...
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Reaper Replica in "Romance of the Reaper"

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of a Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reaper ...
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Reaper Replica in "Romance of the Reaper"

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of a Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reaper ...
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Film Crew and Actors

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper." The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...
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Reaper Replica in Field Scene

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...
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Men in Period Costume for "Romance of the Reaper"

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper." The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...
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Men Harvesting Grain in Field

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Description: Group of men harvesting grain with two McCormick grain binders drawn by horses or mules. In the background are farm buildings and stacks of grain.
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Harvesting Wheat

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Description: Two teams of horses aren pulling agricultural machinery, and a horse-drawn carriage is nearby. Most of the large field has been harvested, and bundles of w...
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Young Man with P&O Planter at Stovall's Plantation

Date: 05 01 1928
Description: Young African-American man sitting on a P&O planter pulled by mules on the plantation of Mrs. William H. Stovall.
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Man Seated on Horse-Drawn Planter

Date: 05 02 1925
Description: African-American man seated on a P&O planter pulled by four work horses or mules in large field.
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McCormick Mower at Monticello

Date: 06 21 1899
Description: A man is using a McCormick New 4 mower pulled by two horses to work on the farm land at Monticello.
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McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Side view of a man operating a horse-drawn McCormick twine grain binder in a field.
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Men with Walking Plow

Date: 1915
Description: Men are gathered under a tree near several walking plows.
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Men with Horse-Drawn Mower in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Men with a horse-drawn mower in a field. One man is working with a hand implement in a pile of hay, and another is sitting in a horse-drawn carriage in the...
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Group of Men Posing in Field with Three Grain Binders

Date: 1895
Description: A large group of men, mostly African American, posing in a field with three McCormick grain binders. Each binder is being operated by a man and is pulled b...

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