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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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Nettie Fowler McCormick at Paris Exposition

Date: 1900
Description: Nettie Fowler McCormick (1835-1923), wife of inventor and industrialist Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884), at the Paris Exposition of 1900. Mrs. McCormick i...
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Judging at Apple Show

Date: 1910
Description: Two men pose while several others judge apples from Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, at the national apple show in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. A...
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Wisconsin Beekeepers Association

Date: 1921
Description: Group portrait of the Wisconsin Beekeepers Association at the Wisconsin Markets Expo.
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Francis E. McGovern at the Moquah Cattle Show

Date: 1914
Description: View across field towards Governor Francis E. McGovern, standing in the center, wearing a suit and hat. Beside and behind him are a group of men and women.

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