Date: | 1879 |
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Description: | Portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884). McCormick was a Chicago industrialist and inventor in 1831 of the first commercially successful reaper, a hor... |
Date: | 1866 |
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Description: | Portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884). This portrait was reportedly a favorite of his wife Nettie Fowler McCormick (1835-1923). McCormick was a Chic... |
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Description: | Portrait of Orville Wright inscribed to aviation publicist and historian Harry Bruno, whose collection of papers and photographs is housed at the Wisconsin... |
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Description: | Glenn Hammond Curtiss, whose reputation in American aviation is second only to the Wright Brothers. Some Curtiss defenders point out that he actually flew ... |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Portrait of John F. Steward, head of International Harvester's Patent Department. Steward had previously worked for the Deering Harvester Company. |
Date: | 1912 |
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Description: | Unidentified man (inventor?) seated at and showing a foot-powered (?) milking machine. He is outdoors near a stone building. |
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