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McCormick's Blacksmith Shop at Walnut Grove

Date: 1931
Description: Exterior view of the blacksmith shop at Walnut Grove farm where Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884) invented and built his first reaper in 1831.
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Steele's Tavern, Virginia

Date: 1900
Description: Run-down building with a stone chimney in a rural landscape. The photograph is identified as "Steele's Tavern." Cyrus McCormick successfully demonstrated h...
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Old Stone House at Bull Run Battlefield

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Description: A fence surrounds an old stone house and trees at Bull Run Battlefield. Caption reads: "Stone House, Bull Run Battlefield, Va."
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Mountain Cabin

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Description: View of a mother and three children standing on the front step of their mountain cabin. Published by the Virginia Store.

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