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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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