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Horse-Drawn Reaper near Windmill
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Man and a boy working with a horse-drawn reaper in a field. The reaper is likely a model or replica of the McCormick reaper of 1831. A windmill is in the background and the photographer's shadow is in the foreground. The photograph may have been taken for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company or its successor, the International Harvester Company.
1905
International Harvester Company
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W0143BV
WHi 24854
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Horse-Drawn Reaper with Windmill
1905
Two men, two women and a boy harvesting grain with an early McCormick reaper. A windmill is in the background. The photograph may have been a staged re-enactment of earlier harvesting methods. The ...
Horse-Drawn Reaper with Windmill
1905
Two men, two women and a boy harvesting grain with an early McCormick reaper. A windmill is in the background. The photograph may have been a staged re-enactment of earlier harvesting methods. The ...
Horse-Drawn Reapers
View of what may be a reenactment of old harvesting methods. Men and women are working in a field, and a young boy is riding a horse-drawn reaper. There is a windmill in the background.
Horse-Drawn Reapers
View of what may be a reenactment of old harvesting methods. Men and women are working in a field, and a young boy is riding a horse-drawn reaper. There is a windmill in the background.
Man Using Horse-Drawn McCormick Reaper
1900
View across harvested field towards a man using a horse-drawn McCormick reaper. Another man is standing near the reaper on the left. Stacks of grain dot the field in the background.
McCormick Reaper Illustration
Illustration of a McCormick reaper of 1858 in the field near a farm house. A crowd of onlookers is gathered near the field.
