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RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS This image is issued by the Wisconsin Historical Society. Image-purchasing questions? Please Contact Us. 513.'įor commercial or non-profit use, please contact Image Sales.īy clicking 'BUY' you agree to our Terms of Use. The improvement embodied in this machine is a seat for carrying the raker, and which enabled him, while riding, to rake the grain from the platform, depositing it in gavels on the ground.' The handwritten text on the back of the photograph reads, 'Doc. International Harvester Company : International Harvester Company corporate archives central file (documented series), 1819-1998ĪDDITIONAL INFORMATION The original caption reads, 'Prints #275 - 500 - I-4731 - I-4732 - I-4826, are side, front and rear views of The McCormick Reaper invented 1845, patented 1847. McCormick Reaper of 1847 | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society DESCRIPTION A man is using a team of two horses to pull a McCormick reaper in a field, while other women and men are raking the cut grain.

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