The Testing of the First Reaping Machine

Accession number: 1990.122

Cyrus McCormick's mechanical reaper was first successfully demonstrated on a field of oats at Steele's Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. This print was produced c. 1890 by the company McCormick founded in Chicago—International Harvester.

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