With his invention in 1831, Cyrus McCormick of Virginia reaped increased food production on the U.S. and manufacturing on Chicago. The mechanical reaper was the pride of several members of the ...

The subject of the McCormick brothers and their development of the “Virginia Reaper” and what later became the Chicago conglomerate, International Harvester, call forth-innumerable ironies and ...

On the north side of Chicago’s Michigan Avenue Bridge, in a small circle of dignitaries, Mayor Martin Kennelly and International Harvester Co.’s Fowler McCormick last week unveiled a plaque. It noted ...

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IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The reaper replaced the hard manual ...

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