Cyrus Mccormick Collection

The McCormick's Improved Advance Reaper
3732442 The McCormick's Improved Advance Reaper; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the McCormick's Improved Advance Reaper. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Roadsign at Steele's Tavern, Virginia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Roadsign at Steele's Tavern, Virginia. [A51 - Virginia Inventors - A mile and a half northwest, Cyrus H. McCormick perfected, in 1831, the Grain Reaper. In that vicinity, in 1856, J. A. E

Cyrus McCormick's reaping machine of 1831, exhibited at the Crystal Palace exhibition of 1851
865478 Cyrus McCormick's reaping machine of 1831, exhibited at the Crystal Palace exhibition of 1851. by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Universal History Archive/UIG

Men of Progress, 1862. Creator: Christian Schussele
Men of Progress, 1862

Cyrus Hall McCormick, mid 19th century. Creator: Charles Loring Elliott
Cyrus Hall McCormick, mid 19th century

Cyrus Hall McCormick, printers sample for the Worlds Inventors souvenir album (A25) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888

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Cyrus McCormick portrait, inventor of the mechanical reaper Hand-colored etching of a 19th-century portrait

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Cyrus Hall McCormicks reaper, invented in 1847. Hand-colored woodcut

Cyrus McCormicks reaping machine of 1831 (patented 1834), c1851. This, the first widely adopted reaping machine, was shown at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London where it was awarded a gold medal

Patrick Bell (1799-1869), Scottish clergyman and inventor, 1868. In c1827 Bell invented a mechanical reaper which Cyrus McCormick later perfected

Cyrus McCormicks reaper and binder, 1877
Cyrus McCormicks reaper and binder, an improvement on the model patented in 1831 which was a reaper only, 1877

Cyrus McCormicks reaping machine, 1862. Patented in America in 1831and shown at the Great Exhibition in the Crystal Palace, London, 1851, it was the first widely adopted mechanical reaper

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Cyrus McCormick (1809-1884), an American inventor and entrepreneur, revolutionized agriculture with his groundbreaking reaping machine. First exhibited at the Crystal Palace exhibition of 1851, McCormick's invention of 1831, which was patented in 1834, transformed farming by making harvesting faster and more efficient. The machine, depicted in various illustrations including "Men of Progress" (1862) and the printers sample for the World's Inventors souvenir album, was a significant advancement from earlier models. McCormick's reaper and binder of 1877 further refined the technology. However, it's important to note that Scottish clergyman and inventor Patrick Bell (1799-1869) independently developed a similar reaping machine around the same time. Regardless, McCormick's company, McCormick Reaper Works, went on to dominate the agricultural implement industry in the late 19th century. The agricultural implements of this era, as showcased in images such as "Cyrus McCormick's reaping machine of 1862" and "Agricultural implements, 19th century," are a testament to the ingenuity and innovation of these pioneering inventors.