McCormick Reaper | 1830s | C. H. McCormick

Cyrus McCormick, at 22, took up his father's ambition of constructing a motorized reaper in 1831. A reaping machine, often known as a mechanical reaper, is a semi-automated mechanical harvesting system. Mechanical reapers and other reapers have long been a vital aspect of mechanized agriculture, considerably adding to agricultural production. US Patent Number: X8277 Invention: Reaper Inventor: C. H. Mocormick Year: 1834 Material: Ink on Japanese museum-quality archival paper. Thickness of paper: 10.3 mil (0.26 mm). Weight of paper: 5.57 oz/yd² (189 g/m²) All Hatton® Press Originals measure 24"(W) x 36"(H) Safely packaged for shipping Comes with our natural wood grain frame, including pre-attached sawtooth hangers for vertical wall hanging* *Frame is included but may be sent separately due to safety and handling