1878-1900 Johnston Harvester Company Self-Raking Reaper

THF701316 / 1878-1900 Johnston Harvester Company Self-Raking Reaper

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

1988

Subject Date

1988

Collection Title

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.319.13

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Resin-coated paper

Technique

Chromogenic processes

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 4 in
Width: 5 in

Keywords	United States, Ohio, Akron Photographic prints Photographs Snapshots Agricultural machinery Harvesting machinery Reapers Self-rake reapers Hall, Benjamin R. Johnston Harvester Co.

Artifact
Johnston Harvester Co. Self-Rake Reaper, 1878-1900
Farmers in the late 1800s saved time and labor by using horse-drawn, self-rake reapers to harvest grain crops. These machines had revolving arms that raked the cut grain off the reaper table and into a neat pile on the ground. Workers trailed behind the reaper, binding the piled grain and stacking the sheaves so they could dry before threshing.