The Leander McCormick Observatory is one of the astronomical observatories operated by the Department of Astronomy of the University of Virginia, and is situated just outside Charlottesville, Virginia
Leander McCormick Observatory at night
Leander McCormick Observatory in 1890
Cyrus Hall McCormick was an American inventor and businessman who founded the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, which became part of the International Harvester Company in 1902. Originally from th
Cyrus Hall McCormick portrait, held by the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
Sketch of 1845 model reaper
McCormick reaper and twine binder in 1884
The U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp honoring McCormick in 1940