It’s yardwork season–time to hitch up your horse and get mowing!
William Manning’s Patent Drawing for a Mowing Machine, 5/3/1831
Series: Restored Patent Drawings, 1837 - 1847
Record Group 241: Records of the Patent and Trademark Office, 1836 - 1978
Image description: Drawing of a horse-drawn mowing machine. The horse, wearing blinders and a harness, pulls two large wheels. The bar with the mowing teeth is fixed in front of the horse rather than behind.
Source: catalog.archives.gov