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| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | Cover of an advertising booklet for John H. Manny's Single Mower. It features an illustration of men using the mower, surrounded by informative text. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Brochure for Parlin & Orendorff's volunteer walking cultivators, advertising the "Volunteer" and "Volunteer balance frame." The brochure unfolds to reveal ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Advertising brochure for P&O cultivators entitled: "A Parade of P&O Two-Row Cultivators." The brochure opens to a feature illustrated with a photograph of ... |
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| Description: | Front view of a trade card created by the Plano Manufacturing Company featuring an illustration of a cat climbing a screened window in pursuit of a mouse. ... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Color advertising cartoon depicting Uncle Sam with arms outstretched over a Deering grain binder. Hybrids of binders by rival manufacturers are depicted on... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Lithographed advertising poster with calendar, featuring an illustration of a young girl with a parasol. Also features color illustrations of a horse-drawn... |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Catalog cover of Adriance, Platt & Co. features an illustration of a farmer standing in a field holding a scythe and wiping his brow. In the background men... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Accordion fold advertising card from Adriance, Platt & Company, manufacturers of Buckeye and Triumph farm machinery. Features illustrations on both sides o... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Front cover of the Empire Drill Company catalog. Features an image of a man driving a team of two horses (toward the viewer) while pulling an empire drill.... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Kentucky Grain Drills catalog cover, no color. Features a woman in a long dress holding on to the bridle of a horse standing in a stall. In a smaller inset... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | The New Kentucky Interchangeable Disk or Shoe Grain Drill catalog cover. Features an illustration from behind of a person wearing a straw hat and suspender... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Features at the top a black and white illustration of a man and woman sitting on a carriage seat (side view). The man is wearing gloves and is holding the ... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Features at the top a black and white illustration of a woman standing and using a pump machine at a counter. Cut reads: "Pumps for House & Farm." The bott... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Features at the top an illustration of a woman standing holding a lawn mower. Cut reads: "Lawn Mowers and Lawn Swings." The bottom illustration shows a wom... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Features at the top an illustration of a tools. Cut reads: "Hardware and Tools." The bottom illustration shows a woman standing at a fence. Cut reads: "Wir... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | The cover features men in front of a building with "Cash for Wheat" painted above the door. They are unloading bags from a wagon and lifting them by rope i... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Back page advertisement with the title: "Safe and Easy for Fat Men." Features an illustration of a man sitting and posing on the back of a grain drill in t... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Accordion fold advertising card from Adriance, Platt & Company, which manufactured Buckeye and Triumph farm machinery. Features illustrations on both sides... |
| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | Front and back sides of the Ann Arbor Co. brochure. The front cover includes an illustration of the factory. The inside is a spread with an illustration of... |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Features an illustration of a man using a mower with a team of two horses. Caption below reads: "Here a stump is to be passed, as you now discover, And a l... |
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