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Oliver Tractor Plows Outside Factory

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Description: View of new Oliver plows set up in a row outside the factory works.
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Oliver Chilled Plow Works Advertisement

Date: 1883
Description: Lithographed advertising card for the Oliver Chilled Plow Works commemorating the new year, 1884. The card features two color illustrations within a gold f...
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Bissell Chilled Plow Advertising Card

Date: 
Description: Features a color illustration of a Bissell Chilled plow in a field. The back of the card describes the plow.
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James Oliver, Inventor of the Chilled Plow

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Description: Color portrait of James Oliver pasted onto a card. "When I sell a plow, I make a friend."
Book or Pamphlet

Oliver Chilled Plow Catalog Cover

Date: 1889
Description: Front cover of catalog for "Plows and Plow Making as shown by the Oliver Chilled Plow Works."
Book or Pamphlet

Pages from The Oliver Alphabet

Date: 1889
Description: Interior pages of the pamplet, with illustrations for the letter "H" and "I."
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South Bend Chilled Plow Advertising Card

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Description: Advertising card featuring a color illustration of a man using the plow in a field with a team of two horses.

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