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Dennett Harvesting Machine Co. Catalog

Date: 1881
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Dennett twine binding harvesters, light mowers, and reapers manufactured by the Dennett Harvesting Machine Company. Fea...
Book or Pamphlet

Plano Manufacturing Company Catalog

Date: 1897
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the Plano Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of grain binders, mowers, headers, reapers, and hay rakes. The cover fea...
Photograph

Circus Performers with Mule

Date: 
Description: A male circus performer stands lengthwise on the back of a mule, while a female circus performer stands on the ground next to them.
Print

Wheat Crop Production Chart

Date: 1887
Description: "The Yearly Wheat Crop in Principal Countries." Chart showing yearly wheat crop production by country for 1880, found inside the back cover of an 1887 McCo...
Photograph

Black Out Curtains

Date: 1942
Description: Publicity photograph of a woman hanging blackout curtains, with the assistance of her young daughter. The photograph was taken to provide illustration for ...
Book or Pamphlet

Boring Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the Boring tractor, featuring a color illustration of a man using the tractor to work in a farm field.
Book or Pamphlet

Boring Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1920
Description: Back cover of a pamphlet advertising the Boring tractor with a headline reading: "You want a practical tractor -" and a rear-view illustration of a man usi...
Book or Pamphlet

Johnston Harvester Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1900
Description: Catalog cover for the Johnston Harvester Company, Batavia, New York.
Book or Pamphlet

Johnston Harvester Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1901
Description: Catalog cover featuring a color illustration of flowers, moons, stars and stalks of wheat.
Book or Pamphlet

Johnston Harvester Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1905
Description: Front cover of catalog, featuring an illustration of a decorative frame with wheat stalks around the company logo over a shield enclosed by a laurel wreath...
Book or Pamphlet

Plano Harvesting Machinery Catalog

Date: 1881
Description: Front cover of the catalog featuring an embossed silhouette illustration of a man using a horse-drawn Plano harvesting machine.

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