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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...
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"Imperial" Bucher & Gibbs Plow Co. Advertising Card

Date: 1881
Description: Front of card for the Bucher & Gibbs Plow Co., Canton, Ohio. Features a color illustration of a man wearing a spike helmet and military uniform decorated w...
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Wise's Axle Grease is the Best

Date: 1881
Description: Advertising card featuring an illustration of a man doffing his hat to a woman who is standing on a path holding an umbrella. Above their heads is a large ...
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Holt's Lightning Hay Knife

Date: 1881
Description: Front of advertising card featuring a color illustration of a man and young boy outside during winter. The man is using a Lightning Hay knife to cut the ha...
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Merchant's Gargling Oil

Date: 1881
Description: Two advertising cards featuring a color illustration of a caricature of a baseball player. The card on the left is titled: "A close Affair. Hugging the Bat...
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Sheridan's Powder Advertising Card

Date: 1881
Description: Advertising card with the heading: "To make hens lay, use Sheridan's condition powder." Features a color illustration of a man in a hen house on the left h...
Book or Pamphlet

St. Paul Harvester Works Catalog Cover

Date: 1881
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the Saint Paul harvester and cord binder, manufactured by the Saint Paul Harvester Works. The cover features a chromol...
Book or Pamphlet

Marsh Harvester and Twine Binder Advertisement

Date: 1881
Description: Back page of a four-page brochure. Features an illustration of a man using a horse-drawn harvester in a field.
Book or Pamphlet

Walter A. Wood Catalog Cover

Date: 1881
Description: Wood's mowers, featuring an illustration of a man using a team of horses to pull a mower in a field.
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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