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Ed Gein Farm Auction

Date: 03 30 1958
Description: Notice of farm auction sale for farm and personal property of Ed Gein. The farmhouse was destroyed by fire before the auction took place.
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Reaper Contest!

Date: 05 30 1882
Description: Advertising handbill for the Osborne twine binder. Describes the results of a contest between the Osborne machine and machines made by McCormick, Deering, ...
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McCormick's Patent Virginia Reaper

Date: 1849
Description: Advertising handbill for Cyrus Hall McCormick's patent Virginia Reaper. Printed for C.H. McCormick & Co. by James J. Langdon, Chicago, Illinois.
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Champion Harvester and Binder

Date: 1882
Description: Advertising handbill for the Champion harvester and binder. Includes the text: "the Champion light binder, is the only simple, light, durable, efficient wo...
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Kirby's American Harvester Advertisement

Date: 1859
Description: Handbill for Kirby's American Harvester, a combined reaper and mower. The advertisement features two line drawings of the machine in use, as a reaper and ...
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W.K. Miller's Iron Harvester Advertisement

Date: 1859
Description: Handbill for W.K. Miller's Iron Harvester, a combined reaper and mower manufactured by C.M. Russell & Company. Features three line drawings of machines.
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Eagle Mower and Reaper Advertisement

Date: 1859
Description: Handbill for the Eagle Mower and Reaper distributed by A.G. Mott, general agent for Maryland. Includes the text "the best grass and grain harvester in use....
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Bellemeade Binder Trial Handbill

Date: 1882
Description: A handbill produced by B.F. Cheatham describes the results of a binder trial which took place in Bellemeade, Tennessee.
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Self-Binding Harvester Field Trial Handbill

Date: 1884
Description: Handbill advertising a field trial of Osborne and Buckeye grain binders. Features the text "Come One! Come all! There will be a field trial of self-binding...
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Marsh Binder Field Trial Handbill

Date: 1883
Description: Handbill for a field trial of grain binders, sponsored by the Marsh-Whitney Manufacturing Company. Includes the text "grand general field trial of low-down...
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Minneapolis Harvester Handbill

Date: 1883
Description: Handbill advertising the Minneapolis Harvester's field trial victory, put out by Secrest & Cunningham, agents for Chillicothe, Ohio. The flyer proclaims th...
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Osborne Twine Binder Field Trial Handbill

Date: 1883
Description: Handbill advertising an upcoming field trial of the Osborne twine binder in Salisbury, Mo. Includes the text "To all whom it may concern and especially to ...
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Osborne Harvester Advertisement

Date: 1884
Description: Advertising handbill for the Osborne Self-Binding Harvester with text reading: "The Osborne Gold Medal" and "A Perfect Success in Every Field."
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Hoxie's Patent Threshing Machine Broadside

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Description: Handbill advertising "Hoxie's Patent Threshing Machine." Features a drawing and description of an early threshing machine.
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Kansas City Manufacturers Message to Implement Dealers

Date: 1885
Description: Broadsheet describing the opposition of numerous smaller agricultural machinery manufacturers to "...the monopoly which certain implement dealers, here in ...
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McCormick's Patent Virginia Reaper

Date: 1849
Description: Handbill advertising McCormick's Patent Virginia Reaper, manufactured by the company then known as McCormick, Ogden & Co. Features a small drawing of the r...
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McCormick's Patent Virginia Reaper Handbill

Date: 1850
Description: Broadside advertising McCormick's Patent Virginia Reaper, manufactured by the company then known as C.H. McCormick & Co. D.W. Brown of Ashland, Ohio was t...
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McCormick's Patent Virginia Reaper

Date: 1850
Description: Broadside advertising McCormick's Patent Virginia Reaper, manufactured by what was then known as C.H. McCormick & Co. Features an illustration of the reape...
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McCormick's Patent Virginia Reaper Broadsheet

Date: 1851
Description: Handbill advertising McCormick's Patent Virginia Reaper, manufactured by C.H. McCormick & Co. Includes an illustration of the reaper in use. One man is dri...
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McCormick's Patent Reaping and Mowing Machine

Date: 1853
Description: Handbill or broadsheet advertising McCormick's Patent Reaping and Mowing Machine, manufactured by C.H. McCormick and Co. Includes an illustration of the ma...

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