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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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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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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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Agricultural Machinery Companies' Fair Competition Pledge Broadsheet

Date: 1885
Description: Broadsheet describing a pledge made by agricultural machinery manufacturers to compete fairly with one another, and not try to break up competitors' sales....
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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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Auction Sale on the Leo Melcher Farm

Date: 1889
Description: Broadside advertising an auction on the Leo Melcher farm. Items for sale included livestock, feed and crops, farm machinery, and household items including ...

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