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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, ...
Poster

International "Red Baby" Truck Advertising Poster

Date: 1923
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering service featuring a color illustration of a "Red Baby" farm truck. The company offered a $1,000 prize to the deale...
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Harold Knudsen on a Mini Car

Date: 06 22 1933
Description: Harold Knudsen sitting on the National Junior Racer outside the Capitol Theatre, the prize for a contest conducted by the Fiore Coal and Oil Co., Phillips ...
Photograph

Chevrolet Automobile Contest

Date: 08 15 1930
Description: Chevrolet automobile advertising the Chevrolet Six Economy Drivers' contest with "Test your driving skills, economy drivers' contest, $75 in cash prizes, f...
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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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Consolidated Implement Company Farm Equipment Competition Flyer

Date: 1895
Description: Flyer advertising a contest wherein the Consolidated Implement Company of Utah and Idaho planned to give away a McCormick Binder, McCormick Mower, and "Ste...
Poster

Farmall Tractor Advertising Poster

Date: 1935
Description: Advertising poster for Farmall tractors manufactured by the International Harvester Company. Includes a photograph of a man in the seat of an F-20 tractor ...
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National 4-H Club Contest Flyer

Date: 1935
Description: Advertising flyer promoting the National 4-H Club Farm Accounting Contest. The flyer describes prizes provided by International Harvester Company, and incl...
Photograph

Capps and National Food Stores

Date: 11 05 1953
Description: Helen and Cleo Capps won a 17-inch television set for their ideas about why it is pleasant to shop at National Food Stores. The photograph was taken as an ...
Photograph

Madison Advertising Essay Contest

Date: 04 09 1959
Description: Portrait of the four judges and event chairman for the annual essay contest for the Madison high schools, sponsored by the Madison Advertising Club. The es...
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Buckeye Binder Advertising Card

Date: 1883
Description: Advertising card featuring a chromolithograph of men driving horses pulling Buckeye Binders in a race. The card reads at the top: "Buckeye leads the field....
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Aultman, Miller & Co. Calendar Page 6

Date: 1892
Description: Sixth page of calendar for November and December, 1892. Features two illustrations: the top one of a group of boys in a tug of war using twine from a roll ...

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