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William Deering & Co. Advertising Card

Date: 1890
Description: Advertising card for William Deering & Company featuring a color chromolithograph illustration of a man showing "The Deering Binder, carefully studied and ...
Photograph

"Why Monkey Around" Billboard

Date: 1969
Description: Close-up of an advertisement that reads, "Why Monkey Around with breakdowns, repairs, insurance, etc." There is a cartoon monkey pointing to the dialogue a...
Photograph

Showroom at Morrison Implement Co.

Date: 1929
Description: A corn sheller, plow and disc harrows on display in the showroom of the Morrison Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership. Posters and bann...
Book or Pamphlet

The Eclipse Wind Engine

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Description: Engraving of a farm with an Eclipse windmill. There is a cutaway view of the building beneath showing a man inside working at a saw. Another man is working...
Book or Pamphlet

Wash Tubs

Date: 1870
Description: Hardware catalog page showing wooden wash tubs and water pails.
Book or Pamphlet

Wooden Pails

Date: 1870
Description: Hardware catalog page showing wooden pails.
Photograph

Wallace Poster Advertising Company Truck

Date: 03 21 1925
Description: International Model S truck owned by the Wallace Poster Advertising Company is parked along the side of a road in front of two billboards. Two men on the r...
Print

Advertising Trade Sample Card Bee Keeping

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Description: A colored illustration, featuring in the center a young girl standing by a modern bee hive and holding a smoker in her left hand. Her right hand is resting...
Book or Pamphlet

Excelsior Harvester & Binder Catalog Cover

Date: 1883
Description: Catalog cover featuring miniature elves or fairies harvesting grain with axes.
Photograph

Interior View of Smith's Store

Date: 1946
Description: Interior view of Smith's Store, featuring a glass topped case filled with merchandise. Pails and a large light fixture hang from the ceiling, and boxes of ...
Poster

"Be thankfull (sic.) you are not a turkey!"

Date: 
Description: A cartoon line drawing in black of a turkey with a hatchet coming down on it neck, with "Ohio Special" written on its breast. Includes the phrase, in red l...
Drawing

Gisholt Commercial Art

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Description: Rendering of a man using handmade lathe. The lathe consists of a tree branch tied with a rope attached to a log suspended between two tree trunks, and a lo...
Photograph

Chainsaw Carving

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Description: A man is posing with a number of his wood carvings. He is wearing a shirt and face-shield advertising Echo chainsaws. A chainsaw is sitting on top of a log...
Photograph

New Store Opens Today

Date: 05 17 1957
Description: Four officials of the new Brookwood Hardware House pose proudly in the their new building which will open today at 2310 University Avenue. Standing around ...

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