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Book or Pamphlet

Deering Corn Machine Catalog

Date: 1916
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester's Deering line of corn machines, showing an old man next to a scarecrow with a jack-o-lantern f...
Print

International Harvester Rotary Tiller Flyer

Date: 01 01 1977
Description: Advertising flyer for the International Harvester 526A Rotary Tiller, captioned, "Worth Its Weight in Vegetables and Flowers." A color photograph shows a m...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: A Carload of Corn

Date: 1909
Description: Photomontage of flatbed train car holding a giant corn cob. Additional train cars and tracks visible in the background. Red text in the upper left corner r...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: A Heavy One

Date: 1908
Description: Photomontage of a giant ear of corn resting on a flatbed wagon. The ear is so heavy that is has broken the hitch, and the driver is going to assess the da...
Print

La Valle Roller Mills Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the La Valle Roller Mills, a miller of wheat, rye, and buckwheat flours and cornmeal. Includes illustrations of Plansifter System machinery, ...
Print

Larsen's Freshlike Corn, Label

Date: 01 25 1944
Description: Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. Label for canned food from the Larsen Company. Features a can of corn, with fresh ear...
Print

Fuhremann Canning Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of Fuhremann Canning Company of De Forest, Wisconsin, "Packers of Fancy Peas and Corn" under the brands "Housewife's Pride, Judge Right & First Ro...
Print

Beaver Canning Company Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Beaver Canning Company of Randolph, Wisconsin, packers of peas and sweet corn, with three beavers perched on a branch overhanging the wat...
Map or Atlas

Movement of Corn on the Great Lakes

Date: 1923
Description: This map includes an explanation that reads: "This chart shows the movement of corn on the Great Lakes, St. Lawrence River, and New York State Barge Canal ...
Book or Pamphlet

Salzer Seed Company Advertisement

Date: 1898
Description: An advertisement in the John A. Salzer Seed Company catalog. The illustration features corn and oats, and two circular insets, one of factories and fields,...

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