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Open Hearth Lead Furnace

Date: 1872
Description: Galena (lead sulfide) was melted at this open hearth furnace owned by Richard Straw and Company on the Roundtree Branch of the Little Platte River. The men...
Photograph

Man on Wagon with Milk Cans

Date: 1872
Description: A farmer driving a horse-drawn wagon with milk cans. Behind him is a frame structure, possibly a cheese factory, with a porch and a full door on the second...
Photograph

Railroad Crew and Boy on Handcar

Date: 1872
Description: Group portrait of a railroad crew on and around a handcar. A man and a young boy stand on the left near a track switch. In the background is a variety stor...
Book or Pamphlet

The Advance Mower Catalog Cover

Date: 1872
Description: Catalog cover for "The Advance Mower" featuring a color illustration of a man sitting on the mower pulled by a team of two horses through a field, with the...
Book or Pamphlet

Johnston Harvester Company Brochure

Date: 1872
Description: Two illustrated pages in color from a Johnston Harvester Company brochure. The top illustration is of a man using a Wrought Iron Self-Raking Combined Machi...
Book or Pamphlet

D.M. Osborne Catalog Cover

Date: 1872
Description: Front cover of catalog with the title: "The Kirby Mower and Reaper." The "K" and "Y" letters of Kirby are drawn as shocks of wheat, and the "IRB" letters a...

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