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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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Fuller & Johnson Manufacturing Letterhead

Date: 1901
Description: Fuller & Johnson Manufacturing letterhead. Fuller & Johnson was run by John A. Johnson and was one of Madison's largest employers.
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Hoxie's Patent Threshing Machine Broadside

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Description: Handbill advertising "Hoxie's Patent Threshing Machine." Features a drawing and description of an early threshing machine.
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DeLaval Separator Trade Card

Date: 1895
Description: Trade card advertising a cream separator manufactured by the DeLaval Company. Features color illustration of the implement. The card dates to the company'...
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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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Reliance Works Double Portable Grist Mill

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Description: Advertisement or label for Reliance works double portable grill.
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Acme Insecticides Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Acme White Lead & Color Works of Detroit, Michigan, which as part of its business produced insecticides for farm and home garden applicat...
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Van Brunt & Davis Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Van Brunt & Davis Company of Horicon, Wisconsin, manufacturers of agricultural implements, including the Monitor Forge-Feed Seeder and Gr...
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Althouse, Wheeler & Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Althouse, Wheeler & Company of Waupun, Wisconsin, manufacturers of the Althouse & Raymond Wind Mill and the Waupun Patent Premium Pump. I...
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J.I. Case Plow Works Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the J.I. Case Plow Works of Racine, Wisconsin, with an elevated view of the company plant and a smaller scene set on a scroll of a man driving ...
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McCormick Harvester & Twine Binder

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Description: Letterpress print of a McCormick Harvester & Twine Binder. The grain binder is operated by a man seated on the machine and pulled by two horses. A farmhous...
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McCormick Celebration Luncheon Menu

Date: 09 25 1931
Description: Luncheon menu and program from a McCormick Celebration at Washington and Lee University, with an etching of a three-quarter view of Cyrus McCormick's first...
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Obed Hussey's Reaper of 1833

Date: 1894
Description: Illustration of Obed Hussey's reaper of 1833 drawn by horses in a field.
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Bell's Reaper of 1826

Date: 1894
Description: Illustration of a man and horses with Bell's reaper of 1826.
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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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Columbia Chilled Plow Advertising Card

Date: 1881
Description: Reverse side of chromolithograph card listing the advantages of the Columbia Chilled Plow. Includes black text over an illustration in red ink of a plow. M...
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Fuller Clover Machine

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Description: Front and back of advertising card. The front features a color illustration of a man and woman standing in a field of red flowers. The back of the card fea...
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Gale Manufacturing Co. Advertising Card

Date: 1878
Description: Front and back of advertising card for the New Gale Chilled Plow. On the front is a color illustration of a man sitting at the base of a tree pulling the t...
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Gale Manufacturing Co. Advertising Card

Date: 1878
Description: Front of advertising card with a color illustration of a Gale Chilled Plow.

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