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Wisners Tiger — The King of Rakes
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Chromolithograph advertisement for Wisner's Tiger Sulky Hay Rake, featuring a color illustration of a woman riding a hay dump rake pulled by a tiger. They appear to be flying among clouds, and the sun and the words: "The King of rakes" is behind the tiger in a break in the clouds. The Wisner's Tiger was manufactured for J.M. Childs & Co., Utica, NY.
J.M. Childs & Co.
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W0140YF
WHi 11680
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The Tiger, King of Rakes Advertising Card
1879
Features a color illustration of a man using a horse-drawn sulky rake.
Stoddard Manufacturing Co. Catalog
1899
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Frost and Wood Agricultural Implement Catalog
1896
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IHC Pull Power Hay Press Catalog
1917
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Plano Manufacturing Company Catalog Cover
1900
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Plano Manufacturing Company Catalog
1897
Cover of an advertising catalog for the Plano Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of grain binders, mowers, headers, reapers, and hay rakes. The cover features a chromolithograph illustration of a...
