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The Valley Agricultural Society Winchester VA

Description: Image of an agricultural exhibition or fair on a certificate from the Valley Agricultural Society of Winchester, Virginia; livestock being shown to onlookers at center, including horses, cows, sheep, and pigs; tents and grandstand full of people in background; produce, birds, and farming implements as well as intertwined wheat stalks make decorative borders.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1850-1859
Call number: priJLC_AGR_001794
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance

Hunterdon county fair

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Image of livestock (horses, cows, and pigs) being shown at the Hunterdon County Fair in Flemington, New Jersey, outside the Horticultural Hall; Agriculture and Machinery buildings also visible; lower image of jockeys racing horses in two-wheeled carts in front of a grandstand full of spectators; text on poster indicates rates of admission, speed premiums, and various attractions.

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Annual Fair of the Moravia Agricultural Society. Diploma

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Image of fields, grain, farm implements, and livestock at center of a certificate issued by the Moravia Agricultural Society of New York; four images of men and women with grain or farm implements at left and right, including a Native American Indian; seal with women in flowing garments on either side of an eagle on a shield with the motto "Excelsior" underneath at bottom center.

priJLC_AGR_001798

The Worcester Agricultural Society

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Image of a deer with antlers in an oval frame in the center of a certificate issued by the Worcester Agricultural Society of Massachusetts; farming implements on the ground in a field surrounding the deer; trees, farmhouse and barn in background; seal of the County of Worcester, Massachusetts, with cow in center at bottom left.

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Essex Agricultural Society, of Massachusetts

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Image of a woman in flowing garments seated with arms around two children and gesturing next to a beehive and flowers illustrating a certificate of membership from the Essex Agricultural Society of Massachusetts; farm, fields, and barn buildings in background; two cherubs with farming implements outside a center circular frame.

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Essex Agricultural Society, of Massachusetts

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priJLC_AGR_001792

Assignee's sale of valuable real estate and pers'l property!

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Image of a broadside advertising the auction of a farm in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, including land, buildings, livestock, agricultural machinery and implements, grain, and produce; images of barn and farmhouse, a cow, horse being led by a man, and pigs, surrounded by advertisement text.

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The Valley Agricultural Society Winchester VA

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