Visual Materials

The Advance Thresher Co. Battle Creek, Mich. U.S.A

Description: Image of an advertisement for the Advance Thresher Company of Battle Creek, Michigan; portraits of United States presidents, labeled with names and years in office from George Washington in 1789 to Theodore Roosevelt in 1901 frame a pair of scenes contrasting African American slaves threshing on a plantation in Virginia in 1788 with machine threshing a harvest in the early 1900s; herald-bearer with banner for Advance at top center.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1901-1905
Call number: priJLC_AGR_001766
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)

Roberts, Throp & Co. manufacturers of the invincible thresher also the famous Cyrus Roberts husk corn sheller

Visual Materials

Image of a salesman in a field with farmers advertising farm machinery manufactured by Roberts, Throp & Company of Three Rivers, Michigan; a group of men and boys with dogs listen to a salesman describe the Invincible Thresher (in field behind him).

priJLC_AGR_001775

Battle of Newbern

Visual Materials

Image of a scene from the Battle of New Bern, North Carolina, in 1862 during the American Civil War; Union soldiers on foot and horseback attacking with rifles or swords advance on Confederate cannons; dead and wounded men visible on the ground; explosions visible in the air.

priJLC_MIL_002376

Battle of Princeton

Visual Materials

Image of General George Washington on horseback leading a charge during the Battle of Princeton, New Jersey, during the American Revolutionary War in 1777; American troops advance, firing on the British at left; dead and wounded men litter the snowy ground; cannons fire and explosions are visible along the skyline.

priJLC_MIL_001279

The Battle of Newbern, N.C. March 14th 1862

Visual Materials

Image of General Ambrose Burnside advancing with troops at the Battle of New Bern, North Carolina, during the American Civil War; Union soldiers on foot and on horseback advance; an explosion with wounded and dead Confederate soldiers in foreground.

priJLC_MIL_000911

General William H. Harrison at the Battle of Tippecanoe

Visual Materials

Image of a full-length portrait of United States General William Henry Harrison on horseback at the battle of Tippecanoe near Lafayette, Indiana, in 1811; several soldiers with upraised hands entreat Harrison to not advance, but the General appears calm and resolute with sword in hand; ranks of soldiers visible behind Harrison at left, two dead American Indian warriors lay beneath the hooves of Harrison's horse.

priJLC_MIL_001510

Fitchburg Pictorial Advertiser ... published by J.A. Russell & Co., and distributed gratuitously

Visual Materials

Image of a 4-page advertisement with a central image of J.A. Russell & Co.'s "Emporium of fashion" storefront with a line of people walking in on the left looking shabby with a banner that reads "We are going to be clothed," and walking out on the right with a banner that reads "How do we look now?" looking well-dressed in tailored jackets, overcoats, waistcoats and trousers; surrounding columns of the newspaper contain other vignettes, cartoons, and advertisements for various clothing, furnishing goods, trunks, and other dry goods provided by J.A. Russell & Co. including images of men's day and evening wear and African-American men.

priJLC_FASH_001647

The Advance Thresher Co. Battle Creek, Mich. U.S.A

Opening Hours

Admission Info and Tickets

You might also be interested in

Roberts, Throp & Co. manufacturers of the invincible thresher also the famous Cyrus Roberts husk corn sheller

Battle of Newbern

Battle of Princeton

The Battle of Newbern, N.C. March 14th 1862

General William H. Harrison at the Battle of Tippecanoe

Fitchburg Pictorial Advertiser ... published by J.A. Russell & Co., and distributed gratuitously