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Empire Drilling Co. Shortsville, N.Y

Description: Image of a farmer working his field with agricultural machinery in an advertisement for Empire Drill Company of Shortsville, New York; his wife and children watch him work with a picnic in the foreground; cattle drink and graze at the edge of a stream near the field.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1875-1890
Call number: priJLC_AGR_001789
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.

The old and the new. : Superior Drill Co. Springfield, Ohio

Visual Materials

Image of a three-fold advertisement for the Superior Drill Company of Springfield, Ohio; images of Superior Drill Co. machines in use in fields on farms contrasted with a farmer sowing seed by hand with a sack slung over his shoulders; advertising text and images of the Superior Drill Co. factory building and farm implements on verso.

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May Century

Visual Materials

Image of an advertisement for the May 1900 issue of The Century magazine featuring a family of raccoons in a forest at night near the edge of a lake or stream.

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The Champion light binder

Visual Materials

Image of a farmer working with a Champion light binder machine in a field with a team of horses in an advertisement for Warder, Bushnell & Glessner manufacturers of Springfield, Ohio, and Chicago, Illinois; hilly landscape in background.

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J.H. Thomas & Sons, Springfield, O. : Thomas rakes & engines, mudgett hay tedders

Visual Materials

Image of a five-fold advertisement for rakes, engines, and other farming machinery from J.H. Thomas & Sons of Springfield, Ohio; images of the products in use by a female farmer in a field, different varieties of rakes, and a view of the company's factory building are interspersed with advertisement text on recto and verso.

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"Snag-proof" trademark : Lambertville rubber co. Lambertville, N.J

Visual Materials

Image of three rubber shoes and boots outdoors near a body of water surrounded by caricature little people or brownies of various professions and ethnicities, including an African tribesman, a Frenchman with a bomb, a chef, a musketeer, a fireman, an admiral, an American Indian, a robber with a drill, a lumberjack, a farmer with a pitchfork, a pair of sailors tugging a rope, a soldier with dynamite, and many more attempting to destroy or snag the rubber footwear with no success.

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Wm. Deering & Co. : Chicago, U.S.A. harvesting machinery

Visual Materials

Image of a fold-out advertisement for William Deering & Company of Chicago, Illinois, manufacturer of binders, mowers, and reapers; a series of vignettes illustrate children, Deering machinery, and farm scenes with farmer, horses, and harvests on recto and verso.

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Empire Drilling Co. Shortsville, N.Y

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