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Glidden steel barb wire manufactured by I. L. Ellwood & Co

Description: Image of trains traveling past farms and livestock fields with barbed wire fencing in an advertisement for Glidden Steel Barb Wire manufactured by I.L. Ellwood & Company of De Kalb, Illinois; fencing advertised to be impervious to floods and sparks with captions including "After the Flood," and "Sparks" at left and right; industrial building at top center; barbed wire border.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1877-1895
Call number: priJLC_AGR_002478
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.
Associated people: Ackerman, James, (1815 or 1816-1864.); Baker, Geo. H. (1827-1906.)

Commotion among the animals

Visual Materials

Image of circus animals and livestock jumping over fences in the ring of a circus tent but balking at a barbed wire fence in an advertisement for Glidden Steel Barb Wire manufactured by I.L. Ellwood & Company of De Kalb, Illinois; people in the audience are shown leaving with enthusiastic intentions of buying Glidden fencing at bottom left and right, including a woman and a Chinese man; bust-length portrait of J. F. Glidden inset at top left.

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Champion barbed wire manft'd by the Crandal Mfg' Co

Visual Materials

Image of livestock and other farm animals, including a dog, sheep, horse, chickens, a cow, and pigs, discussing the successful use of Champion Barbed Wire in terms of visibility and effectiveness in a five-fold advertisement for the Crandal Manufacturing Company of Chicago, Illinois; dialogue balloon captions above each animal; advertisement text on verso.

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Champion barbed wire manft'd by the Hazard M'f'g Co., 87 Liberty St., New York

Visual Materials

Image of livestock and other farm animals, including a dog, sheep, horse, chickens, a cow, and pigs, discussing the successful use of Champion Barbed Wire in terms of visibility and effectiveness in a five-fold advertisement for The Hazard Manufacturing Company of New York, New York; dialogue balloon captions above each animal; advertisement text on verso.

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Series I. Agriculture Prints and Ephemera (small size)

Visual Materials

This series contains approximately 2,190 small-size printed items that pertain to or portray imagery of agriculture in the United States from approximately 1818 to 1915. The materials consist of advertising and promotional ephemera, illustrations, and business records related to agricultural industries. The agriculture-affiliated entities represented in this series include fertilizer companies, implement and machinery vendors and manufacturers, and fencing suppliers. Products advertised include harvesters, plows, reapers, rakes, hoes, tedders, pumps, windmills, fertilizer, and barb wire fencing for livestock. Item types include trade cards, leaflets, handbills, calendars, price lists, small catalogs, and printed billheads and letterheads with and without manuscript text.

Sedgwick's steel wire fence

Visual Materials

Image of a three-fold advertisement for Sedgwick Brothers fence manufacturers of Richmond, Indiana; images of steel wire fencing interspersed with price list and descriptive text; farm with barn, farmhouse, horses and livestock on end panel.

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The great railroad fence. The Buck-Thorn

Visual Materials

Image of a length of barbed wire in a text advertisement for The Buck-Thorn barbed fencing; advertising text, testimonials, and information on recto and verso.

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Glidden steel barb wire manufactured by I. L. Ellwood & Co

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