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The first exhibition of the Middlesex Mechanic Association

Description: Image of a landscape scene on an advertisement for the first exhibition of the Mechanic Association of Middlesex, Massachusetts, showing the rural outskirts of a town with the buildings spreading out along the horizon line in an elaborate frame of sculpted flowers, leaves, and Classical figures; arm holding a hammer with scales with the caption "We aim to be just" across top of image; five small vignettes inset into the frame show a Native American man armed with bow and arrows, industrial scenes with machinery, and pastoral American West scenes with tipis.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1851
Call number: priJLC_FAIR_001706
Creator: Last, Jay T

Brown & Bauchou

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Image of a fruit and vegetable stand with produce scales in red-white-blue rectangular frame.

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Schmidlapp's live oak distillery : fine copper distilled bourbon whisky

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Image of a bourbon whiskey barrel label depicting a large spreading oak tree with low mountain peaks visible beyond; circular embellished frame with geometric pattern, grain, and ears of corn.

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Genuine Belfast ginger ale : G. D. Dows & Co. 55, Sudbury St. Boston

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Image of a bottle rack on a table with three bottles of Belfast ginger ale displayed next to a glass filled with the beverage; image surrounded by a frame illustrated to resemble a wooden vanity mirror frame with medallions for awards to G.D. Dows & Company from the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association in 1865 and the New England Agricultural Society in 1872.

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Be it known that Louis Prang, lithographer

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Image of a certificate issued to lithographer Louis Prang on April 23, 1884, in Boston, Massachusetts, certifying his admittance as a member of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association; various symbolic emblems of the association surround the central text, including a muscled arm holding a hammer between balanced scales, Archimedes standing with drafting tools in hand, a beehive, a cornucopia, hooks an pulleys, and the prow of a ship waving a flag for "Massachusetts;" M.C.M.A. seal with motto "Be just and fear not," at bottom center.

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Edward H. Jones : master mechanic of Albany & Schenectady division of N.Y.C.R.R

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Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of Edward Jones, the master mechanic of the Albany and Schenectady Division of the New York Central Railroad, with corner vignettes of steam locomotives, a ship, and a suspension bridge incorporated into the decorative border; portrait has printed signature, "Yours Truly Edward H. Jones."

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Poster exhibit mechanics fair the 19th exhibition

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Image of an advertisement for a a poster exhibit at the Mechanics Fair 19th Exhibition in 1895; female artist holding a paint palette with an angel holding a torch above her at right.

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The first exhibition of the Middlesex Mechanic Association

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