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

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Description: 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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1881-1888
Call number: priJLC_AGR_003608
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.
Associated people: Ackerman, James, (1815 or 1816-1864.)

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

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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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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 Champion light binder

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Image of an advertisement for Hill's hog ringers, triangular rings, calf and cow weaners, and stock markers sold by H.W. Hill & Co. of Decatur, Illinois; stylized map of the United States with nicknames and pig caricatures for each state; elaborate decorative border with pigs in costume holding back stage curtains; H.W. Hill & Co. logo at bottom center.

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The great railroad fence. The Buck-Thorn

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

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