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

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Description: 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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1880-1903
Call number: priJLC_AGR_003407
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance

Empire Drilling Co. Shortsville, N.Y

Visual Materials

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.

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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.

priJLC_AGR_003405

Stone & Keating's illustrated circular, to the trade

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Image of a single-fold advertisement for agricultural machinery and implements sold by Stone & Keating of Dallas, Texas; images of Furst & Bradley Manufacturing Co. sulky plows and "Garden City" steel plows on page 1; plow blades, sweeps, shovels, and other forged goods made by Pennsylvania Drop Forging Company pictured on pages 2-3; Fish Bros. & Co. farm wagon advertisement with image of a fish and a wagon on page 4.

priJLC_AGR_003610

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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The Thomas M'f'g Co. Springfield, Ohio. : Sulky rakes & tedders, lawn mowers & iron pumps

Visual Materials

Image of a four-fold advertisement for agricultural machinery manufactured by the Thomas Manufacturing Company of Springfield, Ohio; several vignettes with men, women, and children working with horses and Thomas rakes, pumps, mowers, and tedders; advertising text in nine panels on verso.

priJLC_AGR_003394

Wm. Deering & Co. harvesting machinery Chicago Ill. U.S.A

Visual Materials

Image of a three-fold leaflet advertising for William Deering & Company binders, mowers, and reapers; four panels feature small children with lambs, a calf, a dog, and posed with flowers and grain on recto; farm scenes with farmer, horses, and machinery on verso.

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

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