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Strong points in the Walter A. Wood machines

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Description: Image of a circular fold-out advertisement for Walter A. Wood agricultural machinery; caricature drawings with captions on recto and verso illustrate various strengths of their products, including a marching band for "tightness of band" and a woman walking a dog with a leash tied to its tail for "freedom from choking" on wedge-shaped panels; decorative border with "W.A.W." monogram and small machinery images.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1888
Call number: priJLC_AGR_003609
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.
Associated people: Ackerman, James, (1815 or 1816-1864.)

Walter A. Wood harvest machines

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Image of a three-fold advertisement for Walter A. Wood agricultural machines, including binders, rakes, mowers, and reapers; four panels feature men and women working fields with horse teams and farming machinery with farmhouses in the background; Walter A. Wood "Carry the News" winged messenger logo and advertising text on verso.

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Centennial 1876 circular. Walter A. Wood’s harvesting machines…western edition

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Image of a five-fold advertisement pamphlet for Walter A. Wood agricultural machinery of Hoosick Falls, New York; factory buildings and farmers working fields with horses and agricultural machinery interspersed with advertising text, including exhibition awards and price list.

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Centennial 1876 circular. Walter A. Wood’s harvesting machines…eastern edition

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Chas L. Andrews Minuet Carnival Co. : The prize march of the fire laddies in Michael Strogoff

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Image of a band of female fire brigade officers clad in uniforms of red shirts, black pants, boots, and firefighter helmets marching in two lines and blowing horns; scroll and eagle emblem top center; "CLA" monogram logo in gold shield in top left corner; the poster advertises the melodrama "Michael Strogoff" adapted by Charles L. Andrews from the novel by Jules Verne.

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Off to the war – ’6[2]

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Image of Union soldiers and a marching band parading down a street lined with people and buildings as American flags wave during the American Civil War in an advertising poster for the play "Gettysburg."

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Haverly’s Genuine Colored Minstrels

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Image of a minstrel blackface marching band, drum major, and an officer on a horse carrying a sword performing outdoors with banners labeled "Haverly's Genuine Colored Minstrels."

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Strong points in the Walter A. Wood machines

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