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Walter A. Wood rake

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Description: Image of a four-fold advertisement for Walter A. Wood Mowing & Reaping Machine Company of Hoosick Falls, New York; a boy and a girl operate hay rakes pulled by horses in a farm field with farmhouse, barn, and mountains in background; 8 panels with images of rakes interspersed with descriptive text on verso.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1878-1891
Call number: priJLC_AGR_003618
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.

Walter A. Wood harvest machines

Visual Materials

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.

priJLC_AGR_003393

Sedgwick's steel wire fence

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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.

priJLC_AGR_001769

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

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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

Tiger sulky hay rake

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Image of a three-fold advertisement for Tiger agricultural rakes manufactured by Stoddard Manufacturing Company of Dayton, Ohio, and sold by George Tyler & Company of Boston, Massachusetts; advertising text interspersed with images of rakes and the tigers representing the company, including a tiger hitched to a hay rake with an eagle on the seat pulling on the reins.

priJLC_AGR_003710

J.H. Thomas & Sons, Springfield, O. : Thomas rakes & engines, mudgett hay tedders

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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

Strong points in the Walter A. Wood machines

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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.

priJLC_AGR_003609

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