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The only successful ventilating stove. The famous Cortland Howe ventilator

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Description: Image of a three-fold leaflet advertising the Cortland Howe ventilating stove sold by J.W. Garvin & Company of Sanbornville, New Hampshire; vignettes showing the "Cortland Howe Ventilator" heating a home with fresh air from the outside, cutaway diagram of the stove, and medals awarded to Cortland Howe on recto; description, endorsements, and two vignettes contrasting the in-home use of a Cortland Howe Ventilator versus any other stove on verso.
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Date: after 1892
Call number: priJLC_HHD_004916
Creator: Last, Jay T

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