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Crystal lake! Manufactured by N.P. Richardson

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Description: Image of a stove in an advertisement for the Crystal Lake model manufactured by N.P. Richardson of Portland, Maine; clipping of newspaper illustration of the Duke of Wellington's funeral procession pasted on verso.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1856-1877
Call number: priJLC_HHD_002489
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the household goods prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.

Richmond ranges and stoves cottage

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Image of a three-fold leaflet advertising stoves manufactured by Richmond Stove Company of Norwich, Connecticut, and sold by A.H. Jaquith of Gardiner, Massachusetts; descriptions and images of grates and a base burner on recto; eight model variations of stoves pictured on verso.

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Buckeye. Manufactured by the Richardson M'f'g. Company. Worcester, Mass

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Image of farmers guiding teams of horses with farming machinery through a field in an advertisement for the Buckeye mowing machine made by Richardson Manufacturing Company of Worcester, Massachusetts; farmhouse and farm laborer visible in background; decorative border of wood branches.

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New Sterling range : has no equal

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Image of an advertisement for the Sterling Range manufactured by Sill Stove Works of Rochester, New York; a woman stands in front of an iron stove warming her hands.

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Adjustable stove elbows

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Image of a single-fold advertisement leaflet for adjustable elbow stove pipes manufactured by Standard Pipe Company of Boston, Massachusetts; image of stove and adjustable pipes on recto; description on verso.

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Ice cutting on Crystal Lake, : near New Rochelle, N.Y

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Image of an elevated landscape view of Crystal Lake near New Rochelle, New York, with trees, a boat, and mill in the foreground; the background contains village rooftops and trees to the left, and horses and people cutting ice on the frozen lake to the right.

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The improved hot-blast Oriental with the siphon flue, the double base, and the improved mill grate

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Image of a four-fold leaflet advertising the improved hot-blast Oriental stove manufactured by Perry & Company of Albany, New York, and sold by Fawcett, Hawkes & Company of Boston, Massachusetts; cutaway diagram of the stove, ventilating platform, kettles, description and list of fairs the stove was awarded at in 1870 on recto; diagram of the stove and description on verso.

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Crystal lake! Manufactured by N.P. Richardson

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