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The head of the firm

Description: Image of a an anthropomorphized pig wearing a waistcoat, jacket, pants, shirt, tie, and glasses seated in a tufted chair next to a table; triangular ring by H.W. Hill & Co. of Decatur, Illinois, through one nostril on his snout and one held in one hoof; framed image of H.W. Hill & Co. industrial building at top left; decorative border with H.W. Hill & Co. "trade mark" triangular rings in each corner.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1886
Call number: priJLC_AGR_001820
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)

Nicknames of the states

Visual Materials

Image of an advertisement for Hill's hog ringers, triangular rings, calf and cow weaners, and stock markers sold by H.W. Hill & Co. of Decatur, Illinois; stylized map of the United States with nicknames and pig caricatures for each state; elaborate decorative border with pigs in costume holding back stage curtains; H.W. Hill & Co. logo at bottom center.

priJLC_AGR_001829

Sweet home soap J. L. Sarkin & Co. Buffalo, N.Y

Visual Materials

Image of a five-fold leaflet advertising Sweet Home family soap manufactured by J. L. Sarkin & Co. of Buffalo, N.Y.; six panels illustrate the phases of a romantic relationship with a pair of anthropomorphized owls and frogs, including admiration, consummation, dissipation, desperation, reparation, and restoration; image of a pocket watch, retail information and testimonials on verso.

priJLC_HHD_003826

American fashions, December, 1883. Published by the Jno. J. Mitchell Co., 830 Broadway, N.Y

Visual Materials

Image of two men indoors, one with a hand resting on a piano, advertising fashions for men; fashion details include tail coat, knee-length jacket, waistcoat, ties, and trousers; accessories include top hat, cane, striped stockings, and gloves; reference key for figures numbered 1-5 in bottom margin.

priJLC_FASH_001569

Ringling Bros Barnum & Bailey

Visual Materials

Image of monkeys waiting in line to pay admission to an elephant before entering a circus, with a one-monkey band playing on a pedestal and a pig dressed as a clown poking its head out of the tent; with two signs labeled "Way in" and "Admission 2 Nuts."

priJLC_ENT_000052

Porcineograph ... gehography [sic] of the United States

Visual Materials

Image of a pig and pork-themed map of the United States with an elaborate border of pigs for every state along with pork related food suggestions and the year of statehood; vignettes of pig-related legal proceedings in left and right bottom corners.

priJLC_AGR_003440

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Red Ensign Brand

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Image of a triangular flag or ensign with red stars and white cross bars on a red background.

ephJLC_CIT_000587

The head of the firm

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