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Title
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Fairbanks, Morse & Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for Fairbanks, Morse & Co. It has no graphic, but the front says: "The Missouri & Kansas Interstate Fair, Kansas City, Mo., September 22nd to 27th, 1890./ _______ weighs ______ lbs./ on Fairbanks' Standard Scales.." Blanks are filled in with pencil: "At the fair Oct 1, 1890...131." Back of card lists products: "Eclipse Wind Mills, Water Tanks, Towers, Grinders, Shellers, &c. Engines, Boilers,--Complete Steam Power Plans. Steam, Hand and Wind Mill Pumps." Address given on back of card:
Fairbanks' Scale Warehouse
Salesroom and Repair Shop
.."" 1312 Union Ave.,
.."" Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1890
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Eagle M'F'G Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for Eagle M'F'G Co. showing a barn and windmill in a snowy field. Front of card says: "Milo J. Althouse, Prest., Geo. F. Wheeler, Vice-Prest., Lucius D. Hinkley, Sec'y & Treas./ The Althouse-Wheeler Co., Waupun, Wis., U. S. A./ Manufacturers of The Celebrated Waupun Vaneless Windmills. Our 'Milo' Solid Wheel Wind Mills. Wooden and Iron Pumps, Water Tanks and Waupun Grinding Mills./ Eagle M'F'G Co., General Agents, Kansas City, Mo. / For agencies in Kansas and Missouri address as above. Shipments made from Kansas City." Front lower left corner has number B 390. Back of card has advertising copy about the windmills "of which over 20,000 are now in use" and other machines. Address given on front of card: Kansas City, Mo. No street address is given.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Moline Plow Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for Moline Plow Co., agents for Stover Manfg. Co., showing a girl standing on a fence picking roses and holding a rake. Front of card says: ?ǣStover Manfg. Co., Freeport, Ill. Make the largest and best line of machinery for grinding and cutting feed, shelling corn, cutting wood, pumping water, &c., on earth..."" Front lower left corner has number B422. Back of card has image of foundry buildings and says: "33 1/3 percent. Saved by grinding your feed with an Ideal Feed Mill over feeding it whole..."" Address given on front of card: Kansas City, Mo. No street address is given.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Janesville Machine Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for Janesville Machine Co. showing a woman carrying two children, one upside down and crying, with a policeman in the background. One of two cards with similar design and theme. Front of card says: ?ǣThe Careless Nurse.?ǥ Front lower left corner has number B 441. Back of card has image of machine and lists products: "Janesville Rotary Disk Cultivators, surface tillage. Budlong Disk Harrows, in 10 sizes. Disk Harrow Seeding Attachments, Force Feed. Patent Disk Sharpeners. Crown Mowers...Seeders, Press and Howe Drill.."" Address given on front and back of card: Janesville, Wis. On back of card "Kansas City, Mo." is stamped. No street address is given.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Moline Plow Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for Moline Plow Co. showing a fat man with wings standing on a stump holding up a glowing corn cob while farmers plow fields in the background. Front of card says: ?ǣWe take the Liberty of Enlightening the World in regard to the superior implements of our manufacture.../ The Flying Dutchman.?ǥ Front lower left corner says: "Shober & Carqueville Lith. Co. Chicago." Back of card has image of "The Flying Dutchman" sulky plow and advertising copy about plows and corn-makers and says: "Moline Plow Co., Moline, Ill./ Branch houses: Kansas City, Mo.; Minneapolis, Minn./ Kingman & Co., Peoria, Ill. and St. Louis, Mo., General Agents for Illinois and the Southwest..."" No street address is given.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Janesville Machine Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for Janesville Machine Co. showing a woman carrying two crying children. One of two cards with similar design and theme. Front of card says: ?ǣThe Maiden Aunt.?ǥ Front lower left corner has number B441. Back of card has image of machine and lists products: "Janesville Rotary Disk Cultivators, surface tillage. Budlong Disk Harrows, in 10 sizes. Disk Harrow Seeding Attachments, Force Feed. Patent Disk Sharpeners. Crown Mowers...Seeders, Press and Howe Drill..."" Address given on front and back of card: Janesville, Wis. On back of card "Kansas City, Mo." is stamped. No street address is given.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Buford & George Imp. Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for Buford & George Imp. Co., agents to the "Rock Island Plow Co./ Successors to B. D. Buford & Co., Rock Island, Ills.." Front of card shows a portrait of a woman in profile. Card is cut in the shape of a fan. Front of card has damage obscuring text but says: ?ǣPatent applied...Sacke[tt,] Wilhelms & [Betz]ig, New York.?ǥ Back of card has advertising copy about "The Buford Oblique Wheel Landside Sulky...'The King of Sulky Plows'.." It has images of this plow, the "Buford Steel Beam Clipper," and "The Buford Tongueless Cultivator," and the Rock Island Plow Company's buildings. A faint stamp on back of card identifies the Buford & George Imp. Co. as agents in Kansas City, Mo. No street address is given.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Flint & Walling Man'f'g Co.
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Description
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Advertising card or brochure for Flint & Walling Man'f'g Co. Brochure is folded and has images on the front and the back. The front says: "The Old Way" and shows many little elf-like people struggling to fill buckets with water from a pump much larger than they. The back says: "The New Way" and shows a large windmill around which the elves are relaxing and dancing and having a good time as the water flows freely from a hose and a fountain. Both back and front of card say: "Flint & Walling Man'f'g Co. Manufacturers of The Star Wind Engine, Kendallville, Ind., Branch Houses. Kansas City, Mo. Fort Worth, Texas." Inside of card has advertising copy about the company and gives information about the Kansas City branch house including "R. G. Marcy, Manager" and the address:
1308 & 1310 W. 11th St., Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Eagle M'F'G Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for Eagle M'F'G Co. showing a windmill on a grassy knoll. Front of card says: "Milo J. Althouse, Prest., Geo. F. Wheeler, Vice-Prest., Lucius D. Hinkley, Sec'y & Treas./ The Althouse-Wheeler Co., Waupun, Wis., U. S. A./ Manufacturers of The Celebrated Waupun Vaneless Windmills. Our 'Milo' Solid Wheel Wind Mills. Wooden and Iron Pumps, Water Tanks and Waupun Grinding Mills./ Eagle M'F'G Co., General Agents, Kansas City, Mo. / For agencies in Kansas and Missouri address as above. Shipments made from Kansas City." Front lower left corner has number B 382. Back of card has advertising copy about the windmills "of which over 20,000 are now in use" and other machines. Address given on front of card: Kansas City, Mo. No street address is given.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Flint & Walling Manufacturing Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for Flint and Walling Manufacturing Co. showing children playing by the seaside. Front lower right corner has number 355 or 356 and initials JHB. Back of card lists products: "Star Wind Mills, Iron, Force and Lifting Pumps, Derricks, Tanks, Pipe, Fittings, Screens, Strainers, Hose, Hydrants, Fountains, Valves, etc./ Marcy's Combined Deep Tubular Well Tools and Supplies." Address given on back of card:
1209 Mulberry St.
Kansas City, Missouri.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Geo. W. Brown and Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for Geo. W. Brown & Co. showing an assortment of unrelated images including a ship inside a horseshoe next to a painting on an easel. The horseshoe has the word "Ghirk" on it. Front lower left corner of card has number 29 and lower right corner says: "Bufford." Back of card has images of four farm machines and says: "Geo. W. Brown & Co., Manufacturers of Oscillating and Rotary Drop Corn Planter, Check Rowers, Steel Beam Cultivators and Cotton and Corn Stalk Cutters. Galesburg, Ill...." Address for branch house given on back of card:
1323 Hickory Street,
Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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P. P. Mast & Company
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Description
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Advertising card for P. P. Mast & Company, agents for the National Tube-Works Company, showing one donkey watching another fall through ice on a pond as a man runs to help with a rope. Front of card says: ?ǣWith compliments of the National Tubular-Axle Dept., National Tube-Works Company, 64-70 Federal Street, Boston.?ǥ Front lower right corner has number 778 and lower left corner says "Bufford." Back of card has advertising copy about and image of the "National Self-Oiling Tubular-Axle Wagon" which is "Now on Exhibition in the Wagon Department by P. P. Mast & Company, Kansas City, General Agents for the Rushford Hollow-Axle Farm Wagon..."" No street address is given.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Flint & Walling Manufacturing Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for Flint and Walling Manufacturing Co. showing a girl playing with a dog. Front lower right corner has number 355 or 356 and initials JHB. Back of card has image of windmill and lists products: "Star Wind Mills, Iron, Force and Lifting Pumps, Derricks, Tanks, Pipe, Fittings, Screens, Strainers, Hose, Hydrants, Fountains, Valves, etc./ Marcy's Combined Deep Tubular Well Tools and Supplies." Address given on back of card:
1209 Mulberry St.
Kansas City, Missouri.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Flint & Walling Manufacturing Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for Flint and Walling Manufacturing Co. showing a rural winter scene with a cow standing in the snow in the moonlight. Front lower left corner has number 751; lower right corner says: "Bufford." Back of card lists products: "Star Wind Mills, Iron Force and Lift Pumps, Pipe, Cylinders, Screens, Drive Well Points...Tube Well Tools, Augers, Drills, &c." Address given on back of card:
Factory: Kendallville, Indiana
Branches: Kansas City, Mo., Ft. Worth, Texas.
Street address not given.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
