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[The Universal Plow Company, Canton, Ohio] [graphic].
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Contributor
Brown, Charles, copyright holder.
H.M. Bushman & Bro., distributor.
Title
[The Universal Plow Company, Canton, Ohio] [graphic].
Publisher
[United States] : Chas. Brown
Publisher
UNITED STATES. 1888
Date
c1888
Physical Description
1 print : chromolithograph ; 10 x 15 cm. (4 x 6 in.)
Description
Illustrated trade card depicting monkeys dressed as jockeys racing on the backs of three rabbits through a field. Also includes vignettes of the rear adjusting and the front adjusting plows on verso.
Notes
Copyrighted 1888 by Chas. Brown.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Advertising text printed on verso: The Universal patent front and rear adjusting plows. General purpose for two or three horses. All parts interchangeable in steel or chilled iron. Repairs always fit. The lightest draft, the best work, adjustments unsurpassed, no wrench, no trouble, no lost time. Send for circular. Manufactured by The Universal Plow Co., Canton, Ohio.
Distributor's imprint printed on verso: For sale by H.M. Bushman & Bro., Carlisle, Pa.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
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Subject
The Universal Plow Company.
Agricultural machinery industry -- Ohio -- Canton.
Plows.
Racing.
Monkeys.
Rabbits.
Genre
Trade cards -- 1880-1890.
Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Associated name
H.M. Bushman & Bro., distributor.
Printer
Brown, Charles, copyright holder.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Universal [P.2002.67.12]
Accession number
P.2002.67.12
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Trade Card Collection
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