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Title The beginning and the end of life (hold the picture 1 foot away for life and 20 feet for death.) Presented by William Deering & Co. Chicago, Ill. Grain & grass machinery. [graphic].
Publisher [United States]
Publisher UNITED STATES. 1890
Date [ca. 1890]
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph ; 16.5 x 10.5 cm. (6.5 x 4 in.)
Description Illustrated trade card and metamorphic picture depicting two girls playing with their pet dog and toys, strategically placed so that when viewed from afar, the scene forms the shadows of a human skull. William Deering became the sole owner of a reaper company in 1879 in Plano, Illinois and subsequently moved the business to Chicago, Illinois in 1880. The business was incorporated as William Deering & Company in 1883.
Notes Advertising text printed on verso promotes various harvesting and mowing machines manufactured by William Deering & Co., including the Junior Deering, the Standard Deering, the Deering Mower, Deering Giant Mower, the Warrior Mower, and the Deering Light Reaper. Informs readers that "the skull duggery practiced by some manufacturers of harvesting machinery, in palming off cheap machines on unsuspecting farmers, finds no favor in the Deering factory."
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Digitized.
Subject William Deering & Company.
Agricultural machinery industry -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Harvesting machinery.
Mowing machines.
Death's head.
Dogs.
Girls.
Play (Recreation)
Skulls.
Toys.
Genre Trade cards -- 1880-1890.
Lithographs -- 1880-1890.
Metamorphic pictures -- 1880-1890.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *trade card - Deering [P.9631.5]
Accession number P.9631.5