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United States: Various, 1850s-1890s. Very good to near-fine. Minor flaws in the collection include toning, short tears, chipping, dust soiling, or edge wear.. An extensive collection of chromolithographed material collected by a single collector over 30 plus years related to agriculture in the United States, dating from approx. the 1850s to the 1890s. There are a total of eighty (80) items divided into six (6) categories: Farm Animals; Farm Equipment and Machinery; Fertilizers; Fruits, Flowers, and Seeds; Millers, Milling, and Cereals; and a final category with unrelated items depicting agriculture in their marketing. The categories collectively represent ten (10) kinds of ephemera, fifty-three (53) manufacturers, and fifty-nine (59) kinds of products. In these items, the ability of chromolithography to present a rich range of bright color and tone is on full display. Also of note are the social aspects of this collection. Specifically, race and gender feature prominently in much of the material.…
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Agriculture Through the Medium of Lithography - A Collection of Eighty (80) Items: [Lithography, Chromolithography, Race, Class, Gender]
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- Used - Very good to near-fine. Minor flaws in the collection include toning, short tears, chipping, dust soiling, or edge wear.
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Grouping of Forty-Eight (48) Agricultural Trade Cards
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United States: Various, 1850s-1890s. Very good. Minor toning, the odd spot or short tear.. A grouping of lithographed advertising trade cards collected by a single individual over 30 plus years related to agriculture, dating from approx. the 1850s to the 1890s. Each card measures approx. 3" by 5". There are a total of forty-eight (48) trade cards divided into five (5) categories: Animals and Animal Remedies; Farm Equipment, Machinery, and Fencing; Millers and Milling; Seeds and Fertilizers; and unrelated products using agriculture in their marketing. The grouping represents thirty-four (34) different manufacturers and twenty-six (26) different kinds of products. Of note are the gender and racial elements present. Gender roles are emphasized through farm machinery with strong handsome men wielding plows and heavy machinery, as well as with the reverse: young stylish women drive plows in a kind of "even a woman could do it"-style of marketing in two examples. Women are sometimes stylized as muses or…
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