S.R. Nye's National Rake, manufactured by The Belcher & Taylor Agricultural Tool Co., Chicopee Falls, Mass.

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Agriculture
Equipment
Agriculture - Equipment - Folder 1
S.R. Nye's National Rake, manufactured by The Belcher & Taylor Agricultural Tool Co., Chicopee Falls, Mass.
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Agriculture
    - Equipment
      - Agriculture - Equipment - Folder 1
        Trade card for David Prouty & Co., dealers in agricultural implements, seeds, trees, 19, 20 & 22 North Market Street, Boston, Mass. ca. 1850
        Billhead for Parker, Gannett & Osgood, dealers in agricultural equipment, nos. 49 North Market St. and 48 Merchants' Row, Boston, Mass., dated April 4, 1868
        Billhead for Whittemore, Belcher & Co., agricultural implements and machines, 34 Merchants Row, Boston, Mass., dated October 22, 1870
        Billhead for Nourse, Mason & Co., agricultural implements and machines, Worcester and Boston, Mass., dated February 20, 1860
        Billhead for Nourse, Mason & Co., agricultural implements and machines, Boston and Worcester, Mass., dated February 21, 1857
        Billhead for George M. Way & Co., hardware, 342 Main Street, location unknown, dated April 17, 1851
        Circular for Hale & Jordan, Scythe manufacturers, West Waterville, Maine, August 1854
        Billhead for Ames Plow Company, agricultural implements and machines, Quincy Hall over the Market, Boston, Mass. and no. 53 Beekman Street, New York, dated July 6, 1868
        Letter from Prospect Farm, C.C. Heaton, proprietor, East Thetford, Vermont, dated August 27, 1877
        Receipt for Exeter Hay Scales, Exeter, New Hampshire, February 23, 1853
        Receipt for Exeter Hay Scales, Exeter, New Hampshire, November 28, 1854
        Receipt for Exeter Hay Scales, Exeter, New Hampshire, December 14, 1854
        S.R. Nye's National Rake, manufactured by The Belcher & Taylor Agricultural Tool Co., Chicopee Falls, Mass. (current record)
        Billhead for Charles G. Allen & Co., manufacturers of The Yankee Horse Rake and the Victor Steel Swivel Plow, Barre, Mass., dated June 22, 1896
        Trade card, New Champion Force Pump, Clark Bros., Belmont, New York

Description

Features of the rake are described inside the card. Three children are fishing with their dog in the background. Text on the cover reads "The premium dump rake of America."

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
agriculture
rakes
children (people by age group)
fishing
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card : color illustrations ; 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.002.02.01.013

Image Dimensions

5 1/2 x 9 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Purchase 2018.

Places

Chicopee Falls (Chicopee, Hampden County, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Originator

Belcher & Taylor Agricultural Tool Co. (Publisher)
J. Ottmann Lithographic Company (Printer)

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Agricultural implements

Description Level

Item

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