The Farmers and Dairymans Almanac for the Year 1852
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Almanacs contained practical information about the coming year. Readers normally found a calendar, weather predictions, tide schedules, and information related to agriculture, health, politics, astronomical events, and other matters. Interspersed were jokes and witty sayings. Publishers of this almanac touted its astronomical calculations by the principal of the New York State Normal School, perhaps to influence customers to choose this almanac.
Almanacs contained practical information about the coming year. Readers normally found a calendar, weather predictions, tide schedules, and information related to agriculture, health, politics, astronomical events, and other matters. Interspersed were jokes and witty sayings. Publishers of this almanac touted its astronomical calculations by the principal of the New York State Normal School, perhaps to influence customers to choose this almanac.
Artifact
Almanac
Date Made
1852
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On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
71.1.842
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of David M. Gwinn.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Engraving (Printing process)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 6.938 in
Width: 4.5 in
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