Gray's Latest Improved Horse Powers Threshing Machines and Wood Sawing Machines, 1891
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As farmers mechanized barn and farmyard work in the nineteenth century, they began to use stationary power sources. These included devices such as treadmills that converted the movement of animals to drive a variety of agricultural machines. Enterprising manufacturers, like Vermont-based A.W. Gray's Sons, specialized in producing and selling these devices and the machines they were designed to power.
As farmers mechanized barn and farmyard work in the nineteenth century, they began to use stationary power sources. These included devices such as treadmills that converted the movement of animals to drive a variety of agricultural machines. Enterprising manufacturers, like Vermont-based A.W. Gray's Sons, specialized in producing and selling these devices and the machines they were designed to power.
Artifact
Trade catalog
Date Made
1891
Subject Date
1891
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
40.613.1
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 9.125 in
Width: 6 in
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