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The quadrate barb fence wire, manufactured by the Pittsburgh Hinge Co., Limited, Beaver Falls, Penn'a.
1879
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Omega Project
Project Omega was conceived by the Library's Strategic Council - a scoped three year project aimed to facilitate the effective discovery and presentation of our collections, with a focus on the digitization of the Special Collections Graphic Arts backlog in Firestone library.
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Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
The Graphic Arts Collection holds prints, drawings, photographs, paintings, sculpture, and printed ephemera along with an international book collection specializing in fine press,
Metadata
- Publisher
- New York : [s.n.], 1879.
- People
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- Author
- Armor, Feurhake & Co.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Broadsides—United States—19th century—Specimens
- Printed ephemera—United States—19th century—Specimens
- Ephemera—19th century
- Advertising—Fences—Specimens
- Advertising—Barbed wire—Specimens
- Cattle—United States—In art
- Horses—United States—In art
- Wagons—United States—In art
- Occupations—United States—19th century—In art
- Farmers—United States—19th century—In art
- Broadsides—New York (State)—New York—1879
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- The quadrate barb fence wire, manufactured by the Pittsburgh Hinge Co., Limited, Beaver Falls, Penn'a.
- Call Number
- C South 08/Drawer 07/GC179/Half Folio GA 2011.01430
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcjs956w281
- Publisher
- New York : [s.n.], 1879.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1879
- Extent
- 1 item ; print 17.7 x 33.1 cm. sheet 43.2 x 55.8 cm.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Lithographs, Letterpress printing
- Depiction: Two farmers installing barbed wire fence in foreground. In background, cattle have broken free from the wooden fence of an adjacent farm and are standing on railroad tracks, in danger of oncoming train.
- Item description: Broadside advertisement with print at center.
- Signed in in plate, lower left: "Armor, Feurhake & Co. Lith. Pittsburgh".
- Signed in plate, lower center: "H. B. Newhall, Agt., No. 11 Warren Street, New York City, U.S.A.".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Broadsides—United States—19th century—Specimens
- Printed ephemera—United States—19th century—Specimens
- Ephemera—19th century
- Advertising—Fences—Specimens
- Advertising—Barbed wire—Specimens
- Cattle—United States—In art
- Horses—United States—In art
- Wagons—United States—In art
- Occupations—United States—19th century—In art
- Farmers—United States—19th century—In art
- Broadsides—New York (State)—New York—1879
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 1
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/4826b4b3-1cc6-4f8b-be3c-0963f07fdf02/manifest