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TitleReaping, cutting and gathering machine, calculated to work by manual labour, or with a horse
Date Issued1827
DescriptionCirca 1827 broadside of a “Reaping, Cutting and Gathering Machine” most likely of James Ten Eyck. Born May 2, 1773 in North Branch, New Jersey, James Ten Eyck passed his days as a farmer in...
15605
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TitleVictor radio: a radio that is really a musical instrument
Date Created1929
DescriptionVictor Talking Machine Company (1901–1929) was an American corporation, the leading American producer of phonographs and phonograph records and one of the leading phonograph companies in the world...
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TitleWonderful Talking Machine Flyer
Date Issued1889
DescriptionOn December 10, 1889, Mr. V. H. Emerson of Newark, New Jersey, an "electrician of long experience," demonstrated Thomas A. Edison's phonograph to the greater public of Hightstown, New Jersey. The...
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TitleBrooklyn Bridge: Sinking of the New York Caisson
Date Created1872
DescriptionIn February 1872, Washington Augustus Roebling looked on as a caisson for the New York and Brooklyn Bridge (later known as the East River Bridge and subsequently the Brooklyn Bridge for short) was...
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TitleEdiphone voice writing. Vol. 6, No. 7 (August 1937)
Date Issued1937
DescriptionIn August 1937, the Edison Business Phonograph, later known as the Ediphone Voice Writing or "Ediphone" for short, celebrated its Diamond Jubilee on the occasion of its 60th Anniversary. The...
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TitleFralinger's original since 1885: Atlantic City's most famous confection, salt water taffy
Date Created1930-1939
DescriptionEstablished in 1885, Fralinger's is located in Atlantic City, New Jersey, serving the NJ/PA/NY commuter crowds that travel to the Jersey Shore each summer. Fralinger's is the largest manufacturer of...
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TitleEdison-Lalande medical batteries: manufactured by Edison Manufacturing Company
Date Issued1890
DescriptionEdison cautery batteries were specially designed to meet the large and increasing demand of physicians and surgeons for a reliable battery capable of furnishing a very heavy current for cautery work. ...
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TitleDescription, to make James Ten Eyck's patent reaping, cutting and gathering machine, is as follows
DescriptionBorn May 2, 1773 in North Branch, New Jersey, James Ten Eyck passed his days as a farmer in Somerset County. As a farmer, Ten Eyck understood the importance of farm machinery, which led Ten Eyck to...
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TitleExcelsior feed for horses and cattle
Date Issued1877
DescriptionIn the late 1870s, Peter Stillwell, Agent for Monmouth County, Marlboro, New Jersey for Marshall & Websters commissioned a broadside of Excelsior Feed for horses and cattle. Within the advertisement,...
15613
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TitleA. Hall's patent brick machine: three hundred millions of brick
DescriptionCirca 1848 broadside of Hall’s Brick Machine. In it, Hall claims his machine has produced three hundred million bricks in the last five months. The Brick Machine was on exhibit during the Fair at...