The climax mower, most complete and perfect mower in the world, the Corry Machine Co., Corry, Pen. / L. Maurer. – Historic Reproduction
![The climax mower, most complete and perfect mower in the world, the Corry Machine Co., Corry, Pen. / L. Maurer., N.Y. : The Major & Knapp Eng., Mfg. & Lith. Co., [between 1869 and 1872] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a5/a5147b1d76f3-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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The climax mower, most complete and perfect mower in the world, the Corry Machine Co., Corry, Pen. / L. Maurer. comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The climax mower, most complete and perfect mower in the world, the Corry Machine Co., Corry, Pen. / L. Maurer.
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Corry, Pennsylvania, a small oil-region town in the state's northwest, is the home named in this color advertisement for the Climax mower, which its maker called "the most complete and perfect mower in the world." New York firm Major & Knapp printed the lithograph sometime between 1869 and 1872, when mechanical mowers were steadily replacing the scythe on American farms. Advertisements like this one used bold color and sweeping claims to win over buyers, so the picture is as much a sales pitch as a record of farm machinery. It also shows how manufacturers marketed new equipment in the years after the Civil War.
| Created / published | N.Y. : The Major & Knapp Eng., Mfg. & Lith. Co., [between 1869 and 1872] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Advertisements 1860-1880.Lithographs Color 1860-1880. |
| Notes | Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress .... Washington : Library of Congress ..., 1975, no. 109. |
| Subjects | Mowing--United States--1860-1880. Mowing machines--United States--1860-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,264 × 1,014 px · prints to 4 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216457 |
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