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- Tennessee Fabricating Company Catalog, "Ornamental Iron Accessories," 1959 - The Tennessee Fabricating Company created a variety of ornamental ironwork for the American home. The company offered a wide range of products, including house markers, mailbox stands, porch columns and railings, door grillwork, and even weathervanes. This 1959 catalog gives a sample of the decorative metalwork available from the Memphis-based company.

- 1959
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Tennessee Fabricating Company Catalog, "Ornamental Iron Accessories," 1959
The Tennessee Fabricating Company created a variety of ornamental ironwork for the American home. The company offered a wide range of products, including house markers, mailbox stands, porch columns and railings, door grillwork, and even weathervanes. This 1959 catalog gives a sample of the decorative metalwork available from the Memphis-based company.
- Van Dorn Iron Works Catalog, "Sole Manufacturers Cleveland Wrought Iron Fence," 1884 - J.H. Van Dorn started a wrought iron fencing company in Akron, Ohio, in 1872. His business expanded and by 1878, he had moved to Cleveland. In addition to iron fencing, Van Dorn's company produced metal lawn and stable fixtures, jail cells, office and counter railings, and weathervanes. This catalog shows the variety of products the company offered in the mid-1880s.

- 1884
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Van Dorn Iron Works Catalog, "Sole Manufacturers Cleveland Wrought Iron Fence," 1884
J.H. Van Dorn started a wrought iron fencing company in Akron, Ohio, in 1872. His business expanded and by 1878, he had moved to Cleveland. In addition to iron fencing, Van Dorn's company produced metal lawn and stable fixtures, jail cells, office and counter railings, and weathervanes. This catalog shows the variety of products the company offered in the mid-1880s.
- Harris & Co. Catalog, "Boston Copper Weathervanes, Iron Crestings, and Lightning Rods," circa 1885 - Harris & Company manufactured copper weathervanes. Among this Boston, Massachusetts, firm's offerings were weathervane ornaments representing well-known racehorses. Customers could choose from six champions depicted in this catalog from the mid-1880s.

- circa 1885
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Harris & Co. Catalog, "Boston Copper Weathervanes, Iron Crestings, and Lightning Rods," circa 1885
Harris & Company manufactured copper weathervanes. Among this Boston, Massachusetts, firm's offerings were weathervane ornaments representing well-known racehorses. Customers could choose from six champions depicted in this catalog from the mid-1880s.
- Trade Card for Muncie Architectural Iron Works, 1870-1900 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.

- 1890-1907
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Trade Card for Muncie Architectural Iron Works, 1870-1900
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- E.T. Barnum Wire and Iron Works Catalog, Spring Supplement, 1883 -

- 1883
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E.T. Barnum Wire and Iron Works Catalog, Spring Supplement, 1883
- E.T. Barnum Wire and Iron Works, "Catalogue for 1899" -

- 1899
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E.T. Barnum Wire and Iron Works, "Catalogue for 1899"
- "Illustrated Catalogue of Iron Fountains and Statuary," 1875 -

- 1875
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"Illustrated Catalogue of Iron Fountains and Statuary," 1875
- Illustrated Catalogue and Price List, New and improved Iron Stable Fixtures, J.W. Fiske, 1880 -

- 1880
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Illustrated Catalogue and Price List, New and improved Iron Stable Fixtures, J.W. Fiske, 1880