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- J. Stone Heacock's Portable Lawn Sprinkler: Patented March 20, 1877 - Homeowners who want green lawns need to water them during dry weather. In the late nineteenth century this usually meant spreading water by using hand pumps or water barrel trucks. Those fortunate to live in areas with pressurized, municipal water systems could also use sprinklers. This 1877 advertisement touted the effectiveness of J. Stone Heacock's patented Portable Lawn Sprinkler.
- 1877
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J. Stone Heacock's Portable Lawn Sprinkler: Patented March 20, 1877
Homeowners who want green lawns need to water them during dry weather. In the late nineteenth century this usually meant spreading water by using hand pumps or water barrel trucks. Those fortunate to live in areas with pressurized, municipal water systems could also use sprinklers. This 1877 advertisement touted the effectiveness of J. Stone Heacock's patented Portable Lawn Sprinkler.
- Mermaid Sprinkler, circa 1935 - Many homeowners use sprinklers to help produce a beautiful, green lawn. A traditional bare-metal sprinkler, however, can detract from the lawn's visual appeal. By the 1930s companies were making sprinklers in a variety of decorative and imaginative shapes. This mermaid sprinkler provided an aesthetically pleasing look when throwing water into all corners of a lawn.
- circa 1935
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Mermaid Sprinkler, circa 1935
Many homeowners use sprinklers to help produce a beautiful, green lawn. A traditional bare-metal sprinkler, however, can detract from the lawn's visual appeal. By the 1930s companies were making sprinklers in a variety of decorative and imaginative shapes. This mermaid sprinkler provided an aesthetically pleasing look when throwing water into all corners of a lawn.
- Lawn Sprinkler -
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Lawn Sprinkler
- Promotional Circular for the Auburn Lawn Sprinkler by Beardsley & Co., 1877 - Homeowners who want green lawns need to water them during dry weather. In the late nineteenth century this usually meant spreading water by using hand pumps or water barrel trucks. Those fortunate to live in areas with pressurized, municipal water systems could also use sprinklers. This 1877 circular touted the effectiveness of the Auburn Lawn Sprinkler.
- June 10, 1877
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Promotional Circular for the Auburn Lawn Sprinkler by Beardsley & Co., 1877
Homeowners who want green lawns need to water them during dry weather. In the late nineteenth century this usually meant spreading water by using hand pumps or water barrel trucks. Those fortunate to live in areas with pressurized, municipal water systems could also use sprinklers. This 1877 circular touted the effectiveness of the Auburn Lawn Sprinkler.
- Lawn Sprinkler, circa 1935 - As suburban developments grew during the late nineteenth century, homeowners worked to maintain green lawns during dry weather. They usually spot-watered, carrying buckets to thirsty ornamental plants or using hand pumps or water barrel trucks to deliver more water. Pressurized municipal water systems made this job easier -- and opened a market in the decades that followed for lawn sprinklers designed to fit standard garden hoses.
- circa 1935
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Lawn Sprinkler, circa 1935
As suburban developments grew during the late nineteenth century, homeowners worked to maintain green lawns during dry weather. They usually spot-watered, carrying buckets to thirsty ornamental plants or using hand pumps or water barrel trucks to deliver more water. Pressurized municipal water systems made this job easier -- and opened a market in the decades that followed for lawn sprinklers designed to fit standard garden hoses.
- "Whirling Fairy" Lawn Sprinkler, 1927-1932 - As suburban developments grew during the late nineteenth century, homeowners worked to maintain green lawns during dry weather. They usually spot-watered, carrying buckets to thirsty ornamental plants or using hand pumps or water barrel trucks to deliver more water. Pressurized municipal water systems made this job easier -- and opened a market in the decades that followed for lawn sprinklers designed to fit standard garden hoses.
- 1927-1932
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"Whirling Fairy" Lawn Sprinkler, 1927-1932
As suburban developments grew during the late nineteenth century, homeowners worked to maintain green lawns during dry weather. They usually spot-watered, carrying buckets to thirsty ornamental plants or using hand pumps or water barrel trucks to deliver more water. Pressurized municipal water systems made this job easier -- and opened a market in the decades that followed for lawn sprinklers designed to fit standard garden hoses.
- Proën "Squarespray" Lawn Sprinkler -
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Proën "Squarespray" Lawn Sprinkler
- Sears Craftsman Water Command Oscillating Sprinkler, 1982 -
- 1982
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Sears Craftsman Water Command Oscillating Sprinkler, 1982
- Lawn Sprinkler -
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Lawn Sprinkler
- Lawn Sprinkler -
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Lawn Sprinkler