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  • Envelope sent to E. M. Adams, Alexandria, Virginia, from Southern Bivouac, published by B.F. Avery & Sons, Louisville, Kentucky. The envelope features an ensignia of a shield, United States flag, Confederate flag, cannon and shells, buggle, and drum.

  • Envelope sent to J. T. Mustain, Horse Cave, Kentucky, from B.F. Avery & Sons, Louisville, Kentucky, manufacturers of plows, planters, cultivators, harrows. The envelope features a lithograph image of an Avery machine.

  • Four-page advertisement for the Avery Uncle Sam Disc Cultivator printed for B.F. Avery & Sons, Manufacturers, Louisville, Kentucky.

  • Envelope sent from Southern Bivouac, published by B.F. Avery & Sons, Louisville, Kentucky. The envelope features an ensignia of a shield, United States flag, Confederate flag, cannon and shells, buggle, and drum.

  • Color cardstock promotional card printed for B.F. Avery & Sons, Plows and Agricultural Implements, Louisville, Kentucky. The inside of the card is an ad for the Avery Universal Plow, featuring a lithograth of Neptune plowing the Isthmus of Panama with an Avery Plow pulled by two horses. The back of the card depicts a horse falling in a field, with an attached plow and laborer in the air behind it. On the otherside of a fence, a horse is calmly pulling an Avery Plow while the laborer guiding the plow looks at the other person. Below the scene is the text "If you're trying to fly, you're all right

  • Envelope sent to J. T. Mustam, Horse Cave, Kentucky, from B.F. Avery & Sons Manufacturers of Plows, Planters, Cultivators, Harrows located on Main between Fifteenth and Sixteenth Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. Envelope features image of plow and text "Invincible in name and work."

  • Envelope sent from B.F. Avery & Sons, Incorporated Manufacturers of Plows, Harrows, Planters, Cultivators located at 311 West Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Envelope features simple lithographic text in return address block in blue ink. Text on verso is also blue and reads "B.F. Avery & Sons' Sulky and Gang Plows The World's Favorites."

  • Color calling card postcard made for B.F. Avery & Sons, Incorporated Manufacturers of Plows, Harrows, Planters, Cultivators located at 311 West Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The card design is an aerial view of the "New Plant," 1910, and notes that the business was established in 1825. The card reads "The Best Equipped Plant in its Line in the World."
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