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Subject: Brush manufacturing

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Broadside - Phoenix Wire Broom and Brush Works, M. C. Isaacs & Co., Chicago, Illinois, August 8, 1876Broadside - Phoenix Wire Broom and Brush Works, M. C. Isaacs & Co., Chicago, Illinois, August 8, 1876

This broadside advertises the Phoenix Wire Broom and Brush Works, M. C. Isaacs & Co., proprietors and sole manufacturers of "Isaac's Patent Celebrated Locomotive Steel Wire Snow and Track Brooms." The item features detailed illustrations of two broom models (No. 2 and No. 3) with patent dates (Aug. 8, 1876), and a depiction of the brooms mounted on railroad tracks. A warning against patent infringers is overprinted diagonally in red text, noting that M. C. Isaacs & Co. was granted an exclusive right to manufacture these brooms and would prosecute infringers.

Printed Circular Appointing Strauss/Sachs as Sole Agents in the USAPrinted Circular Appointing Strauss/Sachs as Sole Agents in the USA

Printed circular in letter form dated January 15, 1891, from Thomas Feres appointing Strauss/Sachs as the sole agents in the USA for their brushes. The circular originates from 355 & 357 Broadway, New York, New York. This item is a broadside and should be considered in conjunction with a related piece (see prior item for sister piece).