ESTABLISHED 1830. FAIRBANKS' STANDARD SCALES. BUY ONLY THE GENUINE. FAIRBANKS & CO., 311 BROADWAY, N.Y. FAIRBANKS, BROWN & CO., 118 MILK STREET, BOSTON.
New York: Baker & Godwin, Printers, [1870s?]. Brochure folded to 3" x 5.5" to make [10] pp. Printed on blue paper, both sides printed and illustrated. Minor dusting and small line of fox, else quite clean. Very Good.
This brochure provides descriptions and illustrations of the Company's scales, including the Patent Iron Frame Railroad Track Scale which was patented in 1857 and renewed in 1871; illustrations of large scales for weighing cattle, hay, coal and warehouse items; smaller scales for use by druggists, grocers and the like; weighmaster's beams and frames; and a double lock cash drawer. A reprint of an article from the New York Tribune notes the amazement of members of the Japanese Embassy during their tour of the Fairbanks manufactory . The back page is an advertisement for Carhart & Curd, merchants in Macon, Georgia.
OCLC 16066096 [serial- no libraries noted]. Not in Sabin. See Romaine 176a, 315; and Winterthur 1320 [reference]. Item #25476
Price: $50.00