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Title: St. Louis Merchant's Exchange grain pit during the Great Depression
Date(s): 1931-11-07
Contributor(s): Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America (collector), Merchants' Exchange of St. Louis (depicted), Wide World Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Description: Text on back: "Turning back to the days of prosperity - The grain pit on the trading floor of the St. Louis Merchant's Exchange again displayed activity reminiscent of the feverish war-time buying, when the bulls held sway and bid wheat and corn to new high levels for the year. The pit was crowded with traders who did a volume of business in two months which surpassed the aggregate for months previous. The St. Louis Merchant's Exchange is the oldest grain market in the United States and was a...
Show moreText on back: "Turning back to the days of prosperity - The grain pit on the trading floor of the St. Louis Merchant's Exchange again displayed activity reminiscent of the feverish war-time buying, when the bulls held sway and bid wheat and corn to new high levels for the year. The pit was crowded with traders who did a volume of business in two months which surpassed the aggregate for months previous. The St. Louis Merchant's Exchange is the oldest grain market in the United States and was a desolate and almost deserted place until now. Photo shows a general view on the grain pit during the height of activity.
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Collection ID: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs and audiovisual materials (Accession 1993.230)
Hagley ID: PC20100728_207
Collection: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs, videos, and publications

Title: Plant Breeding for Better Farming
Date(s): 1947
Contributor(s): Indiana Corn Growers' Association (Sponsor)
Description: Instructional film for Indiana corn growers. Highlights "the tireless and and never-ceasing work of the plant breeders, university agronomists, and others who are striving for better crop production through the development and distribution of new, superior crop varieties." Part of the Key to Better Farming series.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC439
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: Grain, Flour, Meal, Mill-Feeds, Gluten, Linseed and Cottonseed Meals
Date(s): 1897-08-13
Contributor(s): Litchfield, Carter (former owner), E.W. Bailey & Co. (Montpelier, Vt.) (originator)
Description: Illustrated Billhead
Collection ID: Carter Litchfield photographs and ephemera on the history of fatty materials (Accession 2007.227)
Hagley ID: 2270205
Collection: Carter Litchfield history of fatty materials collections

Title: Illustrated and Descriptive Catalog of Agricultural Machinery Manufactured by Heebner & Sons, Illustrated and Descriptive Catalog of Heebner's Patent Level-Tread Horse-Powers also Lever Powers, Little Giant Threshing Machines, Threshers and Shakers, Drag and Circular Saw machines, Union Feed Cutters, Corn Shellers, Etc.
Date(s): 1885
Creator: Heebner & Sons
Description: Descriptions and illustrations of various models of farming equipment.
Hagley ID: Trade_Cats_1032013_023
Collection: Trade catalogs and pamphlets

Title: The slurry : a new method, a new material, a new machine, for treating seed corn
Date(s): 1946
Creator: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Semesan Division
Hagley ID: 08031008_The_Slurry
Collection: Trade catalogs and pamphlets