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- Sunseeker L Platform 2000 Robotic Lawn Mower, 2022-2023 -
- 2022-2023
- Collections - Artifact
Sunseeker L Platform 2000 Robotic Lawn Mower, 2022-2023
- Trade Card for the Clipper Mower Made by Chadborn & Coldwell Mfg. Co., 1880-1890 - In the late 1800s, improved transit allowed suburbs to grow around cities. Well-kept lawns were a key feature of a suburban home, and the lawn mower was an essential tool. Early mowers were often heavy and hard to push, though this trade card suggests that using the "Clipper" lawn mower was like a walk in the park.
- 1880-1890
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for the Clipper Mower Made by Chadborn & Coldwell Mfg. Co., 1880-1890
In the late 1800s, improved transit allowed suburbs to grow around cities. Well-kept lawns were a key feature of a suburban home, and the lawn mower was an essential tool. Early mowers were often heavy and hard to push, though this trade card suggests that using the "Clipper" lawn mower was like a walk in the park.
- Trade Card for Philadelphia Lawn Mowers, F.A. Powers, 1888 - In the late 1800s, improved transit allowed suburbs to grow around cities. Well-kept lawns were a key feature of a suburban home, and the lawn mower was an essential tool. Early mowers were often heavy and hard to push, though this trade card suggests that using the "Philadelphia" mower was like a walk in the park.
- 1888
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Philadelphia Lawn Mowers, F.A. Powers, 1888
In the late 1800s, improved transit allowed suburbs to grow around cities. Well-kept lawns were a key feature of a suburban home, and the lawn mower was an essential tool. Early mowers were often heavy and hard to push, though this trade card suggests that using the "Philadelphia" mower was like a walk in the park.
- Anita Searl Mowing the Lawn, Olean, New York, circa 1934 - Lawns require regular maintenance. First patented in the United States in 1868, cylinder- or reel-type mowers became an enduring, affordable option for anyone with a small lawn. The basic form consisted of blades that rotated around a horizontal axis, cutting the grass as the user pushed the machine.
- circa 1934
- Collections - Artifact
Anita Searl Mowing the Lawn, Olean, New York, circa 1934
Lawns require regular maintenance. First patented in the United States in 1868, cylinder- or reel-type mowers became an enduring, affordable option for anyone with a small lawn. The basic form consisted of blades that rotated around a horizontal axis, cutting the grass as the user pushed the machine.
- Trade Card for Buckeye Lawn Mowers, Mast, Foos & Co., 1870-1900 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- 1870-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Buckeye Lawn Mowers, Mast, Foos & Co., 1870-1900
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- Man Driving a Ford Lawn Mower outside a House, 1984 -
- 1984
- Collections - Artifact
Man Driving a Ford Lawn Mower outside a House, 1984
- Trade Card for the New Model Mower, Chadborn & Coldwell Mfg. Co., circa 1888 - In the late 1800s, improved transit allowed suburbs to grow around cities. Well-kept lawns were a key feature of a suburban home, and the lawn mower was an essential tool. Early mowers were often heavy and hard to push, though this trade card suggests that using the "New Model Mower" was like a walk in the park.
- circa 1888
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for the New Model Mower, Chadborn & Coldwell Mfg. Co., circa 1888
In the late 1800s, improved transit allowed suburbs to grow around cities. Well-kept lawns were a key feature of a suburban home, and the lawn mower was an essential tool. Early mowers were often heavy and hard to push, though this trade card suggests that using the "New Model Mower" was like a walk in the park.