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Agriculture Age 2014 Calendar

The past comes to life with nostalgic and vibrant promotional artwork depicting decades of farming evolution. Inspired by the style of calendars found in 1920s tractor dealerships, the Agriculture Age 2014 Calendar contains a wide array of historical farm images. Archival materials have been used to highlight a different theme each month along with a description. The calendar features the following:

      January: Traction Engines with images of the Jumbo Steam Engine built by the Harrison Machine Works

      February: Wagons & Carts with images of a 1920s farm wagon and dump cart built by the Electric Wheel Company

      March: Buildings with images of a barn and poultry house offered by the Long-Bell Lumber Company

      April: Garden Tractors with images of a 1950s Bolens Power-Ho

      May: Planters with images of an Avery Shawnee Jr. corn/cotton planter and a 1905 Iron Age No. 15 push seeder

      June: Sprayers with images of a 1912 Hurst Horse-Power Sprayer and a "Hurst Acme" Power-Sprayer

      July: Row-Crop Tractors with images of a International Harvester Farmall 20 on rubber tires and another on spade lug steel wheels

      August: Windmills with images of an Andrew galvanized steel windmill and a Duplex Open Wheel Vaneless Windmill.

      September: Motor Trucks with images of a 1924 Chevrolet farm truck and a Velie Motor Vehicle Company One-Ton delivery truck.

      October: Mowers with images of an 1892 Standard Buckeye Mower and a 1920s Champion Improved Mower sold by B.F. Avery & Sons.

      November: Spreaders with images of the Great Western-Low Down Spreader built by the Rock Island Plow Company and a E.W. Ross Manure Spreader.

      December: Stationary Engines with images of a 1930 Stover "Oil-Rite" gas engine and a Novo vertical engine with water pump.

Each months' high-quality images come directly from original lithographed sales catalogs and promotional literature created by the talented artists of advertising and publishing companies decades ago. Each image has been meticulously remastered, restoring the brilliant color definition to match the original artifact. Stains, smudges, dirt, creases, tears and other imperfections are digitally removed to provide the clearest image possible for enjoyable viewing. These images have been cropped and/or resized to fit in this calendar format. Enjoy these beautiful images all year long and turn any room in your home into an archive of treasured farming memories with this stunning wall calendar. Makes a great Christmas gift for this holiday season!

      • Collector's First Edition

      • Different farm themes for each month of the year

      • Two unique images shown each month

      • All images are digitized from authentic historical artifacts that were distributed by product manufacturers years ago

      • Format: Full Color Twelve-Month Wall Calendar with Six-Month Quick-View Calendars (January-June, July-December)

      • Features: Holidays and Moon Phases

      • Size: 6.5"x8" wall calendar opens to 6.5"x16"

      • Page Count: 32

      • Designed and Printed in USA

      • Paper: Laser printed on FSC certified matte paper from responsible sources, promoting proper management of the world's forests

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about us

Your support through the purchase of historical prints goes directly to benefiting THE AMERICAN FARM AND GARDEN (AFG) ― proudly a non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization dedicated to conserving farm history. Our mission is to enrich the community through the preservation of farming by showcasing the heritage, evolution and innovation of agricultural technology. AFG is focused on conserving the technology vital to daily rural life―the products that for decades have maintained farms, homes and animals. We serve as an educational resource sharing the history and traditions of farming with future generations.

AFG is bringing farm history to life through the archival project―Agriculture Age™. This project is designed to capture the history of farming putting it in people’s hands. The project focuses on digitizing historic lithographed sales catalogs, promotional brochures, and other advertising memorabilia. Archival materials from horse-drawn implements to modern farm tractors are being preserved forever as high-resolution digital images. Accessible after years of being hidden away, these images are meticulously remastered restoring the brilliant color definition to match how the original artifact looked decades ago. We strive to serve you as an educational resource demonstrating the development of the American agriculture industry, connecting the past with the present.