“Avery Oxen” Poster

From the collections of PVMA • Digital image © Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Assoc. • Image use information

About this item

When James Avery of Buckland, Massachusetts, arrived in a town with his giant oxen, he would hire advertisers to promote them. This poster promises that visiting the giant animals would “please the Ladies and Children,” and other promotional material reassured visitors that the oxen were gentle and well-behaved. The use of oxen dwindled all over the United States, to be replaced by tractors.

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Details

Item typeBroadside, Poster
CreatorForrest L. Stetson’s Electric Print
Datebefore 1900
PlaceGreenfield, Massachusetts
TopicAgriculture, Farming
EraRise of Industrial America, 1878–1899
Progressive Era, World War I, 1900–1928
MaterialPaper
Process/FormatPrinting
Dimension detailsHeight: 28.00 in Width: 20.00 in
Catalog #2001.24.05
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Forrest L. Stetson’s Electric Print. Avery Oxen. Broadside/Poster. before 1900. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/2001-24-05/. Accessed on December 5, 2024.

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