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A color photo of a red machine with black box with yellow lettering The New Birdsell Clover Huller.

Close up of bean-shaped, black, cast iron sausage stuffer with nozzle on end to stuff sausage casings and handle.

Bean shaped, black cast iron, with nozzle for sausage casings at bottom. Sit on a solid surface with long handle to push sausage meat through nozzle.

Black and white photo of two men in old tractor, a 35-70 Minneapolis tractor, pulling a plow.

“Before MM”

Color photo of front of rusty steel tractor, with the words "The Minneapolis" written.

“Before MM”

A color photo of a black railroad switch lantern. Four-sided with one circular blue lens and one circular red lens in view. Handle is up from lantern.

“Switching Lamp Saves Trouble”

Color photo of a paper red heart on a wooden stick. An image of a man in a white uniform carries a picnic basket of meat on one arm. In yellow letters, it reads "Morrell's Pride Meats."

Nearly 200 years of Business

A cream-colored, paper heart fan attached to a wooden stick. Brown lettering reads, "Morrell's Pride Food Products Favorites in many lands for 100 years. John Morrell & Co. Since 1827. Packing Plants at Ottumwa, Iowa --- Sioux Falls, SD. Hams, Bacon, Lard, Sausages, Canned Meats. Famed for their fine flavor."

Nearly 200 years of Business

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