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| Text on Button | RED COMB POULTRY FEED TRADE MARK REGISTERED U.S. PAT. OFFICE |
| Image Description | Illustration of a rooster with a red comb on a blue background surrounded by red text on a white background |
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| Additional Information | Composed of “choice grains and seeds,” Red Comb Poultry Feed was advertised in 1910 as being, “a carefully balanced ration for Chicks from the ‘Cradle to the Grav-y’.” The Edwards and Loomis Company, manufacturers of Red Comb Poultry Feed and Red Horns Dairy Feeds, kept an office in Chicago. This button was found in the walls of a house in Chicago built in 1905. Was the button received as a promotional item, dropped, and lost in the house in the early 1900s? How did it get there? The mystery may never be solved… |
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Edwards & Loomis Company. (1916, February 10). 400% Profit [Advertisement]. The Chicago Live Stock World (Chicago, Illinois), p. 4. Red Comb Poultry Feeds. (1910, December 30). You are asking for the best when you ask for Red Comb Poultry Feed [Advertisement]. The Daily Herald (Chicago, Illinois), p. 9. |
| Catalog ID | AD1110 |