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The farm market

Curtis Publishing Company · 1918 · Philadelphia, The Curtis publishing company · 7 pictures

A 1918 market-research pamphlet issued by the Curtis Publishing Company of Philadelphia to sell advertisers on rural America, using census and banking figures on farm wealth, credit, and power. The plates are hand-lettered pie charts in heavy black line, with wedge percentages, dollar totals, and curved arrow brackets around the rim — usable as period infographic templates and lettering models.

Agriculture · Advertising

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