1902 antique AGRICULTURAL EPITOMIST spencer in CENTURY RURAL MAIL BOX brochure
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Original 1902 Agricultural Epitomist promotional advertising brochure and subscription solicitation from the Epitomist Experiment Station, Spencer, Indiana, featuring extensive promotion of the Century Rural Mail Box, approved for use by the U.S. Post Office Department during the early years of Rural Free Delivery (RFD). Measures approximately 8.5 x 11 inches when folded (multiple-fold brochure), accompanied by a matching November 15, 1902 Agricultural Epitomist publisher's letter.

The brochure is richly illustrated and packed with information, including:

• Century Rural Mail Box illustrations (open and closed views)
• Order of the Postmaster General approving rural mail boxes
• Detailed construction and specifications of the Century Rural Mail Box
• Subscription and agent information for the Agricultural Epitomist
• Epitomist Experiment Station, Spencer, Indiana
• White Dent Corn promotion and free seed offer
• How to Make Farming Pay
• Description of the Epitomist Experiment Station farm
• Angora Goats article
• The Epitomist Plant industrial operation
• Rural Free Delivery (RFD) promotional content
• Mail box pricing and ordering information
• November 5, 1902 experiment station notice
• Original November 15, 1902 publisher's fundraising/subscription letter signed in print by E. Chubb Fuller, Publisher

A wonderful early Rural Free Delivery advertising piece documenting the rapid expansion of mail service into rural America at the beginning of the twentieth century. Excellent reference for collectors of postal history, agricultural advertising, Indiana history, farm equipment, and rural Americana.

Authentic period piece related to family, history or local heritage - well-suited for historical collections, genealogical /genealogy research, or museum acquisition.  Vintage or Antique.

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