Broadside - Phoenix Wire Broom and Brush Works, M. C. Isaacs & Co., Chicago, Illinois, August 8, 1876

This broadside advertises the Phoenix Wire Broom and Brush Works, M. C. Isaacs & Co., proprietors and sole manufacturers of "Isaac's Patent Celebrated Locomotive Steel Wire Snow and Track Brooms." The item features detailed illustrations of two broom models (No. 2 and No. 3) with patent dates (Aug. 8, 1876), and a depiction of the brooms mounted on railroad tracks. A warning against patent infringers is overprinted diagonally in red text, noting that M. C. Isaacs & Co. was granted an exclusive right to manufacture these brooms and would prosecute infringers.

Associated People/Businesses

• Marcus Cornelius Isaacs (Proprietor)
• Isaacs, Marcus Cornelius (7 Sep 1843 - 14 Feb 1920)

Geography

No geographic information available.

Subjects

• Wire broom manufacturing
• Brush manufacturing
• Railroad equipment
• Snow brooms
• Track brooms
• Locomotives
• Advertising
• Patents
• 19th Century
• Chicago, Illinois
• Illustrations

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 23, Folder 10