This billhead documents a transaction on September 30, 1878, between Elias Haiman, Southern Agricultural Works in Atlanta, GA, and Childs Nickerson & Co. of Athens, GA. The itemized list includes 200 Cast Points, 24 mall. Clovis, and 144 1/2 x 4 1/2 Steel S. Turn Shovels, with a total amount of $86.34. The billhead is marked "Paid." It features a detailed lithographic illustration of the factory building, showing a multi-story brick structure with industrial smokestacks and horse-drawn wagons in front. The business name, "Elias Haiman Southern Agricultural Works," is presented in ornate Victorian-style lettering within decorative banners and flanked by agricultural tools, including a plow.
Subject: Plows
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A letter written by Marcus Baum to P. I. Fulson on January 30, 1857, concerning the supply of a plow. The letter, written in Baum's hand, discusses a business transaction related to agricultural equipment. The letter originates from Georgetown, South Carolina.
Postcard advertisement sent from a sales representative of the Southern Agricultural Works (Elias Haiman, Atlanta, Georgia) in Little Rock, Arkansas, on January 29, 1883. The advertisement details the company's products, including cast and wrought iron plows, steel plows, steel blades, cotton gins, and cotton warehouse trucks. It highlights the Elias Haiman chilled plow as a specialty and describes the company's large manufacturing plant and workforce. The postcard also includes biographical information about Elias Haiman, president of the company, and S. Landauer, secretary and treasurer. Additional background is given on the Haiman family's history in the manufacturing business, including their involvement in a sword factory during the Civil War and subsequent patents obtained by Elias Haiman and Eugene Rosenbaum for farming implements.