This Collection is a part of "The Growth of Industrial Art" printed in 1890 by the U.S. Patent Office. These tools and modes of production changed people's way of life as well as how they interacted with a rapidly changing world.

"The drive chain consists of a detachable link chain used in connection with sprocket wheels to drive machinery ; each link has a hook and bar at its respective end, and these may be connected in certain relative positions, but cannot be detached when stretched". -excerpt from Drive Chains

"Teaching, like everything else, came from the East, descending from the Hindoo Kosh with the migratory waves of population, which spread from those periods of time commencing so far back that history loses itself in tradition". -excerpt from Educational Appliances

50 on one side, 51 on back side.

Please note: Some posters in this collection have missing pieces and tears on the margin