A small price list and illustration for Philadelphia Lawn Mowers from 1876.

See also a later postcard advertisement for a Genuine Philadelphia Lawn Mower.

The Philadelphia Lawn Mowers for 1876

Philadelphia Lawn Mower, 20-inch Cut

Width - 10 to 30 inch

Style - Roller, 6½ inch wheels, 8½ inch wheels, With Draft Pole, or With Shafts and Seat

Power Required - A Lady, A Youth, One Man, or Light Horse

Weight - 28 to 345 lbs.

Price - $15 to $110

Horse Machines, 1876 Pattern

Width - 30 to 36 inch

Style - Draft Rod, or With Shafts and Seat

Power Required - Light Horse, or One Horse

Weight - 315 to 450 lbs.

Price - $110 to $160

Warranted to work as represented when properly managed. When ordering machines, mention width of cut and style.

Graham, Emlen & Passmore, manufacturers, 631 Market Street, Philadelphia.

Biernatzki & Co., European agents, Hamburg, Germany, and 113 Queen Victoria St., London, England.

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Eclipse 40th Anniversary. Trophy Line, styled by Eclipse. Eclipse, Zephyr, Pro, Vogue, Advance. Every model a leader in its price class. Beauty at any angle. Magnificently styled with chrome combination and rubber silencing--featuring Goodyear rubber tires and new silent tapered roller bearings. Eclipse Lawn Mower Co., Prophetstown, Illinois. Written franchises are profitable.

Originally posted on Ipernity: Eclipse Lawn Mower Trophy Line, Beauty at Any Angle.

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A man pushes a "Genuine Philadelphia Lawn Mower" through the grass on the lawn of Philadelphia's historic Independence Hall in this early twentieth-century postcard. I suppose that the location proved just how genuinely Philadelphian these lawn mowers really were!

"Genuine Philadelphia Lawn Mower. Style 'K' Mower."

Printed on the back of this postcard: "Genuine 'Philadelphia' Lawn Mowers, standard of the world. All knives vanadium crucible steel. Style 'K,' 10 inch wheels, 5 blades, 6.5-inch cylinder, single pinion, geared on both sides. List Prices. 14 inch - $20.00. 16 inch - $22.00. 18 inch - $24.00. 20 inch - $26.00."

Dealer's ink-stamped address on back: "Sold by Geo. W. Peck, 102-106 State St., Elmira, N.Y."

Originally posted on Ipernity: Genuine Philadelphia Lawn Mower.

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Originally posted on Ipernity: Eclipse Lawn Mower Natural Grip, New for 1941.

Eclipse Natural Grip, New for 1941. All steel handle. The greatest innovation in lawn mower performance. Amazingly different; for the first time normal posture with natural grip. Your 1941 feature item. Eclipse, Prophetstown.

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"Lawn-Boy Owner Manual. Model 5000, 18 inch. Model 7000, 21 inch."

The cover of a Lawn-Boy mower manual, circa 1957.

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