Every cook loves pig. Every eater loves pig. As Homer Simpson learns, it is “some wonderful, magical animal!†(Check out more bacon-related Homer quotes).
Above find an old-timey map from 1884’s sole manufacturer of Hill’s hog ringers, H.W. Hill & Co. Decatur Illinois. And if you are looking for the subject matter, you can pick up some hog ringers here
From the Library of Congress, About This Item:
* Title: Nicknames of the states. H.W. Hill & Co. Decatur Illinois sole manufacturer of Hill’s hog ringers
* Date Created/Published: c1884.
* Medium: 1 print.
* Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-pga-03942 (digital file from original print)
* Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.
* Call Number: PGA – Mackwitz–Nicknames of the states…
c-P&P(C size)
* Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
* Notes:
o This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card.
o Associated name on shelflist card: Mackwitz.
* Collections:
o Popular Graphic Arts
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http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2003671557/
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