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Demonstration trains like this represented an alliance between railroad companies, agricultural scientists and, manufacturers to promote settlement, improve farm management, and market commercial farm products. A typical train had room for lectures, display modern farm machinery, contain livestock, and also had space to accommodate sleeping quarters and a dining area. These trains were advertised through posters and newspaper articles. Many people would gather at the local train station waiting for the train to stop. The public was invited to board and then stay for the next half hour or so for demonstrations. Speakers included T.J Talbert, L.E. Call, J.B. Fitch, C.W. McCampbell, W.A. Lippincott, N.L. Harris, F.P. Cruice, and J.F. Jarrell.
Date: 1922
Item Number: 226722
Call Number: Demonstration train - oversize
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 226722
Agriculture - Agricultural methods and practices
Agriculture - Family farming
Agriculture - Livestock - Pigs
Agriculture - Livestock - Poultry
Business and Industry - Railroad - Advertising
Business and Industry - Railroad - Special and excursion trains
Collections - Manuscript
Date - 1920s - 1922
Education - Higher education - Institutions - Kansas State Agricultural College
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Advertising Medium - Poster
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Poster
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Schedule
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Thematic Time Period - The Twenties, 1920 - 1929
Transportation - Railroads - Advertising
Transportation - Railroads - Special & excursion trains
Type of Material - Printed materials - Advertisements
Type of Material - Printed materials - Posters
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