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1885 Norman Horses Catalog # 2 on CD - Dillon Brothers

1885 Norman Horses Catalog # 2 on CD - Dillon Brothers

$ 6.85

Availability: 100 in stock
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    Description

    Norman Horses
    1885 Catalogue No. 2
    owned by
    Dillon Brothers
    Importers and Breeders
    "For many hundred years there has existed in Normandy a superior race of heavy horses, noted for their size, action, strength and endurance." Catalog includes a complete history of these magnificent draft horses.
    "Old Louis Napoleon was imported from France to the United States in 1851, and was 23 years old last spring.  He was probably the sire of more successful stallions than any other horse in the United States; they number over four hundred. "
    "In 1857, we became the owners of Old Louis Napoleon, the first imported Norman horse owned in Illinois."
    This Descriptive Catalogue contains the Dillon Brothers entire Stock offering 1885.
    This rare, 120 year old catalog is a part of American History.  A glimpse of time when horses were valuable working partners.
    Original catalogs like this  one, sell for anywhere from 0 to 0 a piece.  This CD reproduction is a permanent addition to your resource collection.  Plus, you can print the pages you want, when you want!
    If you love horses, this amazing catalog is for you.
    Fifty one pages, Over Four hundred Fifty Megabytes of Information
    Pages  were scanned as high resolution bit map files and then imported  into Adobe Acrobat for viewing or printing from Windows or Macintosh systems.