International Stock Food Company (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1902?
Description:
Advertisement for animal feed sold by the International Stock Food Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Features the champion 4-year-old trotting stallion Directum and his record speed of 2minutes, 5.25 seconds. Also includes speeds for other race horses. International Stock Food Company was owned by Marion Savage, who bought race horse Dan Patch to help promote his business. Consequently, Dan Patch is featured on many International Stock Food Products.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Two men who look to be loading a trailer. There are horses to the right. Images in this collection were found in the attic of an old farm house in Kandiyohi County formerly owned by George Kallevig. Whether these negatives are from the Kallevig family or not is unknown.
Two horses pulling a cart removing tree branches. There is an unidentified man standing behind the horses. Images in this collection were found in the attic of an old farm house in Kandiyohi County formerly owned by George Kallevig. Whether these negatives are from the Kallevig family or not is unknown.
Three men working on a horse. They have the horse pinned to the ground. Images in this collection were found in the attic of an old farm house in Kandiyohi County formerly owned by George Kallevig. Whether these negatives are from the Kallevig family or not is unknown.
Jens Forseth is with the oxen. Dorothy Kirkvold Forseth is in the buggy. Mr. and Mrs. Peder Bogen are standing with their children by the wagon. Jay Bogen and Ina Bogen Trulock. All are standing in front of the Peder Bogen home.
International Stock Food Company (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1906?
Description:
Advertisement for livestock feed sold by the International Stock Food Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota. "The world's standard animal tonic." Ad features world famous stallions Arion, Minor Heir, Dan Patch, Directum, and Roy Wilkes. International Stock Food Company was owned by Marion Savage, who bought race horse Dan Patch to help promote his business. Consequently, Dan Patch is featured on many International Stock Food Products. The horse and his owner had a close connection: Dan Patch died July 11, 1916; Savage died of a heart attack a few days later. Dan Patch became less significant as America embraced the automobile. Ironically, Savage started manufacturing the Dan Patch automobile in 1911.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Photograph taken at the Lute Addison farm. Lute is holding onto a white horse and his family is in a carriage in background. The date is uncertain. There is a potato patch shown in the forground, and the background shows the prairie before 1915.
International Stock Food Company (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1905?
Description:
Advertisement for hoof ointment sold by International Stock Food. The advertisement promises the ointment, saying it "will save your horse by keeping the hoof soft, elastic and tough." International Stock Food Company was owned by Marion Savage, a Minnesota-based entrepreneur for whom the town of Savage, Minnesota, was named. Savage bought record-breaking harness race horse Dan Patch to help promote his business.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
International Stock Food Company (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1905?
Description:
Advertisement for gall cure sold by the International Stock Food Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Gall Cure was supposed to be effective on gashes, sore shoulders, sore necks, sore backs, sore months, cuts and bruised heels. It was backed by a positive cash guarantee. The cost of a tin of the Cure was $0.25. International Stock Food Company was owned by Marion Savage, a Minnesota-based entrepreneur for whom the town of Savage, Minnesota, was named. Savage bought record-breaking harness race horse Dan Patch to help promote his business.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
International Stock Food Company (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1905?
Description:
International Stock Food Company poster showing Images as follows: steer with beef cuts illustrated, number 111; pig, number 124; horse skeleton, number 108 and horse, number 123. International Stock Food Company was owned by Marion Savage, a Minnesota-based entrepreneur for whom the town of Savage, Minnesota, was named. Savage bought record-breaking harness race horse Dan Patch to help promote his business.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
This postcard shows a team of horses hauling loose hay, two men on top pitching the hay, and a woman watching them. The card has written on it in the lower left, "In the Good Old Summer time." The back of the postcard shows that it is number 492 of a series entitled, "Vacation Series Postcards." It was sent to Mrs. A.L. Winterquist from Minneapolis, Minnesota.
International Stock Food Company (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1905?
Description:
Advertisement for animal feed sold by the International Stock Food Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Purported to tone horses, make cows produce more milk, speed growth, and cure or prevent diseases. International Stock Food Company was owned by Marion Savage, a Minnesota-based entrepreneur for whom the town of Savage, Minnesota, was named. Savage bought record-breaking harness race horse Dan Patch to help promote his business.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
International Stock Food Company (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1905?
Description:
Advertisement for International Stock Food Tonic sold by the International Stock Food Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The advertisement emphasizes the food is medicinal and lists a number of named medicinal ingredients. From the advertisement: "Any Chemist, Druggist or Veterinarian will tell you that the medicinal ingredients we use, when properly compounded will make a good animal tonic and aid to digestion, and is perfectly safe for all kinds of animals in working, growing, breeding, milking or fattening condition." International Stock Food Company was owned by Marion Savage, a Minnesota-based entrepreneur for whom the town of Savage, Minnesota, was named. Savage bought record-breaking harness race horse Dan Patch to help promote his business.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
International Stock Food Company (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1905?
Description:
Advertisement for livestock feed sold by the International Stock Food Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The feed is purported to purify the blood and aid digestion in horses, cows, and pigs. "Won highest medal at Paris in 1900." International Stock Food Company was owned by Marion Savage, a Minnesota-based entrepreneur for whom the town of Savage, Minnesota, was named. Savage bought record-breaking harness race horse Dan Patch to help promote his business.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
International Stock Food Company (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1904
Description:
Poster of race horse Dan Patch, featuring his 1904 world record for the fastest mile by a harness horse (1 minute, 56 seconds). Includes list of all world records made by Dan Patch up to November 1904. Poster advertises the livestock feed produced by the International Stock Food Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota. International Stock Food Company was owned by Marion Savage. Savage bought record breaking harness race horse Dan Patch to help promote his business. Dan Patch would best this record in 1906 and set a new world record for the fastest mile by a harness horse at 1 minute, 55 seconds. Dan Patch is featured on many International Stock Food Products. The horse and his owner had a close connection: Dan Patch died July 11, 1916; Savage died of a heart attack a few days later. Dan Patch became less significant as America embraced the automobile. Ironically, Savage started manufacturing the Dan Patch automobile in 1911.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library