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Front page of newspaper "Scientific American", dated 10/4/1879. Obverse shows floating grain elevator INTERNATIONAL, of International Elevating Co., working a large freighter. Grain barges in left foreground. Titled: "TRANSFER OF GRAIN BY ELEVATORS TO OCEAN STEAMERS, N.Y. HARBOR". Inset is canal scene entitled: "GRAIN BY TOW & RAIL". Reverse has article about "The grain trade of New York".