Lawn maintenance and tools technical files--lawnmowers and garden maintenance, 1933-1981.

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Lawn maintenance and tools technical files--lawnmowers and garden maintenance, 1933-1981.

The records document Consumers' Research's testing, research, and projects relating to lawnmowers and lawn maintenance. Included are correspondence, notes, magazine and newspaper clippings, photographs, product literature, test results, operating manuals, advertisemsents, and purchase orders. Topics included are hand lawnmowers, gas lawnmowers, electric lawnmowers, power lawnmowers, garden tractors, snow plows, garden tools, hedgeclippers, hoses and sprinklers, and fences. Also included are test methods, standards and specifications, hazards and safety devices relating to lawnmowers and tools.

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For details of the history of Consumers' Research, Inc. and an overview of its records, see the introduction to this finding aid . From the guide to the Records of Consumers' Research, Inc., General Files, Series 28-45 (only)., 1903-1982, (Special Collections and University Archives. Rutgers University Libraries) From the guide to the Records of Consumers' Research, Inc.: Administrative Files: Series 1-15, 1917-1983, (Rutgers University. Special Collections and University Ar...