"Mack the Giant Ox" Banner

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Recto: "Mack the Giant Ox/ Weighs 4700 LBS./ Admission 10 cts."

description:

Painted canvas banner depicting Mack and his owner James Deane Avery (1848-1922).

significance note:

Mack was the largest ox in the world. James Dean Avery (1848-1922) of Buckland raised oversized Holstein cattle as a hobby. The famous oxen Jim, Jack, Jerry, Joe, Teddy and Mack were exhibited at agricultural and county fairs throughout the United States.

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