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This collection contains a fully illustrated catalog of products from the Interlocking Fence Company. The company was based in Morton, Illinois, and manufactured a variety of wire fences and sold them via mail-order.
The Interlocking Fence Company was founded by John Getz Sr. in Morton, Illinois in 1903. The company manufactured a variety of wire fences and sold them via mail-order. In the late 1940s, the company added the manufacturing and sale of simple farm buildings to their products. By the 1960s, the company had moved towards buildings and away from fences, and was renamed Morton Buildings, Inc. As of 2025, Morton Buildings, Inc. is still in operation as an employee-owned companny.
This collection contains a fully illustrated catalog of products from the Interlocking Fence Company. It offers a variety of different fencing options with detailed information regarding the different products and technologies. The cover reads "Better Fences and Bigger Values," and inner pages are headed with the line "Guaranteed fences at factory to farmer prices." The catalog is accompanied by a list of freight prepaid prices, effective January 25, 1922; a pre-addressed return envelope; and a typewritten advertising letter from company president John Getz Sr., dated September 11, 1922.
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[Identification of item], Interlocking Fence Company Catalog, MSS 00477, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Purchase (Accession 2025.0041, April 2025).
Processed and finding aid written by Katie Bushman, 2025 April.
Collection is open for research; access requires at least 48 hours advance notice. Because of the nature of certain archival formats, including digital and audio-visual materials, access will require additional advanced notice. Unless noted, digital media are not available online. Copies of unrestricted digital files will be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request. Access will be provided to use copies of unrestricted digital files rather than carrier media, such as CDs, DVDs, and floppy disks. Some or all electronic files may be unavailable or restricted due to privacy reasons, agreement with the donor, software is not available to interact with files, or because files cannot be retrieved from original media.
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[Identification of item], Interlocking Fence Company Catalog, MSS 00477, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The NC State University Libraries generally claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. Libraries staff are unable to advise on copyright and other legal matters; the user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Helpful resources for assessing copyright include Cornell Libraries' "Copyright Services: Copyright Term and the Public Domain" and copyright.gov. This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information about identifiable living individuals, which may be protected under federal or state laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that there may be legal ramifications for disclosing this information.
The University Archives operates in accordance with the State Public Records Act, with unrestricted access to records not covered by state and federal statutes and regulations.