The featured belt buckle for the 1987 Steam Power & Engine Show in Sycamore, Illinois featured barbed wire, a Sandwich gas engine and a ...

  From the January and February 1968 editions of the The American Barbed Wire Journal. Oops!

These invoices from the Jacob Haish Company were shared with us by Shawn Rogers. These are from a machinery dealer and repair shop in Newark...

Two barbs together on factory error of Haish's "S" barb | Photo by Jessi Haish LaRue This piece of wire is actually a factory ...

Haish Co. letterhead detail | Courtesy of DeKalb County History Center Archives This letterhead for Haish Wire and Implement Co. advertises ...

front of the postcard The front side of the postcard reads:  Forbidden Fruit. Can't get through Haish's fence. "Papa uses the H...

Haish Mfg. Co. advertisement as seen in The DeKalb Chronicle Souvenir Edition, 1900 | Courtesy of DeKalb County Archives

The American West: A Multicultural Encyclopedia" features a section on Jacob Haish's history. In fact, he is the last entry in his ...

I visited the DeKalb County History Center to tour their latest exhibit "The History of DeKalb County in 100 Objects," and I was ...

Steven Johnson spotted Jacob Haish wire on display at the Courthouse Museum in Tombstone, Arizona.  Thanks for sharing this photo with us. ...

I attended the 2021 Sandwich Fair last weekend and was so excited to see some Jacob Haish gas engines on display. Although I was unable to t...

Spliced Haish's S-Barb Wire | Photo by Jessi LaRue T his is a piece of Haish's "original large S-Barb" wire, with a specia...

The Haish mansion in 1930. | Photo courtesy of Joiner History Room, DeKalb County Archives The previous location of the Haish mansion, as it...

Jacob Haish manufactured barbed wire canes as a promotional item. The canes and their toppers vary in shape and size. It is unknown just how...