Save your garden from insects and disease, Garden Hose Spray Co., Inc., Cambridge, Mass.

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Date

1937

GUSN

GUSN-347454

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Agriculture
Fertilizers and repellents
Agriculture - Fertilizers and repellents - Folder 1
Save your garden from insects and disease, Garden Hose Spray Co., Inc., Cambridge, Mass.
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Agriculture
    - Fertilizers and repellents
      - Agriculture - Fertilizers and repellents - Folder 1
        Tafeu., receipt to manufacture 1 cart load of Dodge Hayward's Land Dressing, Worm and Insect Killer, Dodge Hayward, Mast Yard, New Hampshire, undated
        Business card for Ezra E. Adams, with Bowker Fertilizer, 43 Chatham Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Business card for Ezra E. Adams, with Bowker Fertilizer, 43 Chatham Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Business card for Ezra E. Adams, with Bowker Fertilizer, 43 Chatham Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Bowker Fert'z Co., food for flowers, Boston & New York
        Trade card for Bowker Fert'z Co., food for flowers, Boston & New York
        Trade card for the Bay State Fertilizer, manufactured by The Clark's Cove Guano Company, New Bedford, Mass., 1886
        Trade card for the Bay State Fertilizer, manufactured by The Clark's Cove Guano Company, New Bedford, Mass., 1886
        Trade card for the Bay State Fertilizer, manufactured by The Clark's Cove Guano Company, New Bedford, Mass., 1886
        Trade card for the Bay State Fertilizer, manufactured by The Clark's Cove Guano Company, New Bedford, Mass., 1886
        Trade card for the Bay State Fertilizer, manufactured by The Clark's Cove Guano Company, New Bedford, Mass., 1886
        Trade card, grown with Williams, Clark & Co.'s high grade bone fertilizers, New York, New York
        Save your garden from insects and disease, Garden Hose Spray Co., Inc., Cambridge, Mass. (current record)

Description

The sprayer and cartridges are described for insect control, fertilizer application and plant diseases. Text on the cover reads "As easy as watering your lawn." The product is available from Breck's, 85 State and 85 Franklin Streets, Boston, Massachusetts.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
insecticide
pest control
gardens
fertilizer
brochures

Physical Descrption

1 brochure : color illustrations ; 6 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.002.04.01.013

Image Dimensions

6 1/4 x 3 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Cambridge (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Garden Hose Spray Co., Inc. (Publisher)

Material Type

brochures

Other Organizations

Joseph Breck & Sons

Subjects

Insecticides
Insects
State Street (Boston, Mass.)
Franklin Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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