Peanut grades guide, James E. Wood & Company, peanut brokers, Edenton, North Carolina, March 1, 1955

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Collection Type

Ephemera

Date

1955-03-01

GUSN

GUSN-287548

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Peanut grades guide, James E. Wood & Company, peanut brokers, Edenton, North Carolina, March 1, 1955
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
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Description

The guide is a wheel which can be aligned to show the "condensed U.S. standards for Virginia, Spanish and runner type peanuts compiled from latest bulletins of the U.S. Department of Agriculture." Definitions are provided on the item verso.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
food
brokers
charts (graphic documents)

Physical Descrption

1 chart ; 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.045.10.01.004

Image Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift of Cambridge Historical Commission, February 8, 2001.

Places

Edenton (Chowan county, North Carolina)

Record Details

Originator

James E. Wood & Company (Publisher)

Material Type

charts (graphic documents)

Subjects

Peanuts

Description Level

Item

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