Out-door surroundings, how to beautify them, a booklet of landscape gardening, Swain Nelson & Sons Co., Marquette Building, Chicago, Illinois

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Date

1909

GUSN

GUSN-330814

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Ephemera collection
Product catalogues
Agriculture and landscaping
Landscape architecture and gardening
Out-door surroundings, how to beautify them, a booklet of landscape gardening, Swain Nelson & Sons Co., Marquette Building, Chicago, Illinois
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Ephemera collection
- Product catalogues
  - Agriculture and landscaping
    - Landscape architecture and gardening

Description

Guidelines are provided for planning and laying out gardens, walks and drives. A list of private and public projects done by the business is listed on the last page. The nurseries are located at Glenview, Illinois. The photographs in the booklet are courtesy of "Country life in America."

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
landscape gardening
landscape architects
gardening
nurseries (horticulture)
booklets

Physical Descrption

1 booklet, 24 pages : illustrations ; 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.12.001.004.101

Image Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2017.

Places

Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)
Glenview (Cook county, Illinois)

Record Details

Originator

Swain Nelson & Sons Co. (Publisher)

Material Type

booklets

Description Level

File part

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