Trade card for Crosman's Tomato Seeds, Crosman Bros., Rochester, New York

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Agriculture
Seeds
Agriculture - Seeds - Folder 1
Trade card for Crosman's Tomato Seeds, Crosman Bros., Rochester, New York
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Agriculture
    - Seeds
      - Agriculture - Seeds - Folder 1
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        Billhead for Curtis & Cobb, seed store and horticultural exchange, Colonnade Row, 161 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., dated September 2, 1873
        Letter from Lancaster County Seed Company, Garden Spot Seeds, Paradise, Pennsylvania, undated
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        Trade card for Crosman's Tomato Seeds, Crosman Bros., Rochester, New York (current record)
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        Billhead for Hezekiah Blanchard, dealer in seeds, no. 16 Long Wharf, Boston, Mass., 1857

Description

The business is a grower, importer, and dealer in garden, flower and farm seeds. The illustration caption reads "Tomato Prime, and Quick on Time!" A donkey carries a giant tomato with an elf or brownie figure on top.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
seed
vegetables
agriculture
gardens
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Descrption

1 trade card : color illustration ; 5 x 3 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.002.05.01.008

Image Dimensions

5 x 3 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Rochester (Monroe county, New York state)

Record Details

Originator

Crosman Bros. (Publisher)

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Seeds
Donkeys
Tomatoes

Description Level

Item

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