Trade card, Bay State Lawn Mower, Blair Manufacturing Company, Springfield, Mass.

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GUSN-354194

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Gardening
General
Gardening - General - Folder 2
Trade card, Bay State Lawn Mower, Blair Manufacturing Company, Springfield, Mass.
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
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    - General
      - Gardening - General - Folder 2
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        Trade card, Bay State Lawn Mower, Blair Manufacturing Company, Springfield, Mass. (current record)

Description

In a farm setting a girl mows the lawn while two men and a woman look on. The caption reads "The Old Homestead." An ox-drawn hay wagon is in the background with a lake beyond it. A pole water well is on the left side of the image.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
lawn mowers
lawns (landscaped grass)
farms
hay wagons
oxen
wells (structures)
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Descrption

1 trade card : color illustration

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.053.01.02.006

Places

Springfield (Hampden County, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Description Level

Item

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