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1850s
Prints: Boston, Ma.: N. Market Street
GUSN-198463
This lithograph depicts a full detailed view of Hovey & Co.'s seed store. According to the print, the company also sells plants and fertilizers by the ton. A street scene is in the foreground, with pedestrians, horses and wagons. Below the image is a statement that says the lithography was made for the New England Pictorial Index.
seed
trees
vines
rose (genus)
evergreens
root (plant material)
plants (living organisms)
guano
fertilizer
horticulture
tools
books
pedestrians
wagons (cargo vehicles)
streetscapes
advertising
business (commercial function)
agriculture
gardening
lithographs
prints (visual works)
Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR115
1 lithograph
GC002
Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s
GC002.01.MA.2700.003
12.25 x 16.25 (HxW)(inches)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
J. Mayer & Co. (Lithographer)
lithographs
prints (visual works)
Hovey & Co.
Joseph Breck & Sons
North Market Street (Boston, Mass.)
Seeds
Fair
Item
Prints: Boston, Ma.: N. Market Street
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