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Use Ferry's Seeds, advertisement, D.M. Ferry & Co., Detroit, Michigan

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1918

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 61-70

GUSN

GUSN-199029

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Description

This color poster has a man with a pipe sitting next to a woman sitting on a pumpkin. The scene includes the lines from the nursery rhyme "Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater."

Details

Descriptive Terms

agriculture
advertising
seed
nursery rhymes
business (commercial function)
gardening
women (female humans)
men (male humans)
prints (visual works)
photomechanical prints

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number 64OVR

Physical Description

1 photomechanical reproduction

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1925-05-18

Reference Code

GC002.02.064

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

31.5 x 23.5 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of D. M. Ferry and Co., 1925

Places

Detroit (Wayne county, Michigan)

Record Details

Originator

Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1966 (Artist)
D. M. Ferry and Co. (Publisher)

Material Type

prints (visual works)
photomechanical prints

Other Organizations

D. M. Ferry and Co.

Subjects

Mother Goose

Restrictions

Excellent

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 61-70

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