Trade card for Bowker Fert'z Co., food for flowers, Boston & New York

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Collection Type

Ephemera

GUSN

GUSN-241728

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Agriculture
Fertilizers and repellents
Agriculture - Fertilizers and repellents - Folder 1
Trade card for Bowker Fert'z Co., food for flowers, Boston & New York
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Agriculture
    - Fertilizers and repellents
      - Agriculture - Fertilizers and repellents - Folder 1
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        Business card for Ezra E. Adams, with Bowker Fertilizer, 43 Chatham Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Business card for Ezra E. Adams, with Bowker Fertilizer, 43 Chatham Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Business card for Ezra E. Adams, with Bowker Fertilizer, 43 Chatham Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Bowker Fert'z Co., food for flowers, Boston & New York
        Trade card for Bowker Fert'z Co., food for flowers, Boston & New York (current record)
        Trade card for the Bay State Fertilizer, manufactured by The Clark's Cove Guano Company, New Bedford, Mass., 1886
        Trade card for the Bay State Fertilizer, manufactured by The Clark's Cove Guano Company, New Bedford, Mass., 1886
        Trade card for the Bay State Fertilizer, manufactured by The Clark's Cove Guano Company, New Bedford, Mass., 1886
        Trade card for the Bay State Fertilizer, manufactured by The Clark's Cove Guano Company, New Bedford, Mass., 1886
        Trade card for the Bay State Fertilizer, manufactured by The Clark's Cove Guano Company, New Bedford, Mass., 1886
        Trade card, grown with Williams, Clark & Co.'s high grade bone fertilizers, New York, New York
        Save your garden from insects and disease, Garden Hose Spray Co., Inc., Cambridge, Mass.

Description

The long borders of the card read "Made expressly for plants grown in house or garden. Produces healthy growth & early & generous flowering." The card verso is inscribed "after 1878."

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
agriculture
flowers (plants)
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card : color illustration ; 3 x 2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.002.04.01.006

Image Dimensions

3 x 2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
New York City (New York state)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Fertilizers
Fertilizer industry

Description Level

Item

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