Trade card for Rice's Seeds, Jerome B. Rice & Co., Cambridge Valley Seed Gardens, Cambridge, New York, undated

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Collection Type

Ephemera

GUSN

GUSN-241775

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Agriculture
Seeds
Agriculture - Seeds - Folder 2
Trade card for Rice's Seeds, Jerome B. Rice & Co., Cambridge Valley Seed Gardens, Cambridge, New York, undated
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Agriculture
    - Seeds
      - Agriculture - Seeds - Folder 2
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        Billhead for Dee & Doyle, dealers in plants, seeds, bulbs, shrubs, trees, &c., no. 57 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., dated November 13, 1879
        Trade card for Rice's Seeds, Jerome B. Rice & Co., Cambridge Valley Seed Gardens, Cambridge, New York, undated (current record)

Description

Four children wait to get a bite while fishing in a river. The caption below the illustration is "Great expectations." The other caption reads "Rice's Seeds have spoken their own praise wher-ever planted for upwards of 40 years." Under the illustration it reads "Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann, Lith., N.Y."

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
agriculture
children (people by age group)
fishing
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card : illustration ; 6 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.002.05.02.006

Image Dimensions

6 1/4 x 7 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Purchased from Greg Smart, 2000.

Places

New York City (New York state)

Record Details

Originator

Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann (Printer)

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Seeds
Seed industry and trade

Description Level

Item

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