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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1868-07-04

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 271-280

GUSN

GUSN-250415

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Description

Advertisement for Best's Improved Insect Destroyer and Invigorator, patented to destroy the nutrients in the sap of the trees and therefore destroy all pests. Benjamin Best assigned his business over to John Ahearn of Baltimore, MD, on July 4, 1868. The advertisement depicts a scene of a farmer with fruit trees on the top of the sheet, and testimonials from farmers who have used the new and improved product on the bottom.

Details

Descriptive Terms

insecticide
farming
testimonials
broadsides (notices)
advertisements
posters

Physical Description

1 broadside

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Reference Code

GC002.02.278

Image Dimensions

24 x 19 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Baltimore (Baltimore Independent City, Maryland)

Record Details

Originator

Woods, John W., 1805-1886 (Printer)

Material Type

broadsides (notices)
advertisements
posters

Other People

Best, Benjamin
Ahearn, John
Gray, E. K., Mrs.

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 271-280

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