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Seed Packet Collection

Collection Type

  • Agricultural equipment

Date

1900-1950

GUSN

GUSN-310412

Description

A collection of vegetable and flower seed packets and a canister of grass seed. Includes: "My Best Cosmos Collection put up by William D. Burt, Dalton, N.Y"; Asgro Lawn Seed, New Haven, Connecticut; peas from John Shea Light Hardware and Household Supplies, Lawrence, Massachusetts; flower packets sent free from the U.S. Department of Agriculture; flower packets from Lohrman Seed Co., Detroit, Michigan; flower packets from L. L. May & Co., St. Paul, Minnesota.

Details

Descriptive Terms

seed
seed
paper (fiber product)
Container, Seed
Packet, Seed
Packet, Seed

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Sarah Moore Field Collection

Accession Number

1998.6037

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