Trade card, Rice's Seeds, grown & put up by Jerome B. Rice & Co., Cambridge Valley Seed Gardens, Cambridge, New York

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Date

1885

GUSN

GUSN-319216

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Trade card albums collection
Album: Grocers, Druggists, Kitchenware, Jewelry, Rewards of Merit, American Puzzle Cards
Trade card, Rice's Seeds, grown & put up by Jerome B. Rice & Co., Cambridge Valley Seed Gardens, Cambridge, New York
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Trade card albums collection
- Album: Grocers, Druggists, Kitchenware, Jewelry, Rewards of Merit, American Puzzle Cards

Description

Text on the card verso urges customers to purchase Rice seeds because they produce stronger, healthier and earlier plants. The card image has an onion with the caption "Oh! How strong I am."

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
agriculture
seed
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card : color illustration ; 5 1/4 x 3 inches

Collection Code

EP003

Collection Name

Trade card albums collection

Reference Code

EP003.005.004

Image Dimensions

5 1/4 x 3 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Cambridge (Washington county, New York state)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Vegetables

Description Level

Item

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