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Box 19

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Contains 54 Results:

Cardboard box Vick’s Seeds, 4 x 5.5

 Item — Box: 19
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A series of 25 wooden and carboard boxes which were placed on sales counters in stores to display seed packets for potential customers. These boxes open to find colorful company advertisements pasted to the inside lid. Series also includes rare cardboard packing cartons and decorative Izaak Walton commemorative box. These boxes are not shelved with the other Mastrantonio Collection series.

Dates: 1854-2011; Majority of material found within 1890-1910; Majority of material found within 2004-2011

Wooden box D M Ferry & Co label on front panel, advertisement on inside lid, 4.5 x 9.5

 Item — Box: 19
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A series of 25 wooden and carboard boxes which were placed on sales counters in stores to display seed packets for potential customers. These boxes open to find colorful company advertisements pasted to the inside lid. Series also includes rare cardboard packing cartons and decorative Izaak Walton commemorative box. These boxes are not shelved with the other Mastrantonio Collection series.

Dates: 1854-2011; Majority of material found within 1890-1910; Majority of material found within 2004-2011

Wooden box with Standard Seeds label on front panel inside lid advertisement D M Ferry & Co, Frank Valentine’s written on lid, 5.5 x 9

 Item — Box: 19
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A series of 25 wooden and carboard boxes which were placed on sales counters in stores to display seed packets for potential customers. These boxes open to find colorful company advertisements pasted to the inside lid. Series also includes rare cardboard packing cartons and decorative Izaak Walton commemorative box. These boxes are not shelved with the other Mastrantonio Collection series.

Dates: 1854-2011; Majority of material found within 1890-1910; Majority of material found within 2004-2011

Inlaid wooden box with Rice’s popular flower seeds advertisement inside lid, 5 x 6

 Item — Box: 19
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A series of 25 wooden and carboard boxes which were placed on sales counters in stores to display seed packets for potential customers. These boxes open to find colorful company advertisements pasted to the inside lid. Series also includes rare cardboard packing cartons and decorative Izaak Walton commemorative box. These boxes are not shelved with the other Mastrantonio Collection series.

Dates: 1854-2011; Majority of material found within 1890-1910; Majority of material found within 2004-2011

Wooden crate with no lid divided with wooden compartments, label on front panel Shakers’ fresh garden seeds, 10 x 24

 Item — Box: 19
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A series of 25 wooden and carboard boxes which were placed on sales counters in stores to display seed packets for potential customers. These boxes open to find colorful company advertisements pasted to the inside lid. Series also includes rare cardboard packing cartons and decorative Izaak Walton commemorative box. These boxes are not shelved with the other Mastrantonio Collection series.

Dates: 1854-2011; Majority of material found within 1890-1910; Majority of material found within 2004-2011

Hanson lettuce – Jerome B. Rice

 Item — Box: 19
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series of 31 items consists mostly of posters advertising various nurseries and seed companies. A subset is related to World War I victory gardens. Many items have been backed with linen and overall the collection is in very good condition. A rolled mailer tube was addressed Gary Borken Rare Posters and Prints which presumably is the source of many of these items. A few smaller sized items are house within series 9 boxes. This series will be cataloged and housed with the Mertz Library’s...
Dates: 1854-2011; Majority of material found within 1890-1910; Majority of material found within 2004-2011

Dixie Boy Vegetable Seeds (Black boy with watermelon)

 Item — Box: 19
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series of 31 items consists mostly of posters advertising various nurseries and seed companies. A subset is related to World War I victory gardens. Many items have been backed with linen and overall the collection is in very good condition. A rolled mailer tube was addressed Gary Borken Rare Posters and Prints which presumably is the source of many of these items. A few smaller sized items are house within series 9 boxes. This series will be cataloged and housed with the Mertz Library’s...
Dates: 1854-2011; Majority of material found within 1890-1910; Majority of material found within 2004-2011

Quincy Hall Agricultural Ware-house and seed store, Boston

 Item — Box: 19
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series of 31 items consists mostly of posters advertising various nurseries and seed companies. A subset is related to World War I victory gardens. Many items have been backed with linen and overall the collection is in very good condition. A rolled mailer tube was addressed Gary Borken Rare Posters and Prints which presumably is the source of many of these items. A few smaller sized items are house within series 9 boxes. This series will be cataloged and housed with the Mertz Library’s...
Dates: 1854-2011; Majority of material found within 1890-1910; Majority of material found within 2004-2011

Amish seed sower (proof print) signed Christian Neuwanger

 Item — Box: 19
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series of 31 items consists mostly of posters advertising various nurseries and seed companies. A subset is related to World War I victory gardens. Many items have been backed with linen and overall the collection is in very good condition. A rolled mailer tube was addressed Gary Borken Rare Posters and Prints which presumably is the source of many of these items. A few smaller sized items are house within series 9 boxes. This series will be cataloged and housed with the Mertz Library’s...
Dates: 1854-2011; Majority of material found within 1890-1910; Majority of material found within 2004-2011

Northrup King & Co. Seeds (girl with flowers)

 Item — Box: 19
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series of 31 items consists mostly of posters advertising various nurseries and seed companies. A subset is related to World War I victory gardens. Many items have been backed with linen and overall the collection is in very good condition. A rolled mailer tube was addressed Gary Borken Rare Posters and Prints which presumably is the source of many of these items. A few smaller sized items are house within series 9 boxes. This series will be cataloged and housed with the Mertz Library’s...
Dates: 1854-2011; Majority of material found within 1890-1910; Majority of material found within 2004-2011