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Crosman Bros. seeds Rochester, N.Y

Description: Image of a fashionably dressed woman examining a poster advertisement for Crosman Bros. Seed House of Rochester, New York, posted outdoors on stone wall; the woman peers through pince-nez spectacles and carries a puppy and a parasol umbrella in one arm against her hip; fashion details include a long plaid dress with ruffles and lace, ruffled button gloves, a straw hat with feather embellishment.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1879-1886
Call number: priJLC_HORT_002450
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
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Crosman Bro’s. choice flower seeds Rochester, N.Y

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Image of a young man and woman courting over a low stone wall; near a tree with a field and trees beyond; woman wears a dress with apron and bonnet and stands near a watering can and a bush full of flowers in an advertisement for Crosman Brothers of Rochester, New York.

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Crosman Bro's. flower & vegetable seeds, Rochester, N.Y. for sale here

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Image of a man carrying an oversized root vegetable as an elderly woman and two children look on in shock and amazement in an advertisement for Crosman Brothers of Rochester, New York.

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Crosman Bro’s. Rochester N.Y. Choice flower seeds

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Image of a man in work clothes and a straw hat wheeling a little girl in a wheelbarrow past a low stone wall through a flower garden in an advertisement for Crosman Brothers of Rochester, New York; girl holds a straw hat full of flowers in her lap; stately home with fountain, statute and trees in background.

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Crosman Bros. “Sowing the seed.” Seeds new crop Rochester, N.Y

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Image of an African American couple walking through their yard together in an advertisement for Crosman Brothers of Rochester, New York; man holds a rake over one shoulder, has his arm around the woman's shoulders, and they gaze at each other happily; seeds and seed packets fall from the basket over the woman's arm and are eaten by the chickens following her; house and sunflowers past a wooden fence in background.

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Crosman Bros’ southern fodder corn of superior quality

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Image of an elevated landscape view of a farm with barn, house, livestock, and fields of crops flanked by dirt roads in an advertisement for Crosman Brothers of Rochester, New York; large sheaves of corn frame the view at left.

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Rochester seed store catalogue---1841

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Image of a catalog leaflet for Rochester Seed Store by Bateham & Crosman of Rochester, New York; central image of the Arcade Building on Buffalo Street in Rochester; images of plants and crops interspersed with lists of available garden, grain, grass, and flower seeds.

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Crosman Bros. seeds Rochester, N.Y

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