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Try Rice's seeds contended for, by all quarters of the globe : Cambridge Washington, Co. N.Y

Description: Image of center image plus four vignettes on fans featuring oversized produce in an advertisement for Rice's Seeds; four men of various nationalities, including an American, a man in a turban, and an African-American, all tugging on an oversized basket of fruit and vegetables at center; an elderly woman in a lace cap with her dog reacts with shock at a large "Hubbard Squash" in her house; two men in ancient Egyptian garb examine a huge "New Egyptian Beet" near columns; an oversized "Striped Gypsy Water Melon" (watermelon) is consumed by a group of men and women; two children carry a giant tomato between them in a field.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1880-1881
Call number: priJLC_HORT_002461
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)

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