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  Dunlap's seeds : Nashua, N.H. : Good harvest from good seed

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  Image of a child holding a large head of lettuce or cabbage that covers their entire torso in an advertisement for Dunlap's seeds; a variety of fruits and vegetables, including corn, turnips, onions, and melons, are stacked in a pile next to the child; chair with a plate of tomatoes in background at right.

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  Dunlap’s Seeds : Good harvest from good seed

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  Image of a woman in a long dress sitting on the ground shelling peas in an advertisement for Dunlap's seeds; she sits next to a stone wall surrounded by a variety of fruits and vegetables, including lettuce, beans, celery, melons, radishes, onions, and corn; on the ground next to her is a basket lettered with "A. H. D. & S. Nashua N.H." full of tomatoes and turnips.

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

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  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.

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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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  James Vick importer & grower of vegetable & flower seeds. Rochester, N.Y

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  Image of a bouquet of flowers, including pansies, carnations, sweet peas, and asters, in a footed vessel; vegetables, including lettuce, turnips, and eggplant, are gathered below the bouquet; flowers and vegetables are numbered with corresponding key in lower margin.

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  Crosman Bros. seeds Rochester, N.Y

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  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.

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