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Standard Fertilizers

Description: Image of bags of fertilizer and barrels of crops "Grown With Standard Fertilizers" and "Grown Without" on a balance scale showing Standard Fertilizer to be the superior choice in an advertisement for Standard Fertilizer Company of Boston, Massachusetts.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1883-1886
Call number: priJLC_AGR_001790
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.
Associated people: Ackerman, James, (1815 or 1816-1864.); Baker, Geo. H. (1827-1906.); Crow, Franklin. (1809 or 1810-1878.); Forbes, E. (1830-1927.)

Bradley's superphosphate of lime. The standard commercial fertilizer

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Image of a steamship at a dock next to a freight train with workers unloading bags of Bradley's superphosphate of lime fertilizer; horse-drawn carts carry fertilizer loads among people from many walks of life, including African Americans, boys, well-dressed men, and laborers; bags stacked in foreground read, "Bradley's Patent Superphosphate of Lime Boston Mass. 200 lbs."

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The great fertilizer. Whann's raw bone super-phosphate

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Image of an industrial building along a dock with boats and ships nearby in an advertisement for fertilizer manufactured by Walton, Whann & Company of Wilmington, Delaware.

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Hunnewell’s standard preparations

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Image of an advertisement for Hunnewell’s standard preparations, pills, and treatments; rocky landscape with trees and mountains at center framed by packages of Hunnewell's remedies for coughs, headache, and other ailments.

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D. M. Ferry & Co's standard seeds

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Image of a woman wearing a long dress and straw hat seated at a table surrounded by a variety of vegetables, fruit, and flowers in bunches, barrels, and baskets in an advertisement for seeds sold by D. M. Ferry & Company of Detroit, Michigan.

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Adjustable stove elbows

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Image of a single-fold advertisement leaflet for adjustable elbow stove pipes manufactured by Standard Pipe Company of Boston, Massachusetts; image of stove and adjustable pipes on recto; description on verso.

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Standard Life Insurance Co

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Image of an advertisement for Standard Life Insurance Company of New York City; George Washington standing next to a saddled horse in foreground; building with large American flag flying above it at left with ships in a harbor in background; officers of company listed at bottom center; trustees of company on shields at bottom left and right.

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