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

Description: 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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: after 1873
Call number: priJLC_AGR_001812
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.); Gindele, Franz.; Graham, Andrew B.

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

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