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Thos. M. Seeds plain and fashionable hat & cap manufacturer

Description: Image of a top hat above a scalloped cloth banner advertising Thomas M. Seeds hat manufacturing company; form with blank lines with prompts "For __" and "No. __ St." at bottom of image.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1883-1886
Call number: priJLC_FASH_001659
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress.

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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Rice's popular flower seeds are the best

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Image of a well-dressed woman in a long dress and hat carrying gloves and a fan next to a wood fence railing; her hat, dress, and fan are all draped with fresh flowers in an advertisement for Rice's seeds.

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Reid's celebrated and popular flower seeds

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Image of two children in a circular frame on a tasseled banner adorned with a peacock feather hung in front of a variety of flowers in an advertisement for Reid's flower seeds; the girl holds flowers in her upraised apron while the boy looks on.

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The people's hat and cap store has the best assorted stock in Schuylkill County

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Image of a bear walking upright carrying a cage-like container of hats on its back with a top hat, muff, and umbrella in its arms and a sign advertising assorted stock in a raised paw; gloves and more hats litter the ground at the bear's feet.

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Rice’s novelties in vegetables for 1891

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Image of a young girl clutching a giant bunch of celery in an advertisement for Rice's seeds; large salsify with a label featuring a bunch of salsifies and identifying it as the "Mammoth Sandwich Island" variety; row of celery plants being cultivated at bottom center; man in a jacket and top hat hawking wares next to a partial view of the United States Capitol with "Rice" lettered on the dome at top center.

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Scott's, American fashions. for fall & winter 1845 & 6

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Image of six outdoor vignettes featuring men's day and evening wear; top panel captioned "French." and "American." and bottom panel captioned "American." and "English."; fashion details include cloaks, tail coats and frock coats worn with trousers or pantaloons, waistcoats, and cravats; accessories include top hats, canes, and gloves; one woman pictured in a riding habit with full skirt, jacket bodice, and a feathered hat; four children also pictured with fashion details including Orientalism, trousers, coats, a waistcoat, and a cape; reference key for figures numbered 1-20 along bottom margin.

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Thos. M. Seeds plain and fashionable hat & cap manufacturer

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