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Pacific Guano Co

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Description
Image of a five-fold advertisement for fertilizer manufactured by Pacific Guano Company of Boston, Massachusetts, and sold by H. A. Blake of Sutton, Vermont; advertising text and testimonials throughout; images of a fish, a mammoth skeleton, and an aquatic bird eating a fish while standing atop a bag of "Soluble Pacific Guano" on cover panels.
Type
Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date
approximately 1882
Call number
priJLC_AGR_003712
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.
King, Blanche V.
Kuhl, Frederick.
Lamont, D. G.
Meadows, C.
Michelin, Francis,
Oakley, Frank F.
Packard, Herbert S.
Rease, W. H.
Singerly, B.
Smith, B. F.
Associated organizations
A.L. Clarke & Co.
American Lithographic Co.
Bosqui Eng. & Print. Co.
Britton & Co.
Clapp, Matthews & Co.
Cosack & Co.
Curtiss & Childs.
Donaldson Brothers (Firm)
Endicott & Co. (New York, N.Y.)
Fair Pub. House.
Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company.
G. & W. Endicott (Firm)
G.H. Buek & Co.
Gies & Co.
Hatch Lith. Co.
J. Manz Engraving Company.
J. Ottmann Lithographic Company.
Jas. Wilson & Son.
Jordan & Halpin.
Krebs Lithographing Company.
Lehman & Bolton.
Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Co.
Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann.
Orcutt Litho Co.
Rand, Avery & Co.
Richmond & Co.
Russell & Richardson.
Sage, Sons & Co.
Shober & Carqueville.
Times Printing House (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Tompson & Ramsay.
Van Benthuysen Printing House.
Wilson & Miller.
Winters Art Lithographing Company.
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