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. Date supplied by cataloger based on printer history; Ottmann operated in the Puck Building in New York from 1886-1906. "J. Ottmann Lith. Puck Bldg. N.Y."--text, bottom right of image. "Grown and put up by Jerome B. Rice & Co. Cambridge Valley Seed Gardens. Cambridge N.Y."--text, bottom right of image. "Many of our friends and customers in former years having expressed a desire to secure our beautiful lithograph flower plates without any printing on them, we have arranged this season to send out duplicates of this picture (without printing) for the sum of 25c., either in stamps or silver. We send, post-paid, by mail, securely packed in a heavy paste-board tube. The price charged will hardly cover cost of same, or, we will send the picture for the sum of 10c. providing same is accompanied by our empty flower seed packets to the value of 50c. Be sure to write your name and address plainly."--text, bottom right of image.
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image
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1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 84.46 x 45.09 cm (33 1/4 x 17 3/4 in.)
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