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. Date supplied by cataloger based on printer history; Lehman & Bolton began their business in 1873. "Lehman & Bolton, Prs., Phila."--text, bottom left margin. "Walton, Whann & Co's Works, Wilmington, Del."--text, caption for center image. "The unexampled results of this Great Fertilizer on cotton, corn, wheat, tobacco, and all other Crops prove it to be the best and cheapest Manure in the market. Made of Pure Raw Bone, dissolved in sulphuric acid, guano, and salts of potash and soda, it contains every element needed by growing plants. No Fertilizer has been more uniformly successful in all sections of the Country, Descriptive Pamphlets mailed free on application. Walton, Whann & Co. Manufacturers, 203 West Front Street, Wilmington, Del. 57 South Calvert Street, Baltimore, Md. 28 South Wharves, Philadelphia."--text, bottom center of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 41.91 x 38.42 cm (16 1/2 x 15 1/8 in.)
Advertising--Agriculture Fertilizer industry--Pictorial works Industrial buildings--Pictorial works Ships--Pictorial works Walton, Whann & Co Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Agriculture Large Size Implements & Supplies The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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