Image of a steamship at a dock next to a freight train with workers unloading bags of Bradley's superphosphate of lime fertilizer; horse-drawn carts carry fertilizer loads among people from many walks of life, including African Americans, boys, well-dressed men, and laborers; bags stacked in foreground read, "Bradley's Patent Superphosphate of Lime Boston Mass. 200 lbs." Date supplied by cataloger based on printer history; Tompson & Ramsay operated from 1873-1875. "Tompson & Ramsay, Lith. 112 Washn. St. Boston."--text, bottom center margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 43.5 x 53.98 cm (17 1/8 x 21 1/4 in.)
Advertising--Agriculture African Americans--Pictorial works Fertilizer industry--Pictorial works Horses--Pictorial works Ships--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (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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