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Title: D. M. Ferry and Co's celebrated seeds for sale here
Alternative Title: D. M. F. & Co's peerless water melon.
Creator: Calvert Lithographing Co. (Detroit, Mich.), printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1867
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Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of a large watermelon on the vine with a slice cut out in an advertisement for seeds sold by D. M. Ferry & Company of Detroit, Michigan.
Date supplied by cataloger based on printer history; Calvert operated under the name The Calvert Lith. Co. beginning in 1867. "The Calvert Lith Co. Detroit, Mich."--text, bottom right margin. "The best Water-Melon known. Try it!! Try it!!"--text, center of image
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 60.33 x 46.99 cm (23 3/4 x 18 1/2 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_HORT_002439
412858
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2964
Language: English
Subject: Advertising--Seeds
Fruit--Pictorial works
D.M. Ferry & Co
Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Horticulture
Large Size
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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