Image of a man in work clothes and a straw hat wheeling a little girl in a wheelbarrow past a low stone wall through a flower garden in an advertisement for Crosman Brothers of Rochester, New York; girl holds a straw hat full of flowers in her lap; stately home with fountain, statute and trees in background. Date supplied by cataloger based on printer history; Calvert operated as The Calvert Lith. Co. from 1867-1967. "The Calvert Lith. Co. Detroit."--text, bottom left margin. "Save your empty wrappers!! Send us wrappers representing the purchase of 50 cents worth of our seeds, with your Post Office address, and we will forward you free, by return mail, our beautiful pocket-calendar, illustrating "The Four Seasons," and especially designed for us. Do not seal envelope, and postage will be only one cent. Crosman Bros."--text, bottom center of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 60.96 x 43.18 cm (24 x 17 in.)
Advertising--Seeds Flowers--Pictorial works Gardens--Pictorial works Girls--Pictorial works Men--Pictorial works Crosman Bros 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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