Image of a label for insecticide and fertilizer manufactured by F. C. Sturtevant of Hartford, Connecticut; four panels feature images of cut roses, a well-dressed African American man, and the F. C. Sturtevant factory building; text and logo on fourth panel. Date supplied by cataloger based on printer and company history; F. C. Sturtevant is first listed in Hartford directories in 1883, and Charles Hart retired from his printing firm in 1911. "Lith. Chas. Hart & Sons 36 Vesey St. N.Y. Registered Patent Office" "Tobacco and Sulphur Insecticide and Fertilizer for Plants. Active Ingredients Sulphur - 3 per cent Nicotine - 1/2 of 1 [per cent] Inert ingredients - 96 1/2 [per cent]"--text, first panel.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 20.32 x 35.88 cm (8 x 14 1/8 in.)
Advertising--Agriculture African Americans--Pictorial works Flowers--Pictorial works Industrial buildings--Pictorial works Fertilizer Men--Pictorial works Roses--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1900-1925. (gmgpc) Labels. (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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