Image of center image plus four vignettes on fans featuring oversized produce in an advertisement for Rice's Seeds; four men of various nationalities, including an American, a man in a turban, and an African-American, all tugging on an oversized basket of fruit and vegetables at center; an elderly woman in a lace cap with her dog reacts with shock at a large "Hubbard Squash" in her house; two men in ancient Egyptian garb examine a huge "New Egyptian Beet" near columns; an oversized "Striped Gypsy Water Melon" (watermelon) is consumed by a group of men and women; two children carry a giant tomato between them in a field. Date supplied by cataloger based on printer history; Cosack and Clark were partners from 1880-1881. "Cosack & Clark, Buffalo & Chicago."--text, bottom center margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 55.88 x 71.12 cm (22 x 28 in.)
Advertising--Seeds African Americans--Pictorial works Fruit--Pictorial works Men--Pictorial works Vegetables--Pictorial works Women--Pictorial works Jerome B. Rice & 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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