Details
Contributor Smith, Susan, former owner.
Title James Vick, Rochester, N.Y. Flower, vegetable, seeds &c. [graphic].
Publisher [Rochester?]
Publisher N.Y. Rochester. 1870
Date [ca. 1870]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph printed in red ink; 9 x 15 cm. (3.5 x 6 in.)
Description Pictorial envelope advertising the seed business established in 1855 by printer and horticulturist James Vick. Contains flourishes and floral pictorial details framing and comprising the text. Details include flowers, vinery, and foliage. Vick issued seed catalogs beginning in 1856.
Notes Title from printed return address.
Addressed in manuscript to: Miss Susan Smith, Pughtown, Pa.
Date inferred from three-cent stamp, printed in green and depicting a profile portrait of George Washington, pasted on recto.
Contains ink-stamp postmark. Rochester, N.Y. May 20.
Printed on recto: If not called for within 10 days, please return.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Subject Vick, James, 1818-1882.
Seed trade -- New York -- Rochester.
Genre Pictorial envelopes -- 1860-1870.
Lithographs -- Color -- 1860-1870.
Provenance Smith, Susan, former owner.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Envelopes [P.2011.10.92]
Accession number P.2011.10.92