| Creator |
L. Prang & Co. |
| Title |
D. Landreth & Sons, 21 and 23 South Sixth Street, Philadelphia. Seeds & bulbs, implements and tools for farm, garden, greenhouse
[graphic].
|
| Publisher |
Boston, L. Prang & Co. c1876 |
| Physical Description |
1 print: chromolithograph; 5 x 9 cm.(2 x 3.5 in.) |
| Description |
Trade card containing the image of a sparrow perched on a twig near a lady bug on a leaf. The seed company originally established
in 1784 as David Landreth, was renamed David Landreth & Son in 1860.
|
| Notes |
Advertising text on verso promotes "Prices Low. Catalogues Free," and the longevity, and extensive and first quality stock
of the firm, including "Garden, Field & Flower Seeds, Agricultural Implements and Horticultural Tools."
|
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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 |
David Landreth & Sons. |
|
Birds. |
|
Insects. |
| Genre |
Trade cards -- 1870-1880. |
|
Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.14] |
| Accession number |
P.2011.10.14 |
