Depicts the Walton, Whann & Co. fertilizer manufactory in Wilmington, Delaware. Shows several brick buildings with smokestacks. In the foreground, two ships, a barge, and a small boat dock in front and travel down the river. Horse-drawn wagons arrive and leave the factory. Numerous workers walk, push wheelbarrows, and move boxes and barrels., Text printed below image: Walton, Whann & Co's works, Wilmington, Del., Text printed on recto: The unexampled results of this Great Fertilizer on Cotton, Corn, Wheat, Tobacco, and all other crops prove it to be the best and cheapest manure in the market. Made of pure raw bone, dissolved in sulphuric acid, guano, and salts of potash and soda, it contains every element needed by growing plants. No fertilizer has been more uniformly successful in all sections of the country. Descriptive pamphlets mailed free on application., Title from item., Date from the trade mark date: Trade mark patented, November 22d, 1870., Gift of David Doret, 2011.
Creator
Walton, Whann & Co.
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Advertisements - Walton [P.2011.45.22]
