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Book or Pamphlet

Salzer Seed Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1898
Description: The cover design of the John A. Salzer Seed Company catalog. The illustration features a variety of flowers, and an inset view of the company's factory bui...
Book or Pamphlet

Vaughan's Gardening Illustrated Cover

Date: 1926
Description: The cover design of Vaughan's Gardening Illustrated seed catalog. The illustration features a bouquet of Vaughan's Tall French Marigolds.
Photograph

National Business Women's Week

Date: 10 05 1954
Description: Two members of the Madison Business and Professional Women's Club examining seeds. Mrs. R.R. McKay, office and personnel manager for the Seed Certification...
Photograph

Japanese Lantern Plant

Date: 10 13 1927
Description: Dried arrangement of Japanese lantern plant in a vase for the Olds Seed Company catalog.
Photograph

Rambler Roses

Date: 1919
Description: Colored image of Rambler Roses growing on a trellis at the corner of a porch.
Photograph

Butch Quick Carries Seed Bucket

Date: 04 1964
Description: Thirteen-year-old John "Butch" Quick carrying a bucket of seed toward his Cub Cadet tractor.
Book or Pamphlet

Salzer Seed Company Advertisement

Date: 1895
Description: An illustration in the John A. Salzer Seed Company catalog advertising a variety of fruits, including cherries, pears, apples, apricots, plums and peaches....
Book or Pamphlet

Salzer Seed Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1903
Description: The cover design of the spring edition of a John A. Salzer Seed Company catalog. The illustration features a young woman in an elaborate hat, and a variety...
Photograph

Sowing Sesame Seed

Date: 
Description: Two men are standing near an ox, which is dragging a wooden implement. One man is holding a woven basket and casting seeds. Caption reads: "Sewing [sic] se...
Photograph

Blaney Farm Buildings

Date: 05 24 1945
Description: Long distance view of Blaney Seed Farm and buildings, at Syene & Lacy Roads.
Photograph

Workers Cleaning Seeds

Date: 1938
Description: A roomful of workers are cleaning seeds using "The Clipper Cleaners" manufactured by A.T. Ferrell & Co., Saginaw, Michigan. The machines are arranged in fo...
Photograph

Madison Victory Gardener Purchasing Supplies

Date: 03 19 1944
Description: Alvan Rothermel, Glen Oak Hills, purchasing seed, labels and tools, for his Victory garden from Louis Schuster, manager of the L.L. Olds Seed Company, 720 ...
Book or Pamphlet

Olds' Gladioli

Date: 1929
Description: A color advertisement featuring an illustration of a variety of Gladioli for sale in the Olds' Catalog from the L.L. Olds Seed Co.
Photograph

Selecting Seed Corn in Field

Date: 10 02 1926
Description: Four men selecting seed corn ears in a cornfield.
Book or Pamphlet

Salzer Seed Company Advertisement

Date: 1898
Description: An advertisement in the John A. Salzer Seed Company catalog. The illustration features corn and oats, and two circular insets, one of factories and fields,...
Book or Pamphlet

Salzer Seed Company Catalog Back Cover

Date: 1898
Description: The back cover design of the John A. Salzer Seed Company catalog. The illustration features strawberries, tomatotos, and figs, and a woman and girl in a ga...
Book or Pamphlet

Salzer Seed Company Catalog Back Cover

Date: 1913
Description: A back cover design for the John A. Salzer Seed Company catalog. The illustration features a variety of flowers in the foreground, and in the background, a...
Print

Kentucky Alfalfa and Grass Seed Drill

Date: 1917
Description: General line catalog illustrations showing two sides of a Kentucky alfalfa and grass seed drill. The text beneath the left illustration reads: "Fills a lon...
Photograph

Wagons with Cotton Seed

Date: 11 29 1915
Description: Elevated view of farmers driving horse-drawn wagons carrying cotton seed along a rural dirt road. Farm buildings are on a hill in the background.
Photograph

Man Using Farmall Tractor for Seeding Field

Date: 07 12 1926
Description: Three-quarter view from right rear of a man using a Farmall tractor to seed a field.

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