1886
GUSN-241738
A figure with a tobacco leaf head is shown reclining in a chair smoking with the caption "A good smoking leaf." The caption below reads "A word to the wise is sufficient use The Bay State Fertilizer." The benefits of using the fertilizer are described on the card verso. Edmund Grinnell, President and Samuel Ivers, Treasurer are listed on the item verso.
advertising
business (commercial function)
agriculture
fertilizer
tobacco (material)
smoking jackets
trade cards (advertising)
1 trade card : color illustration ; 5 1/4 x 3 inches
EP001
Ephemera collection
EP001.01.002.04.01.008
5 1/4 x 3 (HxW)(inches)
New Bedford (Bristol county, Massachusetts)
Clarks Cove (Bristol county, Massachusetts) [bay]
Clark's Cove Guano Company (Publisher)
Clay & Richmond (Printer)
trade cards (advertising)
Fertilizer industry
Smoking
Item
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