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Burnett's floral hand book, Joseph Burnett & Co., Boston, Mass.

Description

The flower dictionary is interspersed with descriptions of Burnett products such as Burnett's Cocoaine and Burnett's Standard Flavoring Extracts. There is a calendar for 1880 on page 2. The pamphlet is available at George H. Parker, druggist, in Andover, Massachusetts. "Dream of the cossack" is the artwork on the front and back cover.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
people in health and medicine
pharmacists
drugstores
flowers (plants)
pamphlets

Physical Description

1 pamphlets, 40 pages : illustrations ; 4 3/4 x 3 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Date of Acquisition

1927-04-27

Reference Code

EP001.12.011.001.001

Image Dimensions

4 3/4 x 3 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Andover (Essex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Joseph Burnett Company (Boston, Mass.) (Publisher)

Material Type

pamphlets

Subjects

Patent medicines
Tonics (Medical preparations)
Drugs
Flower language
Flavoring essences

Descriptive Terms

Joseph Burnett & Co.
George H. Parker, Druggist

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Product catalogues: Health and insurance: Health and medicine

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