1868-07-04
Vertical file 4: OVR 271-280
GUSN-250415
Advertisement for Best's Improved Insect Destroyer and Invigorator, patented to destroy the nutrients in the sap of the trees and therefore destroy all pests. Benjamin Best assigned his business over to John Ahearn of Baltimore, MD, on July 4, 1868. The advertisement depicts a scene of a farmer with fruit trees on the top of the sheet, and testimonials from farmers who have used the new and improved product on the bottom.
insecticide
farming
testimonials
broadsides (notices)
advertisements
posters
1 broadside
GC002
Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s
GC002.02.278
24 x 19 (HxW)(inches)
Baltimore (Baltimore Independent City, Maryland)
Woods, John W., 1805-1886 (Printer)
broadsides (notices)
advertisements
posters
Best, Benjamin
Ahearn, John
Gray, E. K., Mrs.
Item
Vertical file 4: OVR 271-280
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