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- Hiram Sibley & Co. "Egg Plant New York Improved Large Round Purple" Seed Packet, Used in the C.W. Barnes Store, 1882-1888 - Distributing seeds required sealing them into little packets or "papers" constructed like envelopes. Seed companies advertised their businesses on these packets, illustrated the vegetable with hand-colored images, and specified growing directions, sometimes in multiple languages. Hiram Sibley and Co. packaged collections of vegetable seeds in specially designed boxes and shipped them to general stores for sale to home gardeners.
- 1882-1888
- Collections - Artifact
Hiram Sibley & Co. "Egg Plant New York Improved Large Round Purple" Seed Packet, Used in the C.W. Barnes Store, 1882-1888
Distributing seeds required sealing them into little packets or "papers" constructed like envelopes. Seed companies advertised their businesses on these packets, illustrated the vegetable with hand-colored images, and specified growing directions, sometimes in multiple languages. Hiram Sibley and Co. packaged collections of vegetable seeds in specially designed boxes and shipped them to general stores for sale to home gardeners.
- Hiram Sibley & Co. "Egg Plant New York Improved Large Round Purple" Seed Packet, Used in the C.W. Barnes Store, 1882-1888 - Distributing seeds required sealing them into little packets or "papers" constructed like envelopes. Seed companies advertised their businesses on these packets, illustrated the vegetable with hand-colored images, and specified growing directions, sometimes in multiple languages. Hiram Sibley and Co. packaged collections of vegetable seeds in specially designed boxes and shipped them to general stores for sale to home gardeners.
- 1882-1888
- Collections - Artifact
Hiram Sibley & Co. "Egg Plant New York Improved Large Round Purple" Seed Packet, Used in the C.W. Barnes Store, 1882-1888
Distributing seeds required sealing them into little packets or "papers" constructed like envelopes. Seed companies advertised their businesses on these packets, illustrated the vegetable with hand-colored images, and specified growing directions, sometimes in multiple languages. Hiram Sibley and Co. packaged collections of vegetable seeds in specially designed boxes and shipped them to general stores for sale to home gardeners.