Bauscher's seed & plant guide – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Bauscher's seed & plant guide, an antique lithograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Bauscher's seed & plant guide
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Few American seed firms of the 1890s printed their catalogs in color as lavishly as this 1899 chromolithograph for Bauscher's seed and plant guide, which pairs vegetables and fruit in bright, layered inks. It was copyrighted by John Bauscher, Jr., and the Library of Congress catalogs it under periodical illustrations and advertisements. Chromolithography was costly but effective for mail-order businesses, since a rural customer might choose seeds from a glossy picture alone. The print shows how seedsmen used color and produce to sell the promise of a bountiful garden.
| Created / published | 1899 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | Periodical illustrations 1890-1900.Advertisements 1890-1900.Chromolithographs Color 1890-1900. |
| Notes | 12554 U.S. Copyright Office Copyrighted by John Bauscher, Jr. |
| Subjects | Vegetables--1890-1900. Fruit--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,148 × 1,455 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216123 |
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