Trade Card for Triumph Corn Planter with Pumpkin Seed Attachment, A. C. Kent Company, circa 1885
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Artifact Overview
Pumpkins and corn are good companion crops in the garden, as the large pumpkin leaves limit weed growth and keep soil moist. This humorous trade card conveys several important selling points--that the planter was easy to use, that pumpkins were a product that could be sold directly to customers, and that they could also be used for livestock feed.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Trade card
Date Made
circa 1885
Subject Date
circa 1885
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Advertised products manufactured by A.C. Kent Company, Janesville, Wisconsin, and sold by Samuel Fox of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Card printed by Sies & Co., Buffalo, New York.
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
00.1430.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Mrs. James R. Murphy
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 3.25 in
Width: 5.5 in
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