MAILER FOR MODEL GARDEN BOOK

Object/Artifact

Homestead Museum

Name/Title

MAILER FOR MODEL GARDEN BOOK

Entry/Object ID

2000.214.1.2

Description

Color: Black; Brown; Pink A mailer for the "Model Garden Book for 1927," issued by the Model Garden Club, 1927. The brown paper envelope has an advertisement in black ink on the left of the front with words across the top that read, "5 BEAUTIFUL ORNAMENTALS." Below this is a drawing of a rose bush and at the left of the bottom is a drawing of a home with many bushes and roses in the front yard. Across the bottom of the advertisement is the name and location of the company. At the top right corner is a rectagle within which are the words, "U. S. POSTAGE / 1C. Paid / Paw Paw, Mich. / Permit No.1." At the right of the bottom is a pink label with the name and addres of Mrs. Frank Brewer. Across the back are the words, "You Can Make Big Money! / Growing Ginseng and Golden Seal." Below this are two columns advertising the latter products with illustrations of the plants at the center. The artifact was found with the catalog which is item .1. With brittleness; creases; fading of the printing; surface soiling; stains; and several tears, the object is in poor condition.

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Shrubs, Fertilizers, Gardening, Plants, Berries, Trees, Climbing plants, Chemicals, Horticulture, Seeds, Fruit trees, Vegetables, Flowers, Medicines

Search Terms

Three-dimensional, Envelopes, Model Garden Club, Vegetable gardening, Arboriculture, Ornamental shrubs, Insect bait and repellents, Manures, Plants--Nutrition, Greenhouse plants, Envelopes (Stationery)

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Envelopes