The Earl J. Arnold Advertising Card Collection 1885

updated 13 September  2015 <PREVIOUS PAGE      ~  index  ~        NEXT PAGE> The Biodiversity Heritage Library has a copy of the publication below as provided by the National Agricultural Library. Reproduced is a page from the Internet Archive's PDF of the document: I found parts of this publication of special interest: Lastly, a few endorsements. This sort of promotion was typical in the 19th century print media. The tradition continues in 21st century America as "doctors" appear in commercials for the latest cures. Evidently the discoverer of this variety of strawberry was a "Mr. Battey." Click the link to read the full booklet. In the 21st century, newspapers and other print media are being abandoned in favor of online communication (such as this blog). Their importance, however, was primary and growing in the late 19th century, as pointed out on page 113 of the following Google Books sour...