Plant Samples - Beans, and Corn, Real Photo Postcards, Early 20th C., Boston - Set 3 unusual sewing box has clearly been much used

has clearly been much used and loved

lush pink petals of the big blooming rose

or maybe just a carved wooden valentine rosebud

or just keep it for yourself

Plant Samples - Beans, and Corn, Real Photo Postcards, Early 20th C., Boston - Set 3 unusual sewing box has clearly been much usedI found together a total of eleven of these rppcs documenting the growth of beans, corn, peas and oats in various soils and combinations, and just love them as beautiful photographs, for their indexical nature, for the wonderful hand written labels on the planters, and for being, as far as I know, quite unusual. The fact that they were produced as postcards suggests they were made to be sent, but the backs are all blank, so perhaps they just served as