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What products were sold by the 1800s mail order business W. Atlee Burpee & Company?

Question #150831. Asked by psnz.
Last updated Mar 20 2024.
Originally posted Mar 20 2024 8:03 PM.

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W. Atlee Burpee and Company started a mail-order business that sold seeds and flower bulbs.
W. Atlee Burpee (1858–1915) brought the seed catalog into the modern age, even while staunchly resisting inventions such as the automobile, electric light, and telephone. By 1901, Burpee was using a fully mechanized photoengraving process for his catalogs. When the firm switched to photography, hand-drawn illustrations disappeared from seed catalogs in just a few years.

link https://library.si.edu/exhibition/cultivating-americas-gardens/gardening-as-enterprise
link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burpee_Seeds_and_Plants

Response last updated by BigTriviaDawg on Mar 20 2024.
Mar 20 2024, 8:08 PM
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