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Last updated Mar 20 2024.
Originally posted Mar 20 2024 8:03 PM.
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.
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