Albert Johnson Photograph Collection, 1905-1917
Title: Residence and garden, First Avenue, Fairbanks, Alaska.
Hand-colored postcard.
Creator Johnson, Albert J.
Archives, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Larger image here.

By Marca L. Woodhams,
Smithsonian Institution Libraries

The Smithsonian Institution Libraries have a unique trade catalog collection that includes about 10,000 seed and nursery catalogs dating from 1830 to the present. Many of the trade catalogs were part of the Burpee Collection donated to the Horticulture Services Division by Mrs. David Burpee in 1982. The collection includes both Burpee and their competitors’ catalogs.

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