Plant Samples - Peas and Beans, Real Photo Postcards, Early 20th C., Boston - Set 1 utility box weighing in at a little

weighing in at a little over 3 pounds each

his focus was on the Redwood forests and hills

by a rod (maybe a replacement)

which makes me think it might be a Japanese Natsuke (an ornamental togglelike piece used to attach a box

Plant Samples - Peas and Beans, Real Photo Postcards, Early 20th C., Boston - Set 1 utility box weighing in at a littleI 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