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Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Seed Catalogs of Yore
I read about these old seed catalogs in Marcine's blog, A Clock Without Hands. Marcine spent one Sunday evening browsing through the Smithsonian Library Seed Catalog and these are some of her favorites. I think they would make great postcards and posters. I'm astounded at the high quality of design for these rather mundane items -- illustrations in seed catalogs! Aren't they startlingly beautiful?
You can find more of Marcine's ephemera favorites on Flickr.
You can find more of Marcine's ephemera favorites on Flickr.
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19 comments:
these are pretty! thanks for sharing :)
Wow. Those are beautiful. I am impressed.
Very pretty. :)
Love these. A few years ago Burpee's catalog had some reprints of old ones that I loved and had framed for my kitchen. In fact the colors were the basis of two kitchens.
Those are gorgeous!
{ Lindsey }
http://greatfullday.blogspot.com
Beautiful prints! I absolutely love these!
It makes me so happy when a seed catalog felt the necessity to use such exquisite pieces of art!
this is such a pretty post - i love it!! great job!!!
xox
i have some beautiful seed packets which were sent from sweden. i can't part with them. thanks for reminding me I need to take a better look at them.
Wow these are amazing - thank you so much for sharing !
Me like!
O how pretty those are....
Oh, how adorable are these!
these are so lovely! I'm in love with the last one, a jasmine I think? thanks so much for your sweet wishes! xo
They would be so pretty hanging in a bathroom or boudoir, wouldn't they?!
I love vintage seeds! Wouldn't those be pretty framed in a series in your kitchen? So exquisite! Thanks for sharing! XO!
I would love to have these framed on my wall, they are amazing. THey remind me of Cafe Cartolina cards (here is the link to her blog http://cafecartolina.blogspot.com/, she's amazing!)
The illustrations are just lovely. I love vintage packaging. It's amazing how much they used to put into making ordinary products look beautiful.
So beautiful!! Makes me want to grow flowers! :)
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