PHOTOGRAPHICALLY ILLUSTRATED TRADE CARD, with a mounted photograph of a bouquet of ornamental grasses on recto, captioned “Florida Natural Dried Grasses, Various, Curious, Beautiful: A Splendid Parlor Decoration, A Beautiful Mantel Ornament, Retaining their Shape and Beauty for Several Years,” dated in print “Jacksonville, Sept. 15, 1877” beneath the image; verso prints advertising material, a “Price List of Florida Ornamental Grass Bouquets,” the announcement for a catalogue, etc.
Jacksonville, FL: St. Johns River Nursery & Grass Bouquet Manufactory, 1877. Trade card, 5 ½ x 4 1/8 inches, with mounted photograph (3 5/8 x 2 5/8 inches; two tiny white spots in upper left corner of background). St. Johns River Nursery was owned by Alexander Henry. Very good. More