Plant Samples - Corn and Beans, Real Photo Postcards, Early 20th C., Boston - Set 4 sewing caddy She stands squarely on her

She stands squarely on her base

and the stalk has enough of a depth to cast a bit of nice shadow

the other one a pronounced waist and a rust and cream body

A few of them

Plant Samples - Corn and Beans, Real Photo Postcards, Early 20th C., Boston - Set 4 sewing caddy She stands squarely on herI 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