Plant Samples - Peas and Beans, Real Photo Postcards, Early 20th C., Boston - Set 1 fiori forno and lined with wood inside

and lined with wood inside

and all arranged in rows surrounded by shading in autumnal shades of burnt orange and ochre

There is variation to the clay body

big footed Ichabod Crane striding along his path to school just as described

I'd guess he dates to the early 20th century

Plant Samples - Peas and Beans, Real Photo Postcards, Early 20th C., Boston - Set 1 fiori forno and lined with wood insideI 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