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Piscataqua Papers: Gardening from the Merrimack to the Kennebec

1965

Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A softcover edition of the Piscataqua Papers; Gardening from the Merrimack to the Kennebec published by the Piscataqua Garden Club. The softcover book has an adhesive binding. The front cover features a large white and yellow scrolled frame on the front cover, set against a green background. At the top of the frame is a black, white, and yellow sun with human facial features and at the bottom are black, white, and yellow mirror images of two sea serpents with their tails wound around the sides of the frame. The right and left sides of the frame are decorated with black-and-white illustrations of flowers, an ear of corn, and grapes. The title of the book is printed within the frame in black text of varying sizes and fonts that read [PISCATAQUA / PAPERS / Gardening / from the / Merrimack / to the / Kennebec].

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Catalog reference: 2011.12.52.17

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