More Misses, Not From Minneapolis

Miss Martha Hiser  

Miss Ella Baines 

Miss Mary Martin 

This is from her earlier catalog and ads.

Miss Mary was from Floral Park, New York. That's on Long Island where Thorburn was,too.

Miss Martha was from Urbana, Ohio.     

Miss Ella was from Springfield, Ohio.  

Download catalogs:
Hiser (1900) (1900)
Baines (1897) (1915) (1917)
Martin (1901 plants but really jolly to look at) (1902 Nice!) (1903)

There are many PDF catalogs online.

It was a surprise to find both Martin and Hiser on one page in Home and Flowers!

Miss Martin gives her fans pictures of herself more often than the other women.  I wondered if women would rather have seen her planting something in more practical clothing.  Or, did seeing a successful business woman appeal as much, or more?  

Miss Ella may have been a churchwoman.  She is puffed in church magazines; another is in 1922. 

     

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