Seeds in the Stacks: National Agricultural Library's Video Introduction to Vintage Seed Catalogs

The Biodiversity Heritage Library just sent out their newsletter and it contained a link to this tour behind-the-scenes at the National Agricultural Library.  

Enjoy Seeds in the Stacks!

The text below is supplied by the Biodiversity Heritage Library on their YouTube page.

Go behind-the-scenes at the USDA National Agricultural Library to explore vintage seed and nursery catalogs from the Library's collection of over 200,000 catalogs. 

This video originally aired as a Facebook Live broadcast on 3 November, 2017.

View all of the catalogs featured in Seeds in the Stacks on the Biodiversity Heritage Library at the links below: 

Introduction Catalogs: F.W. Bolgiano & Co., 1902: 

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/i...Wm. Elliott & Sons, 1905: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/i...Currie Bros, Co., 1904: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/i...Portland Seed Co., 1901: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/i...Tuckers’ Seed House, 1923: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/it...J.M. Philips’ Sons, 1901:http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/it...Carpenter Seed Co., 1913: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/it...Samuel Wilson, 1889: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/i...Farmer Seed Co., 1905: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/it...Farmer Seed Co., 1908: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/it.. 

Broadcast Catalogs: William Prince, 1771: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/i...William Prince, 1830: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/i...William Robert Prince, 1844: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/i...Joseph Breck & Co., 1838: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/i...Joseph Breck & Sons, 1886: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/i...Joseph Breck & Co., 1840: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/it...James Vick, 1887: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/i...James Vick, 1894: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/i...James Vick, 1889: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/i...Peter Henderson & Co., 1885: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/it...Peter Henderson & Co., 1886: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/i...Peter Henderson & Co., 1892: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/i...Peter Henderson & Co., 1909: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/i... 

Finale Catalogs: J. Bolgiano & Son, 1908: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/it...W. Atlee Burpee & Co., 1896: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/it...George A. Weaver Company, 1897: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/it...Samuel Wilson, 1897: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/i...Johnson & Stokes, 1895: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/i... Explore More Seed Catalogs in BHL: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/b...