baughandsons Inventory of the Baugh and Sons Company photographs and advertisements, 1905-1932 Processed by: Noah Huffman; machine-readable finding aid created by: Noah Huffman David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, N.C., USA

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 Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: April 2010Processed by Noah Huffman, April 2010; finding aid encoded by Noah Huffman, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, April 2010 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS and local Style Guide Inventory of the Baugh and Sons Company photographs and advertisements, 1905-1932 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

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 Descriptive Summary David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University Baugh and Sons Company (Philadelphia, Pa.) Baugh and Sons Company photographs and advertisements, 1905-1932 Material inEnglish 0.5 Linear Feet 101 Items For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Producers and distributors of phosphate fertilizer and agricultural chemicals, based in Philadelphia, and Norfolk, Va. Collection includes photographs and advertisements of the Baugh and Sons Company, a chemical distributor associated with Baugh Chemical Company of Baltimore. Topics include offices, factories, products, personnel, and crops. Farm scenes are from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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[Identification of item], Baugh and Sons Company photographs and advertisements, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

 Provenance

The Baugh and Sons Company photographs and advertisements were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift.

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 Biographical Note

Producers and distributors of phosphate fertilizer and agricultural chemicals, based in Philadelphia, and Norfolk, Va.

 Collection Overview

Photographs and advertisements of the Baugh and Sons Company, a chemical distributor associated with Baugh Chemical Company of Baltimore. Topics include offices, factories, products, personnel, and crops. Farm scenes are from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina.

Collection Arrangement

Photographs are arranged by image number assigned by the company, followed by unnumbered and oversize photographs.

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Baugh Chemical Company (Baltimore, Md.) Agricultural chemicals industry--United States. Fertilizer industry--United States. Advertising--Agriculture. Agriculture--North Carolina. Agriculture--New Jersey. Agriculture--Pennsylvania. Agriculture--United States. Industries--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia. Contents of Collection Photographs and Advertisements, 1905-1932 (1 box, 1 oversize folder) Numbered Photographs 12AAsparagus field 4Benjamin Harris Brewster, 1872-1941, President of Baugh and Sons, 1932 (Includes signature) 9APotato field, 1911 Almanac 38-AShip at dock, 1908 Almanac 49-A-1Norfolk, Va., Office 54-AMachinery (Ovens) 108-ABag of phosphate 125-APotato field with men and equipment, 1911 126-A-2Shelf display of Baugh products, including view of Delaware River Chemical Works, circa 1905 129-ABone shed and workers at a Baugh & Sons plant 155Cornfield and farm buildings, Hackensack, N.J. 157Farm workers and outbuildings, Hackensack, N.J. 164Cornfield with farmer and equipment 170Cornfield and equipment 175Cornfield on James Wharton Farm, Newtown Square, Pa., 1910 176Potato field, Garrison Farm, Bridgeton, 1910 180Potato field, Mich Farm, 1910 186Potato field, Mich Bros., 1910 207Mat for 1914 raw bone manures ad 218Mat for Supplemental to Baugh's Booklet 453-APotato field, farm buildings in background 456Hay field with men 458-BHay field with men 459Hay field with men (similar to 456) 463Hay field with men and equipment 481Potato field with men, 1911 482Potato field, 1911 484Potato field, 1911 485Potato field 561BOffice and desk at Baugh & Sons, Jan., 1905 612-AMr. C. Howard Ward's house 612-BMr. C. Howard Ward's house 637Family on porch of house 698Bag of Baugh's 12 & 5 phosphate and potash 776Office of J. Watson Craft (dealer in lumber, coal, flour, fertilizer, grain and feed), with personnel in front, Amblen Pa., 1913 810Mat for 1911 raw bone manures ad 838Burton's Point, docks and building 8653-A Crop field with men and Baugh & Sons sign 94 Empty bags of Baugh & Sons products displayed, 1911 Almanac 292-A Street scene, town unknown, with store of Charles A. Long, dealer in fertilizer, etc. 886Dried cornstalk 890Mat for Baugh's Farmers' 1911 Almanac 924Potato field with farmer and equipment 931Potato field with farmer and horse 949Fire at Union Petroleum Oil Work, 1913 976Potato field with workers during harvesting, and wagon, 1914 Almanac 988Cornfield with man and boy, 1914 Almanac 996Baugh & Sons display and personnel, probably at a fair 1023Baugh & Sons exhibit at New York State Fruit Growers Assoc., Rochester, N.Y., 1914 1041Bone shed and workers at a Baugh & Sons plant 1071Potato field, Minch Berry Farm, 1913 1107Tobacco field and farm buildings 1108Tobacco field of Mr. Jacoby 1126Family on porch of house 1135Cornfield with men, 1914 1161Man and woman in field 1167Tobacco field of C. E. Hart, Ayden, N.C., 1914 1600Wm. Wright on farm of Alex C. Ferguson, Burlington, N.J., 1922 1638Field of ensilage corn, Ephraim T. Gill farm, Haddonfield, N.J., 1922 1659A portion of a herd of 175 Ayrshire cattle, Mrs. John R. Valentine's Highland Farm, Bryn Mawr, Pa., 1922 1661A scene around the stables, Highland Farm, 1922 1663Avenue of French poplar trees, Highland Farm, 1922 1665A famous hunter (horse) and his keeper, Highland Farm, 1922 1685Potato field and men, Joseph M. Garrison's farm, Elmer, N.J., 1922 1691Cotton plant, 1922 1823Alvarez y Rodriguez display 1826North Carolina cotton crop of W.E. Askew, 1914 and 1923 Almanacs 1885Cornfield and man, U.H. McCarter's Tower Hill Farm, Red Bank, N.J., 1923 1896Harvesting in Potato field of Minch Bros., 1911 1908Farm produce stand of Fra. Carhart, Hazlet, Keyport, N.J., 1923. Dealer and farmer. 1943Cornfield and people, 1924 2016Cornfield of George Stillwell, Hopewell, N.J., 1925 2017Cornfield of George Stillwell with man in scene, 1925, Hopewell, N.J. Unnumbered Photographs 1Baugh & Sons Co. and Baugh Chemical Co. offices in Seaboard Bank Bldg., Norfolk, Va. Baugh & Sons Co. and Baugh Chemical Co. offices in building E.T. Short, English Tailor & Importer, New York, store and personnel Plant machinery Bone shed (2) Fertilizer bags (2) Baugh & Sons plant, hay wagon, and trade mark, 1913 Almanac Mat for bone meal bag ad Mat for four fertilizer bags for ad George S. Snyder residence Ship at dock unloading bones (2) Plant scene - bone processing Oversize Photographs, 1912-1923 and undated (1 folder) 1871Potato field including buildings, men, and equipment Four pictures at least one of which was in 1912 Almanac 876E. H. Keen & Co., flour, feed, and grain dealer 386Town scene with flags and bunting on buildings 390 C. Frank Williamson business 393 Philips-Thompson Co.'s Christina Mills and Grain Elevator. Old streetcar also in scene. 1912 Almanac. 1015Ship Erhard at dock, 1913 1575Baugh's plant at dockside, Baltimore. 1922 Almanac. 1833-AMat for picture of fertilizer bag. 1923 Almanac. Three plant and dockside scenes Nos. 101-A (1912) Almanac), 91-A, 330-A Man with bags of various Baugh fertilizer products George S. Snyder residence and warehouse, Nos. 344-A, 346-A (1912 Almanac). Includes 389-A, unidentified dealer's establishment, and inset of Delaware River Chemical Works