Original 1946 R. H. Shumway Seeds Catalog, Rockford Illinois, 80 Pages, Illustrated, Complete

Here's an original 1946 seed catalog from R. H. Shumway of Rockford Illinois. Well-preserved and complete, this catalog contains 80 illustrated pages of seeds, along with plants, bulbs, shrubs, and fruit trees. It is absolutely packed with fabulous, old-style lithograph-type images and photos. It has brightly colored covers and black and white content. It shows minor age with the usual stress lines on the spine, but all the pages are there; there's even a sale flyer and an order form included. Lots of great content that will provide hours of great reading.

Established in 1870, Shumway was operated in Rockford up through the 1980s, when the business was purchased and moved several times, ending up in Randolph, WI. At one time, this company was the largest of all the mail order seed houses. It is now part of the Jung Seed Co., still doing business under the Shumway name today.