Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum has created a virtual exhibition telling the story of the partnership between the U.S. Postal Service and America’s mailing industry.

Philadelphia born Burpee Seed Company is one of the featured companies. 

The introduction starts, “ W. Atlee Burpee, born in 1858, grew up in Philadelphia, the son of a prominent physician. As a teenager, the future pioneer in horticulture and mail order,  took up an unusual hobby: poultry breeding, an interest that extended to the breeding of livestock, dogs, and plants.”

Here is the link to view the exhibition, which also includes businesses like L.L Bean, the Williams-Sonoma company, and Hammacher Schlemmer.

https://postalmuseum.si.edu/americasmailingindustry/Burpee.html?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Guv%20s%20ICE%20vow%2C%20crisis%20center%20cash%20%26%20daytrip%20deets&utm_campaign=Week%20in%20Review%202%2020%2026%20%20%28Copy%29

The Smithsonian Institution has released a free book by archivist Christopher DeMairo on the history of Burpee Seed Co. You can access it here:

https://smithsonian.figshare.com/articles/book/The_Burpee_Seed_Company_Planting_U_S_History_since_the_Nineteenth_Century/29089802?file=552338