Category: Trade Cards and Advertising

Queen Anne Soap, Detroit Soap Co.

Posted on May 30th, 2016 by Annieoakley

Trade card, Detroit Soap Company. Circa 1883. Copyright, Clay & Richmond, Buffalo. N.Y. Price: $20.00 Size: About 2 and 1/2 x 3 and 3/4″ Here’s an unusual choice for a trade card image, sort of: a knight on a…Read More…

Tags: Detroit MI business history, Detroit Riverfront history, Detroit Soap Co Queen Anne Soap, history Detroit fire fighters 1800s, knight on white horse, soap trade cards, Victorian trade cards Detroit MI

Categories: Horses, Knights, Trade Cards and Advertising

Brown & Dawson, Druggists

Posted on May 22nd, 2016 by Annieoakley

Trade Card, circa 1887. Syracuse, New York. Price: $15.00 Size: About 2 and 5/8 x 4 and 3/8″ “I use Toilet No. 13 Cologne. Made by Brown & Dawson, Druggists, No. 13 South Salina Street, Syracuse, N. Y. Fragrant! Delicious!”…Read More…

Tags: antique drawings of children, Bufford of Boston trade cards, Dawson family genealogy and family history Syracuse NY, Syracuse NY history drug stores and druggists, Syracuse NY trade cards, Willet Brown and Gertrude Garrett family history and genealogy Syracuse NY

Categories: Breakthroughs, Bufford, Children, Trade Cards and Advertising

Page & Nunn, Brockton, Mass

Posted on May 22nd, 2016 by Annieoakley

Trade Card, circa 1882, Brockton, Massachusetts. Price: $15.00 Size: About 2 and 5/8 x 4 and 3/8″ “Page & Nunn, Manufacturers of the Purest and Finest Confectionery, 427 Main St., Brockton, Mass. D. L. Page. F. T. Nunn.” A trade…Read More…

Tags: antique drawings of children, Brockton and Lowell MA bakers confectioners caterers history, Brockton MA trade cards, Bufford Boston trade cards, Bufford Lithography Co.

Categories: Breakthroughs, Bufford, Children, Trade Cards and Advertising

Ushering In Easter

Posted on March 26th, 2016 by Annieoakley

Trade card, lithograph for The Fleischmann Co., Form No. 910A. Made in Germany. Circa mid-1880s – 1890s. Price: $10.00 Size: 3 and 1/2 x 5 and 1/2″ There’s the Easter Bunny and one Easter egg behind the young gentleman in…Read More…

Tags: Fleischmann's Yeast Handsome Banner Pictures early trade and advertising cards, top hats in Victorian trade cards, Victorian trade cards bunnies and eggs, Victorian trade cards with lilies of the valley

Categories: Art Nouveau, Flowers, Hats, Rabbits - Bunnies, Trade Cards and Advertising

W. L. S. A. Choice Groceries

Posted on March 2nd, 2016 by Annieoakley

Trade card for the W. L. S. A. grocery, Lynn, Massachusetts. Publisher unknown. No. 2500. Circa 1880s – 1890s. Price: $15.00 A dream of spring? Here’s an unusual trade card for a couple of reasons: the design – a spring…Read More…

Tags: grocery stores in Lynn Mass circa 1890s, history of business and commerce in Lynn MA, Victorian trade cards Lynn MA, Victorian trade cards with shells

Categories: Birds, Children, Geese, Men, Mysteries, People, Shells, Trade Cards and Advertising

Glenwood Stoves And Ranges

Posted on February 28th, 2016 by Annieoakley

Trade Card for Glenwood Stoves and Ranges. Sold by L. L. Crosby. Circa 1890s. Lithographer: J. Ottmann Lithography Company, New York. Price: $7.00 This is the second stove trade card that we have so far; there are sure to be…Read More…

Tags: antique stoves, Ariel Crosby and Marion Weston family history, Leslie L. Crosby and Jessie R. Underwood family history, Putney VT and Waltham MA geneology and family history

Categories: J. Ottmann, People, Stoves, Trade Cards and Advertising, Women

Soapine Trade Card

Posted on February 20th, 2016 by Annieoakley

Soapine Trade Card, Circa 1880s. Lithographer: William Karle, Rochester, New York. Price: $15.00. Condition: Very good, lays flat, no water damage or tears (click trade card images to see condition.) Size: About 5 and 1/4 x 3 and 1/2″…Read More…

Tags: 19th century New York lithographers, genealogy for William Karle and Mary Eyer of Rochester NY, Providence RI manufacturing history, Soapine trade cards, toboggans and tobogganing, Victorian trade cards soap, whales and advertising, what was soapine made from

Categories: Sleighs, Sleds and Toboggans, Snow, Trade Cards and Advertising

J. I. Case Threshing Machine Co.

Posted on February 2nd, 2016 by Annieoakley

“Compliments of J. I. Case Threshing Machine Co. Racine Wis. Send for Catalogue.” Two travelers crossing a stone bridge in wintertime. The lithography company is Bufford, whose name shows halfway cutoff at the bottom left. This trade card is probably…Read More…

Tags: bald eagles, Bufford Lithography Co., Civil War, farm equipment, J. I. Case Threshing Machine Co. trade cards, lists of old farm equipment, Ojibwe/Chippewa Chiefs, Racine WI history and trade cards, Victorian trade cards stone bridges

Categories: Bufford, Lithograph Companies, Trade Cards and Advertising

Postcard Days

Posted on December 13th, 2015 by Annieoakley

Here’s an interesting article from a 1912 Geyer’s Stationer publication talking about postcards as a means of attracting new people and new business to an area, with thousands of cards sent out by individuals, and City Chamber of Commerce. Mentioned…Read More…

Tags: Postcard Days and tourism and manufacturing 1900s, San Joaquin Valley CA early settlers history, successful ad campaigns early 1900s

Categories: Trade Cards and Advertising

Acorn Stoves & Ranges

Posted on November 22nd, 2015 by Annieoakley

Trade Card for Rathbone, Sard & Co. and Acorn Stoves & Ranges. Circa 1886. Lithograph company: J. Ottmann, New York. Price: $20.00 Size: About 3 and 7/8 x 4 and 1/2″ A white veil or a goof-up? You’ll notice the…Read More…

Tags: Acorn Stoves & Ranges Rathbone Sard & Co, antique lithograph trade card prints J. Ottman NY, Heermans Rathbone & Co, history of manufacturing Albany NY, history of stove manufacturing, images for ladies gowns Victorian era, Victorian era trade cards oak leaves stoves acorns

Categories: J. Ottmann, People, Trade Cards and Advertising, Women