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$21 USD SaleSALE Black Children and Patriotic Eagles - Two Kirk Soap Trade Cards
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
One of these trade cards is titled “American Family”, and shows a family of eagles dressed in red, white and blue garments, with two baby eagles. Mama Eagle is scrubbing laundry with a great deal of lather. The other trade card shows two African or East Indian black children in colorful costumes playing with a small elephant. A larger elephant in the background has “Blue India” inscribed on its back. This may be a reference to a bluing ingredient. The background of both cards is printed with ...
$6 USDFunny Trade Card – Pierce House Paint, Boston Shop
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
This humorous trade card shows a man in top hat looking back at the seat of his pants, which are covered with paint from the park bench he has just been sitting on. The card advertises F. O. Pierce & Co’s Prepared House Paints, for sale by Asahel Wheeler in Boston. The back of the card gives calculations for determining the amount of paint needed for a typical house. The card is printed in shades of blue and measures 3 by 4-1/2 inches. It dates to the late 1800s and is in good condition with ...
$8 USDVictorian Trade Card for Shoe Store, New York, Plus One More
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
The larger of these two trade cards is beautifully lithographed in full color, and the design is accented by embossing and a gilt border. This card was given away as an advertisement for Josiah Fiero’s Boot and Shoe House in Auburn, New York. It measures 3 by 5 inches, and is in very good condition. As a bonus, I’ve included another trade card. This one features a purple shoe filled with white flowers, and was given to customers by L. P. Rice in Providence, Rhode Island. It measures about 3 by 4 ...
$6 USDWeaver Organ Trade Card With Two Children and Deer
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
This charming chromolithograph card from the later Victorian era shows two children watching two deer from behind a tree, with a pretty floral trellis border. It was distributed by the Weaver Organ & Piano Company, in York, Pennsylvania. The card measures 2-3/4 by 4-1/4 inches and is in good condition, with only a small crease on the bottom right corner. This item will be packaged in a rigid plastic sleeve in a bubble envelope, and shipped by first class mail. Postal insurance may be declined if ...
$14 USD ReducedREDUCED Fairy Perfume Sample Trade Card – Austen’s Cologne, Oswego NY
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards:Perfume Trade Cards
This sweet trade card was originally treated with the actual scent of Austen’s Forest Flower Cologne, as a sample of this perfume. The card shows a child with a basket of flowers. Since the child has wings, I assume this is meant to be Cupid or a fairy in a white dress with a blue belt and vest. The cologne was produced by W. J. Austen, in Oswego, NY, and the sample card was given away by John G. Nichols & Co., in St. Helena Island, South Carolina. The card dates to circa 1900. It measures 3-1/4 ...
$10 USDPretty Little Girls and Flowers on Pair of Trade Cards - Frame These!
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
These two trade cards make a matching pair – they both have pretty girls in a circular frame with a bouquet of flowers tied with a bow. The cards would be wonderful framed together, perhaps for a little girl's room or a guest bathroom. The two trade cards advertise the firm of S. Rosenbloom & Sons, Leading Boot and Shoe Dealers, in Auburn, New York. These each measure 3 by 4 inches, and are in very good condition with no tears or creases. Both have minor glue residue on the back. These cards ...
$16 USDColorful Group of Six Trade Cards - Unique and Different
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
These six trade cards are all different. One interesting card shows a duck hatching a frog’s egg with the caption “Eggspatiation”. Another card features Cupid, other cards have birds, butterflies and a winter scene. The largest card measures 4-3/8 by 2-7/8 inches and has an oriental motif. The products they promote range from soap to baking powder to stationery. None of the cards have tears or creases, although the glossy pink ink on the bird card is smudged and the butterfly card has been ...
$12 USDHires Root Beer Trade Card – Biblical Drama of Ruth and Naomi
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
This beautiful card is a high-quality chromolithograph depicting the parting of Ruth and Naomi, with the Biblical quotation of Ruth’s famous words at the top right. On the back is an offer of a copy of this painting for receipt of a 2-cent stamp to Hires Root Beer in Philadelphia, PA. This large trade card measures 6-1/4 by almost 5 inches. It is in good condition, with all four corners having small creases, and age-browning on the back. This card will be packaged in a rigid plastic sleeve and ...
$25 USD SaleSALE Die-cut Globe Trade Card for McPhail Pianos, 1892
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
This unusual trade card shows the two hemispheres of the map of the world. The card could be folded in half to form a two-dimensional globe. It’s interesting to see the former names and different spellings of countries as they were at the end of the 19th century when this card was printed. The back of the card states: “There is no better piano made on the face of the globe than the McPhail Piano”, sold by E. W. Yerrington in Norwich, CT. The card was copyrighted in 1892 by Livermore & Knight in ...
$10 USDProvidence Shoe Store - Two Colorful Trade Cards, 1880s
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
One of these small trade cards has a pretty lithograph of a winter landscape with two deer. In the foreground is a ladies winter boot. An inset shows the shop as “Wetherell & Pierce, Boston Shoe Store, 125 Westminster St., Providence, R. I.” The card is dated 1883. This card has a small tear at the bottom right corner. It measures 3-3/4 by 3-1/4 inches. The second card is a die-cut in the shape of a fan tied with a bow, with colorful autumn leaves and berries. It is not dated. This card has the ...
$16 USD SaleSALE Lovely Christy Illustration on Trade Card for Ivers & Pond Pianos
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
This pretty chromolithograph card has an illustration of a pretty girl in a large hat with a bouquet of violets, signed by well-known illustrator F. Earl Christy. The card advertises Ivers & Pond Pianos, sold by Bailey’s Music Rooms in Burlington, Vermont. The card measures 3 by 5 inches and is in very good condition. This item will be packaged in a rigid plastic sleeve in a bubble envelope, and shipped by first class mail. Postal insurance may be declined if not desired.
$6 USDBeach’s Laundry Soap, Dubuque, Iowa - Trade Card with Poem
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
This charming chromolithograph trade card shows a little boy showing a lobster on a stick to a little girl in a bathing costume. Both are on a beach with waves rolling in and small bath-houses behind them. (Hard to understand how he could have found a lobster on the beach.) The card advertises James Beach’s Laundry and Toilet Soaps, in Dubuque, Iowa. On the reverse is a poem called “My Mother’s Voice”, about the virtues of Beach’s Soaps. The card measures 4-1/4 by 2-3/4 inches and is in very ...
$5 USDTrade Card for Consumption Cure, Webster MA, 1890s
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
This rather grim trade card has a lithograph of a little boy holding up his pants and being taken by the ear by a woman with a twig switch, while three other boys are laughing behind them on the shore of a pond. The wording at the top notes: “4,000,000 bottles sold annually, German Syrup Cures Consumption, and August Flower for Dyspepsia”. The card was printed by Chas. Shields in New York. The back of the card lists the benefits of August Flower, Boschee’s German Syrup and Ague Conqueror. The ...
$6 USDPierce Boots, Pair of Trade Cards, Providence RI
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
These two trade cards are just the same except for the color of the paper – one is grey and the other off-white. Each has a black-and-white lithograph of a windmill and four birds. Printed in the center are the words: “Thos. F. Peirce & Co., Boots and Shoes, Arcade, Providence, R. I.” Condition is good overall. The cards had been mounted in an album and there is some glue residue on the back, also a small paper loss at the top of the grey card. The off-white card has some spots of blue ink at ...
$6 USDChildren and Toys on Card for Donaldson’s Chromo Panels, Cincinnati, Ohio
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
This chromolithographed trade card has a print of four children and their toys, playing around a large wooden crate. The wording at the back advertises Perforated Chromo Panels, which I believe were printed as guides for embroidery work. The company is Wm. M. Donaldson & Co., Cincinnati Ohio. The card is in excellent condition, with no tears or creases. The lines which might be visible in my photo were done in the printing. The card measures approximately 4-1/4 by 2-3/4 inches. This card will be ...
$15 USD ReducedREDUCED Palmer Cox Print – Rhyme and Reason, Clark's Thread
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
In the 1880s, Palmer Cox (creator and illustrator of the popular Brownies), produced a small booklet called "rhyme and Reason" for Clark’s O.N.T. Spool Cotton. This print is actually the cover of that hard-to-find booklet, which someone has carefully cut out along the edge and removed. This would be a wonderful choice for framing for a child's room. The picture is of a cute little girl in a red dress, dressed up with granny glasses, cap and shawl, sewing a piece of fabric. A spool of Clark’s ...
$10 USD SaleSALE Little Girl with Kitten on Pair of Trade Cards for Superior Stoves
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
These matching pair of trade cards both show a little girl in a white dress and red shoes with her kitten. These would be cute framed for a child’s room. The cards were a giveaway from Bridge, Beach & Co., in St. Louis, Missouri, promoting their Superior stoves and ranges. Each card measures 3 by 4-3/8 inches. They had been pasted in an album – one card has some paper still stuck on the back, and the other card has an area at the bottom left of the back where a layer of paper has pulled off. ...
$15 USDAdorable Children and Pets on Group of Five Trade Cards
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
These five cute small trade cards each feature either children, puppies or kittens. The products they promote range from root beer extract to piano tuning. The largest card is 3-5/8 by 2-1/4 inches. They all are in very good condition, with no tears or creases. These cards will be packaged in a rigid plastic sleeve and bubble envelope, and shipped by first class mail. Postal insurance may be declined if not desired.
$9 USDPair of Pretty Trade Cards for NJ Clothiers, Hand with Rose
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
These two trade cards make a lovely pair, each with an elegant lady’s hand holding a rose. Each cards has only a simple caption on the bottom: Geo. Watson & Co., Clothiers, 795 & 813 Broad St., Newark. The cards measure 4-5/8 by 2-7/8 inches, and are in very good condition with no tears, creases or stains. These cards will be packaged in a rigid plastic sleeve and bubble envelope, and shipped by first class mail. Postal Insurance may be declined if not desired.
$9 USDJudson’s Mountain Herb Pills – Children Playing Roman Soldiers
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
This rather dramatic and colorful trade card was printed by Cosack & Company in Buffalo, NY, circa 1890. The illustration shows four children in Roman soldier costume, with the Judson shield protecting them against the arrows of dyspepsia, dysentery, liver complaint and neuralgia. On the back of the card, the Judson’s Mountain Herb Pills claim to be useful for more ailments, including indigestion, fevers, colic, diarrhea, chills, and so on. The product was made by the Judson Pill Company in ...
$7 USDBeautiful Large Size Trade Card for Household Ranges
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
This is a very high quality chromolithography trade card, with an image of white narcissus flowers surrounding a picture of a village with a bridge over a stream and a steepled church in the background. The caption at the bottom reads: “Built to Bake! Household Ranges”, and was an advertisement for Shea & Burke in Norwich, Connecticut. It is in good condition with slight smooshing at the corners, and measures 4-1/2 by 6 inches. Unfortunately what looks like a blue fingerprint on the right side ...
$14 USDTwo Hires Rootbeer Trade Cards, Beautiful Children
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
Hires Root Beer was made by the Charles E. Hires company in Philadelphia, and originally promoted for its health benefits. The first of these Victorian-era trade cards has a charming print of a baby holding a bottle of Hires Rootbeer. Her doll lies abandoned on the floor behind her. The little girl is wearing a ruffled pink hat, a puffy jacket with blue ribbons, droopy blue socks and a rather bedraggled diaper. The wording on the back describes how beneficial Hires rootbeer is for the health of ...
$6 USDTrade Card for Tea Company in Worcester, Massachusetts
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
This amusing trade card has a lithograph of two young boys, identified at the bottom as “Playing Bank President Dining with a Wall St Bull”. One boy is puffing a cigar and holding a wine bottle. The wording is: “For pure teas and coffees, call at the Great Centennial American Tea Company, Worcester, Mass.” The card measures approximately 2-3/4 by 4-1/4 inches. This Victorian-era card is in good condition, with a light crease at the top right. The blank back is stained, as you can see in my photo ...
$10 USDFrench Captions on Pair of Trade Cards for St. Louis Magazine Company
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
These Victorian-era cards are captioned in French: “Au Clair de la Lune” and “Le Roi Dagobert”. The colorful lithography is touched with accents of gold. These two trade cards are part of a series offered by the St. Louis Magazine Company, in St. Louis, Missouri. The reverse of the cards states that they will send a set of these Picture Cards plus a copy of the magazine for the amount of ten cents. These two trade cards each measure 3 by 4-3/4 inches. They are in very good condition, although ...
$10 USDPuzzle Trade Card for Malt Bitters - Find the Hidden Image
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards:Puzzles
This early trade card has a puzzle in the black-and-white illustration – the trick is to find in the picture “the rat that ate the malt that lay in the house that Jack built”. On the reverse is a description of the benefits of Malt Bitters, “a food medicine”, which will “enrich the blood, solidify the bones, harden the muscles”, and many more benefits for all ages and genders. The card measures 3 by 5 inches and is in good condition, with age browning and light creases at the corners. This card ...
$15 USDCarter’s Little Liver Pills Puzzle Trade Card
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards:Puzzles
This 1890’s trade card has a puzzle in the illustration – the trick is to find thirteen animals, a hermit, and a bottle of Carter’s Pills hidden in the picture – quite a challenge! On the reverse is a description of the benefits of Carter’s Little Liver Pills, which promises to cure sick headaches (now called migraines), plus other ailments. The card measures 2-7/8 by 4-3/4 inches and is age-browned but otherwise in very good condition. This card will be packaged in a rigid plastic sleeve and ...
$7 USDWillards Bitters Trade Card, Signed Carroll, Picnicking Couple
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
This Victorian-era trade card is a print of an etching, showing a young man and woman having a picnic. The wording is: “If You Want Health, Happiness & a Good Appetite, Take Willard’s Golden Seal Bitters”. The print is signed "Carroll" at the bottom left. The back of the card is blank, and has some glue residue where it had been mounted in an album. There are no tears or creases, and it measures 4-3/4 by 2-3/4 inches. There is no date, but the cards printed in black were typically earlier in the ...
$26 USDHoyt’s German Cologne, Two Perfumed Trade Cards, 1880s
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards:Perfume Trade Cards
These pretty trade cards were originally treated with the actual scent of Hoyt’s German Cologne, as a sample of this perfume. One card, copyrighted 1887, has a colorful print of a boy writing on a fence while a girl peeks through. The other card shows two little girls in pretty dresses with a large bottle of Hoyt’s Cologne, and has a copyright date of 1881. Both cards read: “Perfumed with Hoyt’s German Cologne, fragrant and lasting”. The back of the card lists the features and prices for Hoyt’s ...
$12 USDFour Vintage Die-Cut Trade Cards, Interesting Shapes
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
These four trade cards are as follows: 1) Apollo Chocolates, from F. M. Roberts Co. in Boston, die cut in the shape of a bust of Apollo on a pedestal. This card measures 4 inches from top to bottom. 2) Vaseline, from Chesebrough Manufacturing Company in New York, die-cut in the shape of a jar of Vaseline. There is a calendar on the reverse with the first half of 1891. It is 3-1/8 inches from top to bottom. 3) Swift and Courtney Match, die cut in the shape of a box of matches. It is 2-1/2 by 1-5 ...
$10 USDPerry Davis Pain Killer - 1890 Trade Card - Adorable Children
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
This very sweet chromolithograph trade card shows a little boy in knee pants caring for the finger of his little sister. The little girl has a wonderful look of both fear and trust on her face as she patiently allows her brother to treat her. The text reads: “Don’t cry if it does smart a moment. The Pain Killer will soon take all the soreness away”. The card advertises Perry Davis Pain-Killer, which can apparently be applied topically for cuts and bruises or taken internally for colds or ...
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