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Clark's Mile-End Spool Cotton |
The advent of lithography in the 1870s made it possible to mass-produce them in colour, leading to a golden age from 1876 to the early 1900s, when halftone printed newspaper and magazine advertisements became more economical.
Trade cards typically had a picture on one side and an advertisement on the other.
This is part 2 of a 6-part series on Trade Cards. For other examples see part 1 also.
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Chase & Sanborn's Famous Seal Brand Tea (die-cut) |
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Chase & Sanborn's Famous Seal Brand Tea (die-cut) |
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Chase & Sanborn's Famous Seal Brand Tea (die-cut) |
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Chicorée, Arlatte & Cie, Cambrai, France |
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Chocolat Poulain, France |
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Maison Louit Frères & Co., France |
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Maison Louit Frères & Co., France |
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Cie. Beaujolaise |
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Cinderella Stoves and Ranges |
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Clark's Mile-End Spool Cotton |
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Clark's Mile-End Spool Cotton |
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Clark's Mile-End Spool Cotton |
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Clark's Mile-End Spool Cotton |
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Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton |
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Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton |
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Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton |
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Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton (die-cut) |
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Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton |
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Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton - front (die-cut and folded) |
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Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton - back (die-cut and folded) |
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Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton - opened (die-cut and folded) |
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Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton - front (die-cut with moving parts) |
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Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton - back (die-cut with moving parts) |
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Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton |
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Cobb, Bates & Yerxa, Boston (Grocers) |
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Generic Trade Card (Coffee Mill) |
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Colburn's Philadelphia Mustard (die-cut) |
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Colgate & Co's "New" Soap |
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Chase, Isherwood Co., Toledo, Ohio (Consolation Smoking Tobacco) |
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Cooper and Conard (Dry Goods) |
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Cosmo Buttermilk Soap Co., Chicago, IL - front (die-cut with moving parts) |
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Cosmo Buttermilk Soap Co., Chicago, IL back (die-cut with moving parts) |
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Cosmo Buttermilk Soap Co., Chicago, IL inside (die-cut with moving parts) |
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Cotton & Thomas, Nashua, NH (Grocers) |
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Crosby Flour (with opening doors) |
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David Kimball & Co., Portsmouth, NH |
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David S. Brown & Co.'s Fine Toilet Soap (die-cut) |
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Davis' OK Baking Powder |
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Decker Brothers Piano Manufacturers, New York |
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Domestic Sewing Machine Co., New York |
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Dr. J. Lamoreux (Druggist) |
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Dr. Jayne's Tonic Vermituge |
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Dr. T. S. McNeil's Pain Exterminator |
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Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil |
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Ed. F. Brown, Ipswich, MA (Druggist) |
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Ed. F. Brown, Ipswich, MA (Druggist) |
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Ed. F. Brown, Ipswich, MA (Druggist) |