SpColl 32: Advertising Trade Cards

The following is the inventory of our Advertising Trade Card Collection. A popular form of advertising in the late 19th century, these cards are primarily from the 1870's to early in the 20th century. However, there are a few more modern forms of advertising or "business cards" included throughout the collection.

Animal & Animal Products

Miles Englis with J.V. DeGroff, New York, NY (3 cards)
Shubert American Raw Furs, Chicago, IL (2 cards)
Elm House (D.C. Hathaway, Proprietor), Brunswick, ME (1 card)
Farmers’ Fertilizer Co., Syracuse, NY (1 card)
John Ruszits Fur Co., New York, NY (1 card)
Redwood, the Celebrated Trotting Bred Stallion (owned by E.J. Meyers), Aurora, IL, ©1887 (1 card)
Henry Oliver, West’s Mills, ME (1 card)
A.L. Frankenthal, Boston, MA (1 card)
M. McLeod, East Orange, NJ (1 card)

Clothing

Babbitt & Chapin, Clothiers, Springfield, MA (6 cards)
Lowell & Lowell, Lewiston, ME (3 cards)
Sagamore Clothing House (using American Puzzle Cards), Haverhill, MA, ©1880 (3 cards)
M.S. Bly, Gloucester, MA (2 cards)
Wm. H. Palmer & Son, Salem, MA (1 card)
T. & W.R. Carnahan (for Chicago Corset Co.), Findlay, OH (1 card)
Bicknell & Neal, Lewiston, ME (1 card)
A. Bernstein (for Chicago Corset Co.), Boston, MA, [©1881] (1 card)
Ad for celluloid collars, cuffs, and shirt bosoms with small individual riding a frog on verso (1 card)
Runnells & Chase, Nashua, NH
Phil P. Getchell, Lewiston, ME
E.M. Platt, [S.l.] (1 card)
Benny Desenberg (using a Puzzle Card), Akron, OH (1 card)
Henry Beckman, Cleveland, OH, ©1883 (1 card)
W.H. Doll, Syracuse, NY (1 card)
Naumkeag Clothing Co., Salem, MA (1 card)
Arthur E. Greene with Rockwell & White, Utica, NY (1 card)
Mrs. E.S. Vaughan, Bridgewater, MA (1 card)
Frank Cousin’s BEE-HIVE, Salem, MA (1 card)
Mrs. S.A. Cannan, Van Ettenville, NY (1 card)
J.W. Perkins, Lewiston, ME (1 card)
Mrs. Damon, Pittsfield, MA (1 card)
Favorite Knitting Mills & Sport Goods, Cleveland, OH, c1924 (1 card)
J.A. Russell & Co. (using American Puzzle Cards), East Pepperell, MA, ©1880 (1 card)
A.N. Cook & Co. (using American Puzzle Cards), Boston, MA (1 card)
Royce & Dewey (for Dr. Warner’s Corset), Bellows Falls, VT (1 card)
G.V.S. Quackenbush & Co. (1 card)
Dence Truss (1 card)
A.M. Elkins, Adams, IN (1 card)
Boston & Meriden Clothing Co., Meriden (1 card)

Coffee/Tea/Spice

Woolson Spice Co. (most for Lion Coffee), Toledo, OH, ©1890-1895 (24 cards)
Arbuckle Brothers Coffee Co., New York, NY, ©1890 (3 cards)
C.D. Kenny, [S.l.] (2 cards)
The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, Cleveland, OH & New York, NY (3 cards)
Mokaska Coffee (2 cards)
The Ohio Coffee and Spice Co., Columbus, OH (2 cards)
El Triunfo Plantation Coffees, Sierra Madre Mountains (1 card)
Union Pacific Tea Co., Salem, MA (1 card)
Tracy & Avery (Sarica Coffee) (1 card)
Dilworth’s Coffee (1 card)
Old Reliable Coffee (horoscope card for September), (1 card)
E. Levering & Co., Baltimore, MD (1 card)
Toledo Spice Co. (1 card)
The Dayton Spice Mills Co., Dayton, OH (1 card)
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., New York, NY, ©1883 (1 card)

Cologne & Perfume

E.W. Hoyt & Co., Lowell, MA, ©1891 (6 cards, each card with a different proprietor)
W.J. Austen & Co., Oswego, NY (2 cards)
Solon Palmer, New York, NY (2 cards)
Trix Perfume the Breath (1 card)

Dishware

Mooney, Wasleigh & Co., Salem, MA (1 card)
Acme Department Store, Morgantown, WV, c1907 (1 card)
Plateria “Taxco” Silvershop, Mexico (1 card)
J.E. Caldwell & Co., Philadelphia, PA (1 card)
D.W. True & Co., Portland, ME (1 coupon)
Geo. W. Fuller, Salem, MA (1 card)

Flowers

D.M. Ferry & Co., Detroit, MI, ©1889 (4 cards)
Henry Poor (florist), Salem, MA (2 cards)
Campuzano Bros. (1 card)
McGee & Geary, Salem, MA (1 card)
N.J. Herrick, Springfield, MA (1 card)
Haddock’s Cards (1 card)

General Stores & Other Retailers

S.M. Morse, Nashua, N.H. (8 cards)
Stearn & Co., Cleveland, OH (2 cards)
J.D. Hoffman, Hackettstown, N.J. (1 card)
Lish & White, Essex, IL (1 card)
Ye Olde Curiosity Shop (J.E. Standley, Prop’r.), Seattle, WA (1 card)
F.H. Brown & Co., Blissfield, MI (1 card)
T.W. Tyler & Co., Lynn, MA (1 card)
Wm. H. Zinn, Boston, MA (1 card)
W.D. Kinsman, Springfield, MA, ©1880 (1 card)
A.B. Richardson, Chelsea, MA. (1 card)
Jewett’s News Depot, Portland, ME (1 card)
W.A. French & Co., Camden, NJ (1 card)
Tajdeen, Delhi, Dalhousie (1 card)
Charles F. Saul (Seeds, Hardware & c.), Syracuse, NY, ©1883 (1 card)
Samuel Alexander & Charles B. Penrose (goods bought from George Gaullagher), ©1825 (1 card)
Mazzantini fur manufacturer, Rome, Italy (1 card)
H.W. Robinson & Co., Brockton, [MA?], (1 card)
Maumee Valley Flea Market, Maumee, OH (1 card)
M.F. Payne, Gardiner, ME (1 card)
Valentine’s, Boston, MA (1 card)
Charles Naylor, Philadelphia, PA (1 card)

Grocery/Food

Voigt Milling Company, Grand Rapids, MI (3 cards)
Foulds Milling Co., Cincinnati, OH, ©1900, (letter cards for WHEAT GERM promotion – library has the letters W, H (2), E (4), T (5), R) – (13 cards total)
J.C. Grant Baking Powder Co., Chicago, IL (2 cards)
E. Dwinell, Lynn, [MA?] (5 cards)
Prof. Horsford’s baking powder, 2 different dealers (one in Litchfield Plains, ME), ©1884 (2 cards)
Ohio Dairy Co., Toledo, OH (2 cards)
Beech-Nut, Canajoharie, NY (3 store coupons)
Bartlett & Dennis (card for Dwight’s Soda), Gardiner, ME (2 cards)
Goudy & Kent’s Fine Confectionery (2 cards)
Buitoni-Perugina, New York, NY (3 “figurettes” cards)
Miles Englis , with J.V. DeGroff, New York, NY (2 cards)
J.M. Alkins, Philadelphia, PA (1 card)
Wheatlet breakfast food, Lockport, NY (1 card)
L.G. Kunze, Chicago, IL (1 card)
Halter & Gerry, Aurora, IL (1 card)
N.K. Fairbank Company, Chicago, IL (1 card)
S.A. Hall, Cambridgeport, [MA?] (1 card)
Wm. D. Lufkin, Gloucester, MA (1 card)
G.S. Barnes & Co., Binghamton, NY (1 card)
W.G. Henry, Boston, MA (1 card)
Curtis, Redd & Co., Boston, MA (1 card)
C.W. Gilbert, Boston, MA (1 card)
C. Manegold Milling Co., Milwaukee, WI (1 card)
Pure Gold Mfg. Co, Fairport, NY (1 card)
W.H. Gobel Steam Bakery, [NY, NY?] (1 card)
Quaker Oats (1 card)
Mayers & McQueen, Schenectady, NY (1 card)
Valentine’s Preparation Meat Juice (1 card)
Isaac Harter Company, Fostoria, OH, ©1892 (1 card)
F. Leonard, Bridgewater, MA (1 card)
C.B. Coburn & Co., Lowell, MA (1 card)
Harrison’s Pan-Cake Flour and Self-Raising Buckwheat (1 card)
Goldsmith’s for Holiday Goods (1 card)
? & Butt and Co. Dry Goods, 346 Main St. [S.l.], ©1879 (1 card)
H. Hohorst, Greenwich St. [ NY, NY?] (1 card)
American Biscuit Co., San Francisco, CA (1 card with 3 “Uncle Sam’s Fighters”, U.S. Army)
Geo. E. Cutler, New York, NY, ©1926 (1 card)
Starbase-1 (Star Trek Gourmet Foods), Henderson, NV, ©1998 (1 card)
Royal Milling Co. (Ben-Hur Flour), Minneapolis, MN (1 card)
Duluth Imperial Mill Co., Duluth, MN (1 card)
H-O Co., Buffalo, NY (1 card)
Borden Company (1 card shaped like a milk bottle and eggs)
Joseph A. Hart & Co., Boston, MA (1 card)
J. Oppenheim, New York, NY (1 card)
W. Stevens, Zanesville, OH (1 card)
Bond Bread, Hoppy’s Favorite (1 card)
Palmin Finest Coconut Oil (1 card, in German)

Home Furnishings

Providence Furniture Co, Providence, RI (4 cards)
Donaldson Brothers, New York, NY (for the Cowperthwaits’ Home Furnishers & Interior Decorators), ©1882 (2 cards)
R. Hollings & Co., Boston, MA (1 card)
Atkinson House Furnishing Co., Portland, ME, ©1889 (1 card)
Wakefield Rattan Company, Boston, MA (1 card)
Braided Edge Mexican Hammock, [S.l.], ©1882, 1883 (1 card)
Marble Emporium, Agra Cantt., India (1 card)
Trowbridge & Jones, West Winstead, CT (1 card)
Indiana Furniture Company, Ft. Wayne, IN, ©1847 (1 card)
Preble & Keene, Gardiner, ME, ©1882 (1 card)
Taylorbilt Company, Inc., Cleveland, OH (1 card)

Hotels

Hotel Astor, Paris, France (2 cards)
Hillmans Hotel, Bremen, Germany (2 cards)
Elsmert Hall, Bronx, NY (1 reservation card)
Raymond’s Vacation Excursions (1 card)
Nantasket Hotel, Nantasket Beach, MA/Young’s Hotel, Boston, MA, ©1880 (1 card)
Driftwood Motor Lodge, Fayetteville, NC (1 card)
Mirror Lake Inn, Lake Placid, NY (1 card)
“The Den” (Smugglers Notch), Stowe, VT (1 card)
The Falstaff (English Country Hotels Ltd.), Canterbury, England (1 card)
Lariat Motel, Ft. Collins, CO (1 card)
Allen’s Devils Lake Hotel, Devils Lake, MI (1 card)
Highfield Cabins, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (1 card)
Province House (the Centennial House), Boston, MA, ©1876 (1 card)
Cumberland Motor Court, Crossville, TN (1 card)
Mission Bell Hotel, Daly City, CA (1 card)
Camps and Parking Space at Base Station of Mt. Washington Log[?] R.R. (1 card)
The Balsams, Dixville Notch, NH (1 pamphlet)

Jewelry/Tailoring/Millinery

Peabody’s, Salem, MA (11 cards)
Andrew J. Tuck, East Pepperell, MA (2 cards)
Mrs. E.S. Vaughan, Bridgewater, MA (2 cards)
St. Joachim Bazar, Boston, MA (3 cards)
Billings & Lamson, Boston, MA (3 cards)
Skinner & Sweet, Boston, MA (1 card)
M.S. Bly, Gloucester, MA (1 card)
Tremont Bazar, Boston, MA (1 card)
Henry B. Greene w/ Rowe Brothers, Boston, MA (1 card)
A. Walker, Salem, MA (1 card)
J.J. Bigelow, Boston, MA (1 card)
M. Isenthal (library copy has handwritten correction, but is unrecognizable), Toledo, OH (1 card)
A.P. Hendrick, Nashua, NH (1 card)
Merriam, Xavier & Boehme, Boston, MA (1 card)
Wood’s Jewelry Store, Lowell, MA (1 card)
Wm. A Dwight, New Britain, [S.l.?] (1 card)
Zolotas (1 card)
Okubo Brothers, Tokyo, Japan
Geo. Myers, Fort Scott, KS (1 card)
“Watch to be on time and present every Sunday” (1 card)
D.E. Carter, Watchmaker and Jeweler, Traverse City, Michigan (1 card)
Joe, The Tailor, Chicago, IL (1 card)
Mrs. S.O. Winter, Fashionable Milliner, Hallowell, ME (1 card)

Medicine (Envelope 1)

Red Cross Cough Drops (4 cards)
Ayer’s, Lowell, MA (8 cards)
B.T. Babbitt’s, New York, NY (2 cards)
Schenck’s Family Medicines (1 card has “for sale by J.W. Hunt”), [S.l.?] (3 cards)
Hood’s Sarsaparilla (for sale by C.I. Hood & Co.), Lowell, MA (4 cards)
Dr. Thomas’ Eclectric Oil, [S.l.?] (2 cards)
Dr. Seth Arnold’s Balsam, [S.l.?] (2 cards)
Old Dr. Goodhue’s Root & Herb Bitters, [S.l.?] (1 card)

Medicine (Envelope 2)

Dr. Jayne’s Sanative Pills (library copy is not in good shape), 1879 (1 card)
Gombault’s Caustic Balsam, 1881 (1 card)
Scott’s Emulsion (Scott & Browne), New York, NY (1 card)
Peerless Corn Curative
Warner’s Log Cabin Remedies, [S.l.?] (1 card)
Hall’s Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer (R.P. Hall & Co., Nashua, NH (2 cards)
Jayne’s Tonic Vermifuge (D.W. Emerson), Duplain, MI (1 card)
Woodford’s, Deering, ME (1 card)
A. Davis Ashley’s Honey Balsam (1 card)
Burdock Blood Bitters (1 card)
Dr. Hand’s Remedies for Children (1 card)
Bromo-Seltzer (Emerson Drug Co) (1 card)
E.C. Abbey, Buffalo, NY, 1879 (1 card)
C.S. Denham, East Pepperell, MA (for Tarrant’s Seltzer Aperient) (1 card)
B.F. Simons, West Mill Grove, OH (for Dr. D. Jayne’s Expectorant) (1 card)
H.S. Goodridge, Lynn, MA (for Excelsior Tooth Powder) (1 card)
Luscomb’s Syrup of Tar, Wild Cherry & Tolu (1 card)
D. Gilbert, Vanlue, OH (for Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound) (1 card)
Merchant’s Gargling Oil Liniment, Lockport, NY (1 card)
Faith Whitcomb’s Balsam (1 card)
J. H. Jenks, Plano, IL (for Red Star Cough Cure) (1 card)
J.D. Larkin & Co., Buffalo, NY (for Boraxine), 1882 (1 card)
Cheeseborough Manfg. Co., New York, NY (for Vaseline) (1 card)
Hires’ Cough Cure (1 card)
McNeil Medicine Co., Harrisburg, PA (for Dr. T.S. McNeil’s Paint Exterminator) (1 card)
Fleming Bros., Pittsburgh, PA (for Dr. G. M’Lane’s celebrated liver pills) (1 card)
Kennedy & Co., Pittsburg, PA (for Carboline for the Hair) (1 card)
A. Huntington, Deering, ME (1 card)
C.E. Davis & Co., Apothecaries, [S.l.] (1 card – most of verso of card is obscured by stuck-on paper)

Miscellaneous (Envelope 1)

L.B. Betts, Chewsville, MD (for Gilbert’s Lightning Insect Powder) (1 card)
Lakeview Trust and Savings Bank, Chicago, IL (1 card)
Large dog reclining with paper between paws (1 card)
“We came from 170 Essex St., Salem”, Salem, MA, 1879 (4 cards)
Various cards of various sizes with Bible verses along with graphics (22 cards)
“Depart from Evil”, scenic background with blue ink and an inset of a cat’s face in sepia tones (1 card)
Various cards with pictures of various sizes, most with no text
- Boy and girl at the beach
- Two male individuals with the numbers “1021 275” printed on bottom of card
- Woman in dark green dress and hat with a white plume, has gloves on and a riding crop in her hand
- Man seated on a stage with two other smaller men on his lap (on back of card there is printed “Muldoon’s Picnic at Opera House, Wednesday evening, Dec. 21, ‘81” – other text is sporadic)
- Silhouette portrait
- Mother and baby girl at shoe store with salesman (text reads “Baby’s First Shoes” at bottom of picture
- Boy and girl – boy has shoe that the girl is trying on – girl has wings on her back and a wand in her hand
- Girl watching a chicken hatch out of an egg
- Scenic log cabin with snow
- Children waking as Santa Claus comes down the chimney
- Picture of pumpkin
- Picture of pink mushrooms with a piece of paper between them and a blue bug at bottom of picture
- Two little girls, one with a long blue dress on with a long train, the other in a brown dress
- Picture of pears
- Picture of peaches
- Three women and one little girl on wash day – text says “Tuesday” at bottom of picture
- Three boys, one on racing vehicle pulled behind 4 rabbits
- Child juggling a tube of something on his/her feet
- Picture of a white dog
- Set of 4 table setting pictures with various flowers in vases, candy and fruit dishes, baskets of bread, and other food items (4 cards)
- Cards with 3 women and 1 to 2 children depicting wash day – each card with a different day of the week written on the bottom (Monday and Tuesday) (2 cards)
- Cat striking out at a bird amidst flowers
- Little girl laying on a large dog
- Small cherub or harlequin holding a hoop with frogs jumping through it
- Small white dog looking through a fence with pink roses growing on it
- Christmas picture depicting baby Jesus (as a small child) smiling down on another small child and a taller angel in a green robe
- Small black and white dog licking an ice cream cone
Picture of a yellow shoe and blue flowers with “Slipper Chromo., 25 for 10 Cents” on it
Picture of 3 striped kittens with the words “A joyful New Year!” at bottom of card
Two cards with a small boy lowering a spider toward a large cat under a bench with 4 kittens on it – one card has the word “Harmony” at the bottom and the cats haven’t seen the spider yet – other card has the word “Discord” at the bottom and the large cat has seen the spider and arched its back and the boy is smiling
Art Wire and Stamping Co., Newark, NJ (1 card)
Magic & Joke Shop, Columbus, OH (1 card)
Club Bub, Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, Inc., Chicago, IL (1 card)
The Attic R.B. List, Madison, IN (1 card)
St. Mary’s Parish House, Elgin, IL (1 death announcement)

Miscellaneous (Envelope 2)

Royal Glue (2 cards)
Willie F. Leonard, “Bracket and Fancy Sawing”, Bridgewater, MA (2 cards)
Picture of 6 different kinds of tropical birds, labeled in Dutch, verso has text in Dutch as well
Aaron Burkinshaw, American Pen. Pocket and Shoe Knives, Pepperell, MA
American Saw Co., Trenton, NJ
General Electric Lighting Institute, Nela Park – card for visitor to wear in a breast pocket while on tour to show others his/her name or business contact – name on card reads “H. Prince C.W.W.”
Astronomical events calendar of 1897 printed for Hood’s Sarsaparilla, Lowell, MA – card is in shape of a little girl’s head and her face appears on front of calendar
Bookmark compliments of Montgomery Ward & Co. – has boy on front wearing a light blue outfit and holding a dark blue hat
Various cards with pictures of various sizes, most with no text
- Young woman at water well wearing a blue dress and a young man climbing over the wall behind her wearing red – verso has text but most is obscured by stuck-on paper
- Woman wearing an ethnic outfit of Hispanic origin and holding some kind of bowl – text at bottom of card is damaged
- Country “Lasses” Pure and Sweet (3 young women in late 19^th century clothing standing in and behind a wash barrel) (1 card)
- Winter scene with various people performing outdoor activities (e.g. skating, ice fishing) – text on card is damaged and obscured
- Picture of a brown bovine’s head – text reads “Con A, 124|7 5” (numbers read vertical)
- Card is shape of a fan with two inset pictures, one of a cat with a blue ribbon around its neck and the other with two cats on a roof (one coming out of the chimney) and text which reads “Romeo & Juliet”
- Card is shape of an artist’s palette with a picture of a little girl playing a mandolin
- “Avec les compliments de Guy Lorman”, Paris, France
- Picture of a little girl in a pink dress kneeling down to a large egg with a sheep hatching out of it
- “The Waterbury Maids” – 3 women in kimonos (characters from The Mikado in pink, green, blue) advertising Waterbury watches (library copy has handwritten text on verso)
- Little boy in Swiss [?] traditional dress blowing an Alphorn
- Picture of two polar bears on the ice near a heater – text on verso seems to be advertising heaters, but most is obscured by stuck-on paper
Elmira Window Shade Co, Elmira, NY
Little boy dancing wearing Russian [?] traditional dress – text reads “La Trépaka” – verso has business name “F. Trifet, Boston, MA”
Picture of woman in royal dress – verso has advertisement for plows (is incomplete and seems to have been cut off on the sides)
Picture of a dog and a flying insect with blank space for a business name – verso has “from Schumacher & Ettlinger, No. 33, $5.25. per 1000”
Picture of roses (library copy has some water damage) – verso has “John A. Tolman Co.’s Echter Deutscher Kaffee” – remainder of text is in German – John A. Tolman, Chicao, IL
Card in the shape of a dog standing on a lawn – verso reads “Zip: The Adventures of a Frisky Fox Terrier by Frances Trego Montgomery…”, The Saalfield Pub. Co., Akron, OH, [1917]
Compliments of W.N. Woodsum & Co.
Compliments of the I X L Store, Stockton, CA
Picture of a baby and two pug puppies – text reads “Baby and two of his friends”, New York, 1896 – verso has text that is mostly obscured by stuck-on paper
The Cleveland Dryer Co, Cleveland, OH, 1888 – looks to be an advertisement for bone phosphates
W. Barnes of the Federal Union Office, Milledgeville, GA
Compliments of Beck & Johnston, Akron, OH – picture shows men running from a bull
Picture of a little boy with a dog – verso text seems to be advertisement for roofing services
Dr. T.H. Stevens, Tenants Harbor, ME
Kalwall Corporation, Manchester, NH – seems to an advertisement for fiberglass panels – verso has a photograph of St. Gregory’s Church, Woodstock, NY
Various cards of various sizes with Bible verses along with graphics (3 cards – one from 1894)
Card in memory of Henry E. Reidlinger , Lucas Funeral Homes, Upper Sandusky, OH, c1949 (1 card)
Howard DeVore, Dearborn Heights, MI (3 cards)
“Secret panel” punch card rewards card, Chicago, IL (1 card for Gunny’s, 1 card for Hobb’s Café – Bristol, VA, 1 card for King’s Barnsdall Service Station)
The Dalys in Vacation or Harvard vs. Yale, The Great Bath House Scene (reviews on verso), card for a museum? (1 card)
Der Kaiser und Der Crown Prince, The B.F. Wade & Sons Co. (1 card)
Educational System of the Deaf Mute (booklet with sign language in it, alphabet and particular words) (1 booklet)
Circus Museum, Menagerie & Trained Animals, Maginley & Co.’s, ©1874 (3 cards)
Faith Bacon, The World’s Greatest Fan Dancer, Century of Progress Revue at the RKO Palace (1 card)
M. Volk Supply Co., Wholesale Distributors, Cleveland, Ohio (1 Notebook Tablet)
Elvis related cards – 2 for Elvis memorabilia and 1 for an Elvis impersonator [?]
Bissell Carpet Sweeper Co., Grand Rapids, MI (offered by W. Bingham Co., Cleveland, OH) (1 card)
Lowell Lifter, Lowell, MA (1 card)

Music

Menkin Instrument Co., Inc., Harrison, NY (1 card)
Krell Piano Co., Cincinnati, OH (1 card)
McPhail Pianos, Arizona (1 card)
Hobart M Cable Pianos (1 card)
L.J. Wheelden, Bangor, ME (1 card)
H.H. Mollencup, Defiance, OH (1 card)
Geo. S. Whitbeck & Co., Northampton, MA (1 card)
W.N. Paulsen, Catskill (1 card)
J.T. Rider, Hudson, NY (1 card)
Stultz & Bauer Pianos, The J.W. Greene Co., Toledo, OH (1 card)

Publishing/Printing

J.H. Barker, Nashua, NH (7 cards)
Fancy Cards & C., Trifet’s, Boston, MA (3 cards)
Koerner & Hayes/Cosack & Co., Buffalo, NY (2 cards)
Haddock’s Cards (4 cards)
William F. Wells, Lynn, MA (4 cards)
Champion Line Novelty Girlie Folder (3 folders, must be over 18 to view)
Crescent Printing Company, Wyoming, IA, ©1940 (3 cards)
G.P. Brown, Beverly, MA (5 cards)
Merrill & Mackintire, Salem, MA (2 cards)
Chas. Allyn, New London, CT (2 cards)
Grant & Brown, Boston (1 card)
Filmfax, Evanston, IL (1 card)
C. Wood & Son, Taunton, MA (1 card)
F. Ward & Son, Boston (1 card, very old)
H.M. Greene, Utica, NY (1 card)
Chas. H. Clayton & Co., New York (1 card)
Carter, Rice & Co., Boston, MA (1 card)
Demorest’s Monthly Magazine, New York, ©1879 (1 card)
The Youth’s Companion, Perry Mason & Co., Boston, MA, ©1890 (1 card)
F. Gleason & Co., Boston, MA (1 card)
Perry Mason & Co., Boston, MA (1 card)
Haddock’s Cards (1 card)
Carter, Rice & Co., Boston (1 card)

Restaurants

Cosmopolitan Dining Rooms, Boston, MA (2 cards)
N. Gilson’s Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Eating House, Boston, MA (2 cards)
Geo. F. Clough & Co.’s Dining Room, Boston, MA (2 cards)
Shanghai Town Restaurant, Chinatown, New York, NY (2 cards)
J.D. Gilman, Boston, MA (1 card)
New England Oyster Co., Boston, MA (1 card)
S. Cleverly’s Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Dining Saloon, Boston, MA (1 card)
Bill’s Place, Pennsylvania? (1 card)
Merry-Go-Round Cafes, most in California (1 card)
Ideal, [ Cleveland, OH] (1 card)
M.H. George, ©1885 (1 card)
Restaurant Acapulco, Paris, France (1 card)
La Potée Champenoise, Paris, France (1 card)
Au Père Tranquille, Paris, France (1 card)
Hub, [ Portland, ME?] (1 card)
Jimmy’s House, Paris, France (1 card)
The McGehee Hotel, Little Rock, AK (1 tablet of paper)
Wolfgang Puck Café California (MGM Grand Hotel), Las Vegas, NV (1 card)
Toast of the Town, Orange, NJ (1 card)
The Swedish Restaurant (1 card)

Services (Envelope 1)

H.C. Oliver (auctioneer), Lynn, MA (6 cards)
Photographers
- Salen (photographer), [ Cleveland, OH?] (1 card)
- W.H. Snipperly, Saratoga County, NY (1 card)
Insurance
- Prudential Insurance Company of America, Newark, NJ (2 cards)
- Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, New York (1 card)
Clothing (Cleaning, Repair, Tailoring)
- Chee Kee, New Chinese Laundry, [S.l.] (1 card)
- New Method Cleaners & Dyers (coupon), Passaic, NJ (1 coupon)
Funerals/Burials
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park (The Little Church of the Flowers), Glendale, CA (1 card)
- W.J. Palmer & Co., [S.l.] (1 card)
- Roundhead Memorial Marker, [ Hardin County, OH] (1 card)
- E.L. Wood, Westboro, MA (1 card)
Misc.
- Willie F. Leonard, Bracket and Fancy Sawing, Bridgewater, MA (2 cards)
- Hammacher Schlemmer & Plummer, McCutcheon, New York, NY (1 card)
- The Home Banking Company, Gibsonburg, OH, [1968] (1 card)
- Pacific Express Co., Omaha, NE (1 card)
- La Charm Beauty Salon, Jackson Heights, NY (1 booklet)
- Smedley Brothers & Co., New Haven, CT (1 card)

Services (Envelope 2)

Framers
- W.H. Gardner, Salem, MA (5 cards)
Chemists/Pharmacies/Drug Stores
- John W. Hunt West End Pharmacy, Jersey City Heights, NJ (5 cards)
- G. Myrialaki, Cairo, Egypt , ©1892 (1 card)
- C.E. Davis & Co., [ Providence, RI?] (1 card)
- William R. Greene, Providence, RI, ©1873 (1 card)
- Thos. A. Briggs, Pepperell, MA (1 card)
- Goldsmith’s Drug Store, Vanettenville, NY (1 card)
- Partridge’s Old Reliable Drug Store, August, ME (1 card)
Dentists
- C. Milton Moore, D.D.S., Montclair, NJ (1 card)
Physicians/Druggists
- B.T. Crooker, Bridgewater, MA (3 cards)
- Gautier & Dowdell, Tuskegee, AL, ©1878 (1 card)
- Dr. E.H. Burnham, Optician, Boston, MA (1 prescription card)
Sanitariums
- The Hornton & Minor Sanitarium, Kansas City, MO (1 card)
Rug/Upholstery Cleaning
- Chicago Rug & Carpet Cleaners, Inc., Chicago, IL (1 card)
- Kotofom Sales Company, Toledo, OH (1 card)
Genealogists
- Charles Nutt, A.B., Worcester, MA (1 card)
Service Stations
- Chas. Johnson, Bayard, FL (1 card)
Event Tickets (various events)
- Bert. Skinner, [S.l.] (1 ticket)
- Summernights Festival for John Mehl & Co.’s Employees, [ New Jersey?], ©1889 (1 ticket)
- Exempt Firemen Association annual ball, Brooklyn, NY, ©1884 (1 ladies ticket)
Banking
- The Cygnet Savings Bank Co., Cygnet, OH & Wayne, OH (1 card)

Sewing machines

New Home Sewing Machine Co., Orange, MA & New York, NY (7 cards – each from a different agent/vendor/seller)
White Sewing Machine Co., Cleveland, OH (7 cards – each from a different agent/vendor/seller)
Household Sewing Machine Co. (3 cards – each from a different agent/vendor/seller)
Domestic Sewing Machine Co. (3 cards)
Weed Sewing Machine, Hartford, CT (2 cards – from 2 different agent/vendor/seller)
Wheeler and Wilson (No.8), Willimantic, CT (1 card)
Royal St. John Sewing Machine, Springfield, OH (1 card)
W. R. Batchelder, Nashua, NH (1 card)
Wilson Under-feed Sewing Machines, by R. J. Bellamy & Co., Boston, MA (1 card)
American Sewing Machine Co., Philadelphia, PA (by L.A. Pendleton & Son, Gardner, ME) (1 card)

Sewing Materials

Clark’s Mile-end/O.N.T. Spool Cotton, Thomas Russell & Co., Donaldson Brothers, N.Y. (11 cards)
Eureka Spool Silk, Chas. Shields Sons, N.Y. (7 cards)
J & P Coats (7 cards)
The Diamond Package Dyes, C.I. Hood & Co., Druggists, Lowell, MA Or A.W. Denham, Penfield, OH (3 cards)
Merrick Thread Co., JNO. Banfield, West Danby, NY (3 cards)
Corticelli, Nonotuck Silk Co. (3 cards)
K. Shimokado & Co., Kobe, Japan (2 cards)
Partridge & Richardson, Philadelphia, PA (2 cards)
Brook’s Spool Cotton (1 card)
Real Scotch Spool Linen, Oswald & Armstrong, Lewiston, ME (1 card)
John Williams & Sons, Philadelphia, PA (1 card)
A. H. Hart & Co., New York, NY (1 card)
Church & Phalen’s (1 card)
E. Warshauer, New York, NY (1 card)
Millinery Goods, Lace Goods, Ostrich Tips and Plumes (1 card)
Bestmaid Needles (1 packet of needles, looks to be complete)
Costas J. Hiras, Weaver of hand woven textiles, Athens, Greece (1 card)
Sewing Susan, 70 Gold Eye Needles with Threader (1 card)
T. Khaimchand Tejoomal, Rangoon, Burma, Fitly known as The Old Curiosity Shop of the East (1 card)
“Island of the Red Hood Porcelain Buttons” (1 card with 8 buttons) [in separate bag]

Shoes & Shoe Supplies

Mansfield & Co., Nashua, NH (25 cards)
John Shuck, Findlay, OH (4 cards advertising Shuck & Brown, 2 cards advertising The Globe, 2 cards with John Shuck)
Edwin C. Burt Fine Shoes, New York, NY (2 cards with dealer Robert Cherry, Germantown, PA; 2 cards with dealer E.L. Dodd, Cleveland, OH, ©1881; 1 card from S.W. Mansfield & Co., Nashua, NH; 1 card with dealer John Parker, Jr. & Co., Philadelphia, PA)
H.O. Flint, Salem, MA (4 cards)
Boston Branch Shoe Store, Boston, MA (3 cards)
Frank Friedrich, Traverse City, MI (3 cards)
D. Cushman, Bridgewater, MA (3 cards)
Standard Screw Fastened Boots and Shoes offered by John Conlin, Belleville, NJ (2 cards)
Battles’ $2.50 Shoe, New York, NY (2 cards)
Frank Batchelder, Boston, MA (1 card)
W.C. Mills, Boston, MA (1 card)
Button’s Raven Gloss Shoe Dressing (Button & Ottley, New York, NY) offered by Wachtel & Alexander, Toledo, OH (1 card)
J.F. Burnham & Co., Nashua, NH (1 card)
Wentworth’s, Salem, MA (1 card)
S. Rosenbloom & Sons, Syracuse, NY (1 card)
Bandfield Bros., Van Ettenville, NY (1 card)
Gilt Edge dressing, Whittemore Bros. & Co., Boston, MA (1 card)
Smith, Blasland Co., Queen City (1 card)
Geo. B. Attwood, Auburn, ME (1 card)
German “Crown” Shoe Dressing (1 card)
M. Mark, Gloversville, NY (1 card)
Phelps, Dodge & Palmer Boots and Shoes, Chicago, IL (1 card)
Henry Herz Fine Shoes, New Haven, CT (1 card)
F.I. Day, Lewiston, ME (1 card)
Ludlow’s Fine Shoes offered by M & W.F. Neale, Battle Creek, MI (1 card)
Shaub & Burns, Lancaster, ? (1 card)
John Kelly’s Fine Shoes, Rochester, NY (1 card)
I.G. Romich’s, Pottstown, PA (1 card)
Victor Thomas Shoe Co., Chicago, IL (1 card with laces)

Soap/Laundry

Lautz Bros. & Co. Marseilles White Soap offered by N. Moak, Bloomville, NY (9 cards)
Arm & Hammer, Church & Co., New York, NY (8 cards, “New Series of Birds”)
Jas. S. Kirk & Co., Chicago, IL (7 cards)
Soapine, Kendall Mfg. Co., Providence, RI (5 cards)
Niagra Starch (or Gloss Starch) (5 cards)
Gowans & Stover, Buffalo, NY (2 cards)
Acme Soap & Niagra Starch, Swain, Earle & Co., Boston, MA (4 cards)
James Pyle’s Pearline, New York, NY, offered by C.F. Clement, Hallowell, ME (2 cards)
James C. Davis & Son, Boston, MA (1 card)
Higgins German Laundry Soap, New York, NY (1 card)
The Mystic White Soap, S. Briggs, Choice Family Groceries, Van Ettenville, NY (1 card)
Hamburger Seife, Lautz Bros. & Co, Eckstein & Porr, Lith, NY (1 card)
Banner Soap (1 card)
Wisk, Wire Paladin, San Francisco, CA (1 card)
Japanese Soap, L.I. Fisk & Co. (1 card)
Burk’s Magic Soap, Magic Soap Co., Danville, IL (1 card)
Acme Soap, Lautz Bros. and Co’s, H.M. Patrick & Co., Le Roy Michigan (1 card)
Soap Makers, Hargrave Mfg. Co., Fall River, MA (1 card)
Boraxine Creme, Clay & Richmond, Buffalo NY (1 card)
Silver Gloss Starch, Kingsford’s (1 card)
Soapona, R.W. Bell & Co., Buffalo, NY (1 card)
Old Dutch Cleanser (1 card)
Dingman’s Soap (1 card)
Duryeas’ Satin Gloss Starch (1 card)
New Process Starch, Firmenich Manufacturing Company, Peoria, IL (1 card)
Toilet Soap, Pond’s Extract Co., New York, NY (1 card)
The Novelty Clothes Wringer, Bailey Washing & Wringing Machine Co., New York, NY (1 pamphlet)

Stoves

Enameline Stove Polish by the J.L. Prescott & Co., New York, NY (3 cards)
Fuller & Warren Co. for sale by Banfield Bros., Van Ettenville, NY (2 cards)
Red Crown Brand for sale by Dr. C. Winne, Sandwich, IL (2 cards)
The Crown Denmark for sale by J.W. & J.B. Storby, [S.l.] (1 card)
Dixon’s Stove Polish (1 card)
“The Stanley” ranges by the Auburn Stove Foundry Co, Auburn, ME (1 card)
Gold Coin Ventiduct by the Bussey & McLeod Stove Co., Troy, NY for sale by Banfield Bros., Van Ettenville, NY (1 card)
The “Magee” Standard Range for sale by L.A. May & Co., Lynn, MA (1 card)
Ellis Patent Gas Burner, Boston, MA (1 card)
National Blue Flame Oil Stove by the National Vapor Stove & Mfg. Co., Lorain, OH (1 card)
Magee Standard (1 card)
Swanton Iron Works Company, Taunton, MA (1 card)
“Round Oak” stoves, Estate of P.D. Beckwith, Dowagiac, MI (1 card)

Tobacco

Kinney Bro’s., Kinney Tobacco Co., New York, NY (8 cards)
Hassan Cork Tip Cigarettes, New York, NY (3 cards)
Partidos, S. Ottenberg & Bros, New York, NY (5 cards)
Robinson Crusoe Cigars (2 cards)
Ricker’s Cigars (3 cards)
Recruit Little Cigars (1 card)
Helmar Turkish Cigarettes, New York, NY (1 card)
Royal Bengals Little Cigars (Pan Handle Scrap), NJ (1 card)
Sweet Breads Chewing Tobacco, Spilman Ellis & Co., Covington, KY (1 card)
Goût Américain Balto Cigarettes, France (1 card)
Gail & Ax Navy Long Cut (1 card)

Transportation & Transportation Supplies

Kamm’s Corner Body & Ignition Co., Cleveland, OH (1 card)
Toledo Spring Service Co., Toledo, OH (1 card)
William Schroder, New York, NY (1 card)
McKinley Home Buggy by the Canton Buggy Co., Canton, OH (1 card)
Jackson Wagon Co., Jackson, MI (1 card)
Birdsell Manufacturing Company, South Bend, IN, c1907 (1 card)
Capitol Cylinder Oil for sale by York Oil Co., York, PA (1 card)
Worcester Steam Boiler Works, Worcester, MA (1 card)
Prestone Anti-Freeze (1 card)
Fisk Bicycle Tires (1 card)
Charles R. Morse & Co. (Teamsters and Forwarders), Boston, MA [1860’s?]

Travel/Places

Hillsdale County Fair, Hillsdale, MI, 1946 (1 ticket)
Busch Gardens, Tampa, FL (1 ticket)
United States Lines, S.S. George Washington, Souvenir Log, Voyage from Southampton and Cherbourg to New York beginning June 24, 1926 (1 card)
United Commercial Travelers (1 card)
“Placing of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor”, Historical Events Series free with B.L. Just Suits (1 card)

Updated: 06/05/2023 09:23AM