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Business Advertisement Card: "Buy Uncle Sam's Sodas" 1972.21.0063 (1972.21.0063)
11.5 x 8.6 x .1 cm (1 g)
Location: America, North: United States
Period: 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: Advertising cards that featured children and young adults engaging in consumer lifestyles were appealing to young audiences...
Period: 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: Advertising cards that featured children and young adults engaging in consumer lifestyles were appealing to young audiences...
Business Advertisement Card: "J. & P. Coats Best Six Cord"1972.21.0064 (1972.21.0064)
10 x 6.7 x .1 cm (2 g)
Location: America, North: United States
Period: 19th – 20th century CE
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: Advertising cards that featured children and young adults engaging in consumer lifestyles were appealing to young audiences...
Period: 19th – 20th century CE
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: Advertising cards that featured children and young adults engaging in consumer lifestyles were appealing to young audiences...
Business Advertisment Card: Clark's Spool Cotton 1972.21.0065 (1972.21.0065)
11.5 x 7.4 x .1 cm (2 g)
Location: America, North: United States
Period: 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: Many American advertising cards in the nineteenth century displayed a variety of visual and rhetorical themes to foster the attention of potential consumers...
Period: 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: Many American advertising cards in the nineteenth century displayed a variety of visual and rhetorical themes to foster the attention of potential consumers...
Business Advertisement Card: "Van Houten's Cocoa"1972.21.0066 (1972.21.0066)
16.4 x 10.9 x .1 cm (8 g)
Location: America, North: United States
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: Children were terrific advertising tools in American trade cards, with producers often using charming images of young people to increase consumer sentiments and facilitate a positive reputation for their brands...
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: Children were terrific advertising tools in American trade cards, with producers often using charming images of young people to increase consumer sentiments and facilitate a positive reputation for their brands...
Business Advertisement Card: "Dr. Seth Arnold's Cough Killer"1972.21.0067 (1972.21.0067)
11.5 x 8 x .1 cm (3 g)
Location: America, North: United States
Period: 1865
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: Many American advertising cards in the nineteenth century displayed a variety of visual and rhetorical themes to foster the attention of potential consumers...
Period: 1865
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: Many American advertising cards in the nineteenth century displayed a variety of visual and rhetorical themes to foster the attention of potential consumers...
Trade Card: Ayer's Hair Vigor1972.21.0068 (1972.21.0068)
10.9 x 6.9 x .1 cm (2 g)
Location: America, North: United States: Middlesex County: Massachusetts: Lowell
Period: 1870 - 1899
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: As many Americans practiced self-medication and distrusted medical professionals, patent medicine companies were the largest distributors of domestic trade cards...
Period: 1870 - 1899
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: As many Americans practiced self-medication and distrusted medical professionals, patent medicine companies were the largest distributors of domestic trade cards...
Business Advertisement Card: F.C. Olmstead & Co. 1972.21.0069 (1972.21.0069)
14.8 x 8.2 x .1 cm (4 g)
Location: America, North: United States
Period: 19th century CE
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: Advertising cards that featured children and young adults engaging in consumer lifestyles were appealing to young audiences...
Period: 19th century CE
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: Advertising cards that featured children and young adults engaging in consumer lifestyles were appealing to young audiences...
Business Advertisement Card: Elastic Starch 1972.21.0070 (1972.21.0070)
20.1 x 19.5 x .1 cm (16 g)
Location: America, North: United States
Period: 1864 CE
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: Advertising cards that featured children and young adults engaging in consumer lifestyles were appealing to young audiences...
Period: 1864 CE
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: Advertising cards that featured children and young adults engaging in consumer lifestyles were appealing to young audiences...
Business Advertisement Card: "Borden's Condensed Milk"1972.21.0071 (1972.21.0071)
11.9 x 8.5 x .1 cm (3 g)
Location: America, North: United States
Period: 1865
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Period: 1865
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Business Advertisement Card: Stibbs & Martel1972.21.0072 (1972.21.0072)
8.4 x 5.2 x .1 cm (1 g)
Location: America, North: United States: Linn County: Iowa: Cedar Rapids
Period: 19th century CE
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: American advertisers often included children in their trade cards to charm and increase consumer patronage; animals were also included for the same purpose...
Period: 19th century CE
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: American advertisers often included children in their trade cards to charm and increase consumer patronage; animals were also included for the same purpose...
Business Advertisement Card: Huyler's 1972.21.0073 (1972.21.0073)
14.7 x 10.2 x .1 cm (3 g)
Location: America, North: United States: New York
Period: 1893 CE
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: Advertising cards that featured children and young adults engaging in consumer lifestyles were appealing to young audiences...
Period: 1893 CE
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: Advertising cards that featured children and young adults engaging in consumer lifestyles were appealing to young audiences...
Business Advertisement Card: The White1972.21.0074 (1972.21.0074)
15.4 x 10.2 x .1 cm (5 g)
Location: America, North: United States
Period: 1865
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: One of the ways trade card advertisers could compensate for the flat, mundane nature of their paper products was by implementing natural imagery...
Period: 1865
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: One of the ways trade card advertisers could compensate for the flat, mundane nature of their paper products was by implementing natural imagery...
Business Advertisement Card: Ariosa Coffee1972.21.0075 (1972.21.0075)
13 x 7.7 cm (1 g)
Location: America, North: United States
Period: 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: Advertising cards that featured children and young adults engaging in consumer lifestyles were appealing to young audiences...
Period: 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: Advertising cards that featured children and young adults engaging in consumer lifestyles were appealing to young audiences...
Business Advertisement Card: J & P Coats 1972.21.0076 (1972.21.0076)
10.1 x 6.7 x .1 cm (2 g)
Location: America, North: United States
Period: 19th century CE
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: Advertising cards that featured children and young adults engaging in consumer lifestyles were appealing to young audiences...
Period: 19th century CE
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: Advertising cards that featured children and young adults engaging in consumer lifestyles were appealing to young audiences...
Business Advertisement Card: Eddy & Webster 1972.21.0077 (1972.21.0077)
15.2 x 10 x .1 cm (5 g)
Location: America, North: United States
Period: 19th century CE
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: Many American advertising cards in the nineteenth century displayed a variety of visual and rhetorical themes to foster the attention of potential consumers...
Period: 19th century CE
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: Many American advertising cards in the nineteenth century displayed a variety of visual and rhetorical themes to foster the attention of potential consumers...
Business Advertisement Card: Iowa State Fair 1972.21.0078 (1972.21.0078)
11 x 7.6 x .1 cm (2 g)
Location: America, North: United States
Period: 1891 CE
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: Children were terrific advertising tools in American trade cards, with producers often using charming images of young people to increase consumer sentiments and facilitate a positive reputation for their brands...
Period: 1891 CE
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: Children were terrific advertising tools in American trade cards, with producers often using charming images of young people to increase consumer sentiments and facilitate a positive reputation for their brands...
Business Advertisement Card: Corticelli Silk1972.21.0079 (1972.21.0079)
11.1 x 7.9 cm (3 g)
Location: America, North: United States
Period: 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: Printed trade cards which featured appealing designs and imagery were more likely to be recognized by the American public and, therefore, generate brand recognition for the producing company...
Period: 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: Printed trade cards which featured appealing designs and imagery were more likely to be recognized by the American public and, therefore, generate brand recognition for the producing company...
Business Advertisement Card: "Stibbs & Martel, Clothiers & Tailors"1972.21.0080 (1972.21.0080)
8.5 x 5.2 x .1 cm (1 g)
Location: America, North: United States
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: American advertisers often included children in their trade cards to charm and increase consumer patronage; animals were also included for the same purpose...
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: American advertisers often included children in their trade cards to charm and increase consumer patronage; animals were also included for the same purpose...
Business Advertisement Card: Scott's Emulsion1972.21.0081 (1972.21.0081)
12.9 x 8.7 x .1 cm (3 g)
Location: America, North: United States
Period: 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: Printed trade cards which featured appealing designs and imagery were more likely to be recognized by the American public and, therefore, generate brand recognition for the producing company...
Period: 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: Printed trade cards which featured appealing designs and imagery were more likely to be recognized by the American public and, therefore, generate brand recognition for the producing company...
Business Advertisement Card: Steele & Price1972.21.0082 (1972.21.0082)
11.8 x 8.5 x .1 cm (3 g)
Location: America, North: United States
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: Advertising cards that featured children and young adults engaging in consumer lifestyles were appealing to young audiences...
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: Advertising cards that featured children and young adults engaging in consumer lifestyles were appealing to young audiences...
Business Advertisement Card: "M. J. Cates Fine Shoes"1972.21.0083 (1972.21.0083)
14.9 x 10.6 x .1 cm (7 g)
Location: America, North: United States
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: Children were terrific advertising tools in American trade cards, with producers often using charming images of young people to increase consumer sentiments and facilitate a positive reputation for their brands...
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: Children were terrific advertising tools in American trade cards, with producers often using charming images of young people to increase consumer sentiments and facilitate a positive reputation for their brands...
Business Advertisement Card: Steele & Price Perfumers1972.21.0084 (1972.21.0084)
11.7 x 8.3 x .1 cm (3 g)
Location: America, North: United States
Period: 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: Children were terrific advertising tools in American trade cards, with producers often using charming images of young people to increase consumer sentiments and facilitate a positive reputation for their brands...
Period: 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: Children were terrific advertising tools in American trade cards, with producers often using charming images of young people to increase consumer sentiments and facilitate a positive reputation for their brands...
Business Advertisement Card: Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup1972.21.0085 (1972.21.0085)
12 x 8.4 x .1 cm (3 g)
Location: America, North: United States
Period: 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: As many Americans practiced self-medication and distrusted medical professionals, patent medicine companies were the largest distributors of domestic trade cards...
Period: 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: As many Americans practiced self-medication and distrusted medical professionals, patent medicine companies were the largest distributors of domestic trade cards...
Business Advertisement Card: Johns & Co. 1972.21.0086 (1972.21.0086)
12.1 x 9.1 x .1 cm (2 g)
Location: America, North: United States: Cuyahoga County: Ohio: Cleveland
Period: 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: Advertising cards that featured children and young adults engaging in consumer lifestyles were appealing to young audiences...
Period: 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: Advertising cards that featured children and young adults engaging in consumer lifestyles were appealing to young audiences...
Business Advertisement Card: F.C. Olmstead1972.21.0087 (1972.21.0087)
14.8 x 8 cm (3 g)
Location: America, North: United States
Period: 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: Advertising cards that featured children and young adults engaging in consumer lifestyles were appealing to young audiences...
Period: 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Description: Advertising cards that featured children and young adults engaging in consumer lifestyles were appealing to young audiences...
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