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Business Advertisement Card: Solomon & Busch1972.21.0214 (1972.21.0214)
10.8 x 6.4 x .1 cm (2 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: J.S. Cook & Frick1972.21.0215 (1972.21.0215)
13 x 7.5 x .1 cm (2 g)
Location: America, North: United States: New York: New York City
Period: 19th – 20th 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 – 20th 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: Hair Goods1972.21.0216 (1972.21.0216)
17.4 x 12.5 x .1 cm (5 g)
Location: America, North: United States
Period: 19th century
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: 19th century
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: Iowa State Fair 1972.21.0217 (1972.21.0217)
10 x 9.5 x .1 cm (1 g)
Location: America, North: United States
Period: 1891 CE
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Period: 1891 CE
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Advertising Media
Business Advertisement Card: "Buy Uncle Sam's Sodas." 1972.21.0218 (1972.21.0218)
11.5 x 8.6 x .1 cm (1 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: "Buy Uncle Sam's Sodas"1972.21.0219 (1972.21.0219)
11.5 x 8.6 x .1 cm (2 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: "Buy Uncle Sam's Sodas"1972.21.0220 (1972.21.0220)
11.6 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 Cards1972.21.0221 (1972.21.0221)
11.6 x 7.1 x .1 cm (2 g)
Location: America, North: United States: Linn County: Iowa: Cedar Rapids
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: Simon Adelsheim1972.21.0222 (1972.21.0222)
8.8 x 5.3 x .1 cm (1 g)
Location: America, North: United States: Linn County: Iowa: Cedar Rapids
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: Cotosuet1972.21.0223 (1972.21.0223)
13.6 x 8.2 x .1 cm (4 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...
Advertisement Valentine Card: Murray & McLenahan Fine Shoes1972.21.0224 (1972.21.0224)
12.8 x 7.8 x .1 cm (3 g)
Location: America, North: United States
Period: 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Documentary Artifacts : Other Documents
Description: The “sentimental” Valentines of the 19th-century earned their name by frequently featuring Christian symbols, children, animals, and other saccharine images and themes...
Period: 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Documentary Artifacts : Other Documents
Description: The “sentimental” Valentines of the 19th-century earned their name by frequently featuring Christian symbols, children, animals, and other saccharine images and themes...
Business Advertisement Card: Brown's Eisen Bitters1972.21.0225 (1972.21.0225)
9.9 x 7.5 cm (1 g)
Location: America, North: United States
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...
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: Hood's Sarsaparilla1972.21.0226 (1972.21.0226)
11.7 x 7.9 x .1 cm (3 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: Merrick Thread1972.21.0227 (1972.21.0227)
11.3 x 7.3 cm (<1 g)
Location: America, North: United States: Massachusetts
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...
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: Hires Root Beer 1972.21.0228 (1972.21.0228)
15 x 12.7 x .1 cm (4 g)
Location: America, North: United States
Period: 19th century CE
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 CE
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: Hires Root Beer 1972.21.0229 (1972.21.0229)
16 x 12.5 x .1 cm (5 g)
Location: America, North: United States: Philadelphia County: Pennsylvania: Philadelphia
Period: 19th century CE
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 CE
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...
New Year's Card1972.21.0230 (1972.21.0230)
9.5 x 6.7 x .1 cm (2 g)
Location: America, North: United States
Period: 1865
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Documentary Artifacts : Other Documents
Description: Greeting cards for holidays other than Valentine’s Day and Christmas also used sentimental imagery and messages to attract consumers...
Period: 1865
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Documentary Artifacts : Other Documents
Description: Greeting cards for holidays other than Valentine’s Day and Christmas also used sentimental imagery and messages to attract consumers...
New Year's Card1972.21.0231 (1972.21.0231)
12.2 x 8.6 x .1 cm (3 g)
Location: America, North: United States
Period: 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Documentary Artifacts : Other Documents
Description: Greeting cards for holidays other than Valentine’s Day and Christmas also used sentimental imagery and messages to attract consumers...
Period: 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Documentary Artifacts : Other Documents
Description: Greeting cards for holidays other than Valentine’s Day and Christmas also used sentimental imagery and messages to attract consumers...
New Year's Card1972.21.0232 (1972.21.0232)
11.3 x 8.2 x .1 cm (4 g)
Location: Europe, West: Germany
Period: 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Documentary Artifacts : Other Documents
Description: Greeting cards for holidays other than Valentine’s Day and Christmas also used sentimental imagery and messages to attract consumers...
Period: 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Documentary Artifacts : Other Documents
Description: Greeting cards for holidays other than Valentine’s Day and Christmas also used sentimental imagery and messages to attract consumers...
New Year's Card1972.21.0233 (1972.21.0233)
11.1 x 8.2 x .1 cm (2 g)
Location: America, North: United States
Period: 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Documentary Artifacts : Other Documents
Description: Greeting cards for holidays other than Valentine’s Day and Christmas also used sentimental imagery and messages to attract consumers...
Period: 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Documentary Artifacts : Other Documents
Description: Greeting cards for holidays other than Valentine’s Day and Christmas also used sentimental imagery and messages to attract consumers...
New Year's Card1972.21.0234 (1972.21.0234)
7.7 x 7.6 x .1 cm (1 g)
Location: America, North: United States
Period: 1865
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Documentary Artifacts : Other Documents
Description: Greeting cards for holidays other than Valentine’s Day and Christmas also used sentimental imagery and messages to attract consumers...
Period: 1865
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Documentary Artifacts : Other Documents
Description: Greeting cards for holidays other than Valentine’s Day and Christmas also used sentimental imagery and messages to attract consumers...
Greeting Card: Cross1972.21.0235 (1972.21.0235)
10.2 x 5.9 x .1 cm (2 g)
Location: America, North: United States
Period: 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Documentary Artifacts : Other Documents
Description: Many greeting cards relied on sentimental imagery and messages even when they were not affiliated with any specific holiday...
Period: 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Documentary Artifacts : Other Documents
Description: Many greeting cards relied on sentimental imagery and messages even when they were not affiliated with any specific holiday...
Easter Religious Greeting Card1972.21.0236 (1972.21.0236)
Location: America, North: United States
Period: 1865
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Documentary Artifacts : Other Documents
Description: Greeting cards for holidays other than Valentine’s Day and Christmas also used sentimental imagery and messages to attract consumers...
Period: 1865
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Documentary Artifacts : Other Documents
Description: Greeting cards for holidays other than Valentine’s Day and Christmas also used sentimental imagery and messages to attract consumers...
Greeting Card1972.21.0237 (1972.21.0237)
11.3 x 8.8 x .1 cm (3 g)
Location: America, North: United States
Period: 19th century CE
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Documentary Artifacts : Other Documents
Description: Many greeting cards relied on sentimental imagery and messages even when they were not affiliated with any specific holiday...
Period: 19th century CE
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Documentary Artifacts : Other Documents
Description: Many greeting cards relied on sentimental imagery and messages even when they were not affiliated with any specific holiday...
Easter Greeting Card1972.21.0238 (1972.21.0238)
Location: America, North: United States
Period: 1865
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Documentary Artifacts : Other Documents
Description: Greeting cards for holidays other than Valentine’s Day and Christmas also used sentimental imagery and messages to attract consumers...
Period: 1865
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Documentary Artifacts : Other Documents
Description: Greeting cards for holidays other than Valentine’s Day and Christmas also used sentimental imagery and messages to attract consumers...
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