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N 31 B 70.7K C 1 E Feb 8, 2012 F Feb 8, 2012
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This Victorian-era advertising trade card for the Estey Organ Company features a parade of Brownies, the popular creatures created by author and illustrator Palmer Cox (1840–1924).

Tags:   ephemera trade cards advertising advertisements ads Estey Estey Organ Company organs pump organs pianos drums horns musical instruments bands marching bands marches parades drum majors maces staffs gonfalons banners Brownies Palmer Cox police policemen hats humor humorous funny antique old vintage Ottmann J. Ottmann Lith. Co. printers lithographers New York City NY New York Victorian 19th century nineteenth century addedtoip

N 19 B 15.7K C 0 E Oct 9, 2012 F Oct 9, 2012
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"At the World's Fair. Uncle Sam--What have you found now, Christopher? Columbus--Ah! At Last we have discovered 'solid comfort.'"

Sign: "Re:Marks on Solid Comfort."

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Text on back of trade card:

If you want "solid comfort" you must have a Marks Adjustable Folding Chair. It combines in one a handsome parlor, library, smoking, and reclining chair, a perfect lounge and full length bed, and is altogether the best chair in the wide, wide world. In construction it is simple, durable, and elegant. Are you interested to know more about it.

Catalogues fully illustrating the Marks Chair as well as a most complete line of invalids rolling chairs, invalid and library supplies will be furnished free on application to: Marks Adjustable Folding Chair Co., Ltd., sole proprietors and manufacturers, 930 Broadway, New York, and 215 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Ill. Frank E. Marks, pres., R. K. Thompson, sec. & treas. Philadelphia agents, John Wanamaker. San Francisco agents, Burr Folding Bed Co.

Bigelow Lith. Co., Springfield, Mass.

Tags:   ephemera trade cards advertising advertisements ads paper printed Marks Adjustable Folding Chair Co. companies Broadway Avenue New York City NY New York Marks Chair chairs beds adjustable folding Marks Frank E. Marks presidents agents John Wanamaker Philadelphia Pa. Pennsylvania Burr Burr Folding Bed Co. San Francisco CA California Columbus Christopher Columbus Uncle Sam hats beards patriotic stripes red white blue men Brownies Palmer Cox monocles signs humor humorous funny Chicago IL Illinois World's Columbian Exposition world's fairs Columbian Exposition Chicago World's Fair fairs expositions Victorian 19th century nineteenth century 1893 1890s antique old vintage Bigelow Lith. Co. printers lithographers Springfield MA Mass. Massachusetts illustrations Bigelow

N 7 B 7.6K C 3 E Feb 13, 2012 F Feb 13, 2012
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"J. Ottmann Lith. Co. N.Y."

Tags:   ephemera trade cards advertising advertisements ads Frank Miller's Blacking Miller Frank Miller blacking boots shoes polishes shoe polish brushes Uncle Sam hats patriotic stars stripes red white blue eagles startled surprised shiny reflections shaving razors cracked broken mirrors umbrellas chairs rocking chairs trunks wallpapers floor coverings windows factories elevated elevated railways elevated railroads railroads railways trains humor humorous funny antique old vintage typefaces Ottmann J. Ottmann Lith. Co. printers lithographers New York City NY New York paper printed animals illustrations

N 10 B 9.5K C 3 E Apr 5, 2012 F Apr 5, 2012
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Text on box lid: "Keep your pants on with the Atwood Suspender, manufactured only by the Atwood Suspender Co., Swanton, Vt."

"Copyright, 1901, by Atwood Suspender Co. American Lithographic Co., N.Y."

Tags:   ephemera trade cards advertising advertisements ads Atwood Atwood Suspender Co. companies manufacturers businesses suspenders pants clothes clothing Keep Your Pants On slogans Uncle Sam hats beards patriotic stars stripes red white blue illustrations John Bull United Kingdom UK Britain England Russia China Swanton VT Vermont Victorian antique old vintage 1901 1900s American Lithographic Co. printers lithographers New York City NY New York braces

N 24 B 52.2K C 5 E Mar 12, 2013 F Mar 12, 2013
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"The Globe Lawn Mower. The Henderson-Achert Co. Litho. Cin."

This is a good illustration of Dave Cheadle's observation regarding lawn mower trade cards: "To demonstrate the ease of operation, the mower is invariably shown being pushed by a remarkably overdressed girl, boy, or young woman." For additional information, see the "Lawn Mowers and Landscaping" section in Cheadle's Victorian Trade Cards: Historical Reference and Value Guide (Paducah, Ky.: Collector Books, 1996), pp. 150-51.

Richard D. Sheaff features his own copy of this Globe Lawn Mower trade card in the Gaslight Album section of his dazzling and inspiring Sheaff : ephemera site. As Sheaff explains, lithographers used Gaslight Style to create the illusion of depth: "Type, vignettes, products, and design elements are made to seem multi-layered through the use of shadows, superimposition, dimensional banners and ribbons, turned-up faux page corners, and choice of colors."

In this trade card, the shadowing and complexity of the letters in "The Globe," the flowing "Lawn Mower" banner that's superimposed over the G, and the elaborate border at the top all help to create the multi-layered effect that's characteristic of the Gaslight Style. The careful placement of the young woman and her lawn mower in the foreground, the bounding dog in the middle, and the tree in the background also contribute to the feeling of depth.

Tags:   ephemera trade cards advertising advertisements ads illustrations paper printed women hats dresses clothing clothes lawn mowers lawns dogs animals green red gold blue banners scrolls borders Gaslight Style multilayered depth shadowing Victorian 19th century nineteenth century antique old vintage typefaces type typography fonts Henderson-Achert Henderson Achert Henderson-Achert Co. lithographers printers companies Cincinnati OH Ohio cylinder mowers reel mowers mowers Globe Lawn Mower machinery


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