A late nineteenth- or early twentieth-century business card for a breeder of pigs and chickens.

C. H. Dildine, Greenwood, Columbia Co., Pa.

Greenwood Centre herd of thoroughbred swine. Poland China & Chester White swine a specialty. Barred Plymouth Rock and Light Brahmas, poultry. My stock are fine finish. Heavy bone and quick maturing.

Pigs two months old and young sows bred, for sale. Prices reasonable. Stock recorded. Correspondence solicited. Romeo, vol. XX.

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"Bardens Carriage Co., Horse-Shoers and Wagon Makers, 41 Washington Street, West Orange, N.J. Telephone. Repairing. Painting."

I haven't been able to find any trace of the Bardens Carriage Company, but I'm guessing that the company's horse of a different color on this business card had something to do with the town in which it was located.

For some other farrier cards, see Lewis Kramer, Practical Blacksmithing and Horseshoeing, Pottstown, Pa., and Fred Hollinger, Practical Horseshoer, Lancaster, Pa.

For items from carriage and wagon works, see Harrisburg Carriage Repository Letterhead, Harrisburg, Pa., and Gruber Wagon Works, Mt. Pleasant, Berks County, Pa.

Originally posted on Ipernity: Bardens Carriage Company, Horseshoers and Wagonmakers, West Orange, New Jersey.

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"Lewis Kramer (successor to S. H. Bucher). Practical blacksmithing and horseshoeing. Repairing of wagons and machinery. Rear 332 Chestnut St., Pottstown, Pa."

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"Solo Match. Made in Austria."

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A Victorian-era calling card for Stephen T. Bruce. The typeface is MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan's Spencerian Script with ornamented capitals.

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