Dr. Arthur F. Moore (1843-1924) used this colorful leaf-shaped trade card to advertise his medical practice in Winsted, Connecticut.
Moore occasionally contributed notes about medical topics that appeared in the United States Medical Investigator (prior to 1875 the title of the periodical was simply the Medical Investigator). Since the published pieces included his name and location, they document the different places he lived.
Notes that Moore contributed in 1872 and 1873, for instance, listed his residence as Lyons, Wisconsin. By 1877 he had moved to Sandy Hill, New York. In 1883 he was in Winsted, Connecticut, where he handed out copies of this trade card. A year later, he was in Bridgewater, Vermont, and then in 1886 he ended up in in Ludlow, Vermont.
For another leaf-shaped trade card, see The Livermore Pen, Stylographic Pen Co., Boston, Mass.
A. F. Moore, M.D.
Office in Park Place
Hours 1 to 2 & 6 to 8 P.M.
Residence
141 Main Street, Winsted, Ct.
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A Victorian-era advertising trade card with an illustration of a girl holding some of the bounties of fall, including a bunch of grapes and an oak tree branch with leaves and acorns. There's no printing on this side of the card, but on the other side is an advertisement for H. G. Louser, Manufacturer and Dealer in Bicycles, Lebanon, Pa., 1892.
"G. No. 303."
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"Falltime at Rocky Springs on the Conestoga, Lancaster, Pa. Photo D.B.L [David Bachman Landis], 1910."
An unused postcard with the following printed on the other side: "Landis Art Press. D. B. Landis, Pub., Lancaster, Pa."
This is an early view of Rocky Springs Park, which was located along the Conestoga River in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
For later Rocky Springs postcards. see:
-- Crystal Pool, Rocky Springs Park, Lancaster, Pa.
-- Roller Rink, Rocky Springs Park, Lancaster, Pa.
-- Wildcat Roller Coaster, Rocky Springs Park, Lancaster, Pa.
-- Steve Riley and the Susquehanna Mountaineers, Lancaster, Pa., 1949
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A small Victorian-era greeting card that's about the size of a modern business card. This is a generic "stock card" that could have served as a calling card, advertising trade card, reward of merit, or--as in this case--greeting card, depending on what was printed on it. The colors of the leaves in the illustration, of course, suggest an autumn theme rather than a winter-time Christmas celebration.
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For a similar invitation, see Evening Basket Sociable Invitation, Maytown, Pa., October 12, 1895 (below).
Originally posted on Ipernity: Autumn Sociable Invitation, Aberdeen, Pa., October 1896.
Autumn Sociable.
Social Twelve cordially request the pleasure of your company and that of your friend on Saturday evening, Oct. 10th, 1896, at 7:15 o'clock, to join a social party at the residence of Mr. & Mrs. Jacob Ressler at Aberdeen. Committee: Social Twelve.
Should the weather prove unfavorable the party will be held the following Saturd'y. Refreshments required.
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