#tradecards

[librarycompany]

Can you believe that yesterday was #BlackCatAppreciationDay and we had the audacity to posts about dogs!!

Please forgive us.

Trade card: J.A. Ladd & Son, booksellers and stationers. [Philadelphia, ca. 1880]

[hagleyvault]

Long-distance vacations are still on hold, but we’ll always have #TravelTuesday. This advertising card for the Red Star Line offered travelers lists of agents that they could contact to procure tickets for steamship service between New York city (fine print, Jersey City) and Antwerp. The reverse of the card is particularly excited to let you know that the journey will be free of horses, cattle, sheep, and pigs.

This item is undated, but was probably created between 1886 and 1893. The Red Star Line was founded in 1872 as a joint venture of the International Navigation Company, a Philadelphia-based shipping and steamship travel line created by the ship brokerage of Peter Wright & Sons, and the Belgian Société Anonyme de Navigation Belgo-Américaine. Various corporate reorganizations would occur over the ensuing years, one of them being the 1886 acquisition of the Liverpool, Philadelphia and New York Steamship Company’s Inman Line (whose services are offered on the reverse of the card), another being the absorption of the financially troubled Inman Line into the International Navigation Company’s American Line service in 1893.

This item is part of Hagley Library’s Fingerman collection of ephemera (Accession 2009.213). Assembled by collectors Arlene and Gerald Fingerman, the collection consists of mixed-format ephemera from various endeavors within American culture, primarily the manufacturing and selling of products or services. Advertising cards and labels compose a large portion of the collection, but it also includes billheads, blotters, bookmarks, business cards, catalogs, checks, envelopes, flyers, letterheads, newsletters, packaging, postcards, and stamps. The collection has not been digitized in its entirety, but you can view a selection of 142 items from it online now in our Digital Archive by clicking here.

[hspdigitallibrary]

The Mystic Oracle…Mysterious, Amusing, Mystifying, Baffling!

The Mystic Oracle…Mysterious, Amusing, Mystifying, Baffling!

According to front of this promotional card, The Mystic Oracle “answers questions by wireless.”  Simply open the card, spin the wheel to your chosen question, and the answer appears on the front of the card.  Questions include, “Who invented photography,” “What elements make air,” “When was Shakespeare born,” as well as others.  Presented by the Railway Devices Co. in St. Louis, MO., this card design is patent pending since 1923.  Visit HSP’s Digital Library https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/ to browse various promotional cards, theater posters, political cartoons, and more.

[thetypehunter]

Pure #ohioquality from Canton, O. #typehunter #typehunting #thetypehunterco #tradecards #vintageadvertising

[maniacal-medical-blog]

🎉SOLD🎉 Picked up a bunch of great antique trade cards yesterday. Love the illustrations on these. Comment or message for details if interested! #maniacalmedical #Oddities #obscure #tradecard #antiques #tradecards #vintagebooks #curio #vintagetradecards #vintagepostcard #antiqueillustration #illustration #cabinetofcuriosities #oddity #tattoo #clevelandoddities #oldbooks #antiquebooks #iconography #antiquebook #antiquetradecards #ephemera

[giuliettaluce]

Typhoo Tea Card - Romeo and Juliet by cigcardpix Via Flickr: Typhoo Tea "Characters From Shakespeare" (series of 25 issued in 1937) No19 Romeo and Juliet

[librarycompany]

It's another sweltering day here in Philly, perfect for some ice cream. Or better yet, water ice!

We might even fight some cherubs for it if that's what it came down to.

Tradecard from: American Machine Co., Phila. Philadelphia: Thos. Hunter, lith. [ca. 1880]

[librarycompany]

Happy #TeacherAppreciationWeek to all the teachers out there. Yes, even the feline ones.

Tradecard from : Henry H. Hildebrand, prescription druggist. [United States, ca. 1888]