#tradecatalogs

[mybookof-you]

n60_w1150 by BioDivLibrary https://flic.kr/p/rdcL7Q

[thetypehunter]

Choose your adventure...factories up front eagle party out back. We looked at goods like this all afternoon. You’re in luck, we have lots of photos itching to be posted. #vintageadvertising #tradecatalogs #theboxsf #markesackett #typehunter #typehunting #thetypehunterco #flipitover

[librarycompany]

This man-faced lion looks like he’s ready for the weekend! #FelineFriday

19th century Chicago based pharmaceutical company Van Schaack, Stevenson & Reid included this image in an 1877 trade catalog, along with a statement regarding the rebuilding of their warehouse after the Great Fire of 1871. 

Van Schaack, Stevenson & Reid. Annual prices current (to the trade.) Chicago, [1877].