Cards depicting a mask, hot air ballooning, a man dropping a casket on a bear and a jester performing the following acts on men : cutting the tails of a coat, cutting off a head and pulling off a wig.
Summary
Public domain photograph of American trade card, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Trade cards were one of the most prevalent forms of advertising in the U.S. from around 1875 to 1900. They had their origin in England in the 1700s with tradesmen advertising their wares. The advent of lithography in the 1870s made it possible to mass-produce them in color. The Philadelphia 1876 Centennial Exhibition sparked the beginning, as many were passed out at that event.
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wigs
balloons aircraft
decapitations
trade cards
the miriam and ira d wallach division of art prints and photographs print collection
publisher s proofs of the publications of l prang co and scrapbooks of colored advertising cards published by l prang co and other firms
l prang co publisher
ultra high resolution
high resolution
american trade cards
new york public library
Date
1876 - 1890
in collections
Source
New York Public Library
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Copyright info
Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication ("CCO 1.0 Dedication")