Trade Card for Rosenbloom Brothers, Providence, Rhode Island, 1882
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Business establishments during the 1870s to 1890s readily embraced illustrations of popular holidays to market their goods and services. Taking advantage of new color printing methods, companies placed these small trade cards in their product packages or sent them to local merchants to distribute. For advertising during the spring, they used images symbolic of the season, such as flowers, eggs, children, birds, and rabbits.
Business establishments during the 1870s to 1890s readily embraced illustrations of popular holidays to market their goods and services. Taking advantage of new color printing methods, companies placed these small trade cards in their product packages or sent them to local merchants to distribute. For advertising during the spring, they used images symbolic of the season, such as flowers, eggs, children, birds, and rabbits.
Artifact
Trade card
Date Made
1882
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, Rhode Island, Providence
Creator Notes
Lithographed by James Harrison. Distributed by Rosenbloom Brothers, Providence, Rhode Island
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
90.0.281.245
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Lithography
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 3 in
Width: 4.25 in
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