Trade Card for Singer Sewing Machine, "Spain (Sevilla)," 1892
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Artifact Overview
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Trade card
Date Made
1892
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
at Henry Ford Museum in Made in America
Object ID
58.7.3.26
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 3.25 in
Width: 5.25 in
Inscriptions
on front:
SPAIN. [SEVILLA] / COPYRIGHT 1892. BY THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO. / OVER.
on back:
SEVILLE. THIS IS A PROVINCE OF SPAIN, IN ANDALUSIA. IT CONSISTS IN PART OF A GREAT PLAIN TRAVERSED BY THE RIVER GUADALQUIVER [...] THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO.
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