Trade Card for Imperial Plows, Bucher & Gibbs Plow Co., 1887-1901
THF277437 / Trade Card for Imperial Plows, Bucher & Gibbs Plow Co., 1887-1901
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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
1887-1901
Subject Date
1887-1901
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
89.0.541.736
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Lithography
Printing (Process)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 3.75 in
Width: 2.75 in
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ArtifactTrade Card for Imperial Plows, Bucher & Gibbs Plow Co., 1887-1901
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.