Trade Card for Prouty's Business College, circa 1895
THF225317 / Trade Card for Prouty's Business College, circa 1895
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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 bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and saved the often illustrated 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
circa 1895
Subject Date
circa 1895
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
87.7.5.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Photomechanical processes
Printing (Process)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 4.5 in
Width: 7.75 in
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