Trade Card Advertising a Social Dance, Letcher's Opera House, Fayette, Ohio, 1880
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Artifact Overview
In the last third of the nineteenth century, promoters used a popular medium--trade cards--to announce shows, activities, and community events. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements, which survive as historical records of leisure in the United States.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Trade card
Date Made
1880
Subject Date
15 October 1880
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
89.0.541.1407
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 4.5 in
Width: 3 in
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