Trade Card for "School Shoes," C. M. Henderson & Company, circa 1885
THF214036 / Trade Card for "School Shoes," C. M. Henderson & Company, circa 1885
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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
circa 1885
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Product made by C. M. Henderson & Co., Chicago, Illinois, and sold by S. Cornell, Lawn Ridge, Illinois.
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
89.0.541.337
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 3 in
Width: 4.5 in
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