Trade Card, "Buy the Conqueror Wringer," F.F. Palmer & Son, 1880-1890

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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

1880-1890

Creator Notes

Advertised products made by Conqueror Wringer Co. in New York, New York. Retailed by F.F. Palmer & Son in Hudson, Michigan. Card lithographed by Donaldson Brothers, Five Points, New York

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

89.0.541.682

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 3.25 in
Width: 5 in

Trade Card, "Buy the Conqueror Wringer," F.F. Palmer & Son, 1880-1890