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
Place of Creation
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
Collection Title
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
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