Trade Card for Grand United Mastodon Shows, Maybury, Pullman & Hamilton, 1882

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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

1882

Subject Date

1882

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

89.0.541.801

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Lithography
Printing (Process)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 4.75 in
Width: 3.5 in