Trade Card for C. M. Henderson & Company Boots and Shoes, circa 1900

THF214034 / Trade Card for C. M. Henderson & Company Boots and Shoes, circa 1900
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Artifact Overview

Trade cards were advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. This trade card offers a glimpse of a rural schoolyard and the students' recess activities. Girls talk, while one holds a hoop toy. Boys play leapfrog and perhaps jacks on the grass. Note that the children are not closely supervised.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Trade card

Date Made

1890-1900

Subject Date

1890-1900

Creator Notes

Advertised product manufactured by C. M. Henderson & Co., Chicago, Illinois, and sold by R. A. Beach, Hudson, Michigan.

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

89.0.541.335

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 3.5 in
Width: 5.5 in

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