Trade Card for Acorn Stoves and Ranges, Rathbone, Sard & Co., 1887-1908
THF255327 / Trade Card for Acorn Stoves and Ranges, Rathbone, Sard & Co., 1887-1908 / 0
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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
1887-1908
Subject Date
1887-1908
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
90.0.281.212
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 5.25 in
Width: 3.25 in
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