Trade Card for A. H. Kimball, Manufacturer of Invalid Wheel Chairs, circa 1900
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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
circa 1900
Subject Date
circa 1900
Creators
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
RC.25.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Card stock
Technique
Printing (Process)
Engraving (Printing process)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Red
Dimensions
Height: 2.625 in
Width: 4.5 in
Inscriptions
text on front:
A. H. KIMBALL / Invalid Wheel Chairs / FOR OUTDOOR AND INDOOR USE / Chairs for Special Cases Made to Order / Hospital and Surgical Novelties in Bent Wood / REAR 24 CLINTON ST., EVERETT, MASS.
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