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- Reynolds Brothers Shoe Last, 1870-1900 - Shoemakers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries molded pieces of leather around a wooden foot-like form, known as a last, to create a shoe. Some lasts had a removeable block, which made it easy to extract the wood form from the shoe. Others, like this one, had a hole in the end where a hook could be inserted to pull the last out.
- 1870-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Reynolds Brothers Shoe Last, 1870-1900
Shoemakers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries molded pieces of leather around a wooden foot-like form, known as a last, to create a shoe. Some lasts had a removeable block, which made it easy to extract the wood form from the shoe. Others, like this one, had a hole in the end where a hook could be inserted to pull the last out.
- Trade Card for Reynolds Brothers Fine Shoes, S.K. Taft, 1880-1900 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- 1880-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Reynolds Brothers Fine Shoes, S.K. Taft, 1880-1900
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- Trade Card for Reynolds Brothers Celebrated Fine Shoes, "Happy Moments," Reynolds Brothers, 1867-1880 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- 1867-1880
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Reynolds Brothers Celebrated Fine Shoes, "Happy Moments," Reynolds Brothers, 1867-1880
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- Trade Card for Reynolds Brothers Celebrated Fine Shoes, "A Charming Reflection," Reynolds Brothers, 1867-1880 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- 1867-1880
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Reynolds Brothers Celebrated Fine Shoes, "A Charming Reflection," Reynolds Brothers, 1867-1880
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.