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- Trade Card for Jackson Wagons, Austin, Tomlinson & Webster Mfg. Co., 1881-1900 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods flooded the American market. Some enterprising advertisers sought to distinguish their products from the competition by distributing trade cards. Special versions revealed hidden images and words when held to the light. Americans enjoyed and often saved the popular little advertisements, which survive as historical records of consumerism in the United States.
- 1881-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Jackson Wagons, Austin, Tomlinson & Webster Mfg. Co., 1881-1900
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods flooded the American market. Some enterprising advertisers sought to distinguish their products from the competition by distributing trade cards. Special versions revealed hidden images and words when held to the light. Americans enjoyed and often saved the popular little advertisements, which survive as historical records of consumerism in the United States.
- Columbia Disc Graphophone, 1907 -
- 1907
- Collections - Artifact
Columbia Disc Graphophone, 1907