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- Trade Card for Hood's Sarsaparilla, C.I. Hood & Co., 1888-1898 - In the late 19th century, trade cards were a major means for advertising goods and services. Patent medicine producer, C.I. Hood & Co., had its own advertising department, creating cookbooks, calendars, and, most abundantly, trade cards. Hood's Sarsaparilla became the company's most popular product and trade cards, like this one, promoted its medicinal qualities as a blood purifier.
- 1888-1898
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Hood's Sarsaparilla, C.I. Hood & Co., 1888-1898
In the late 19th century, trade cards were a major means for advertising goods and services. Patent medicine producer, C.I. Hood & Co., had its own advertising department, creating cookbooks, calendars, and, most abundantly, trade cards. Hood's Sarsaparilla became the company's most popular product and trade cards, like this one, promoted its medicinal qualities as a blood purifier.
- Trade Card for Carter's Little Nerve Pills, Carter Medicine Co., 1880-1898 - 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, distributing trade cards that incorporated a puzzle or game. Americans enjoyed and often saved the popular little advertisements, which survive as historical records of consumerism in the United States.
- 1880-1898
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Carter's Little Nerve Pills, Carter Medicine Co., 1880-1898
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, distributing trade cards that incorporated a puzzle or game. Americans enjoyed and often saved the popular little advertisements, which survive as historical records of consumerism in the United States.
- Newspaper Advertisement, Samuel Bemis Offering His Service as Watchmaker in Keene, New Hampshire, December 1808 -
- December 30, 1808
- Collections - Artifact
Newspaper Advertisement, Samuel Bemis Offering His Service as Watchmaker in Keene, New Hampshire, December 1808