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Victorian Trade Cards

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: A. Gast & Co.: "The procession"

: "A Merry Christmas"

: A.B. Dumont: Child on a swan

: A.E. White & Son: Bouquet of flowers

: A.E. White & Son: Ducks and frog

: Alexander & La Grange: Cherry blossoms

: Alexander & La Grange: The talking well

: Allen's: "Lung Balsam, Perry Davis' pain-killer"

: American B.H.O. & Sewing Machine Co.: "Alice Oates"

: American B.H.O. & Sewing Machine Co.: "Mary Anderson"

: Anderson & Olson: Woman's hand holding a rose

: Anderson & Olson: Woman's hand holding blue flowers

: Anderson & Olson: Woman's hand holding daisies

: Anderson & Olson: Woman's hand holding pansies

: Angel sleeping in pink corset - "Dr. Warner's Coraline corsets"

: Attwell Mfg. Co.: "Burglar-proof sash, lock and ventilator"

: Ayer's: "Ague Cure"

: Ayer's Cherry Pectoral: "Penn's Treaty"

: Bean & Brother: "Indian Queen perfume"

: Belding Bros. & Co.: Man with ferocious bear

: Belding Bros. & Co.: Men lifting package onto ship

: Belding Bros. & Co.: "The shaft house in the mine"

: Benjamin H. Nott: "Diamond dyes"

: Benjamin H. Nott: "La colere"

: Benjamin H. Nott: "Lydia E. Pinkham"

: Benjamin H. Nott: "Two nice for everything"

: Beu. H. Nott: "Wise was that aesthetic maid, and she her sound wisdom displayed, for she took Tarrant's seltzer aperient, and well and happy became that young maid"

: Boschee's: Two girls feeding chickens

: "Bowled out"

: Boxrud Brothers: Baby sitting on tiger skin rug

: Boy on wall scaring horse with balloon

: Brown Chemical Co.: "Brown's Eisen Bitters, das beste Tonic"

: Burke, Walker & Co.: "Un discours interrompu"

: "Buy the Wheelock piano"

: C. Butler Weeks: Nature scene

: C. Domer: "A great wail"

: C. Domer: "An absorbing subject"

: C. Domer: Calla lily

: C. Domer: "Corners"

: Capt. Dahlke's Boat Yard: Woman painting picture on the beach with onlookers

: Capt. Dahlke's Boat Yard: Women on beach watching child learning to swim

: Capt. Dahlke's Boat Yard: Women on beach watching swimmer

: Carson, Pirie & Co.: "West end dry goods house"

: Carter Medicine Co.: "Carter's iron pills"

: C.C. Myers: "Our musical guest"

: C.D. Lillie & Co.: "Baking exhibition"

: C.D. Lillie & Co.: "Standard Java"

: C.E. Andrews & Co.: "Pure spices"

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Title: Victorian Trade Cards
Date Created: 1870/1889
Description: Several hundred Victorian-era advertising cards promoting products such as clocks, jewelry, food, and medicine; the cards' images are often whimsical and bear little relation to the company or product being advertised.
Notice: Some resources in the Iowa Digital Library may contain offensive stereotypes, visuals, or language. Such materials serve as evidence of the time period in which they were created and are part of the historical record. These items do not represent the views of the library or the institution.
Language: English
Subject: Time: 1870-1880
1880-1890
Subject: Place: United States
Host institution: University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Department
Digitization Specifications: Scanned with Ricoh Aficio 2335 Scanner at 600 ppi, 24-bit color. Master image available in tiff format.
Date Digital: 2006/2007
Rights Management: Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Contact Information: Contact the Special Collections Department at the University of Iowa Libraries: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc/contact
Item Type (DCMI): Image
Item Type (AAT): trade cards (advertising)
lithographs
chromolithographs
Item Type (IMT): jpeg