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Title:
Soapine : The Dirt Killer
Description:
Advertisement for Soapine: The Dirt Killer. One of twenty-six custom-made cards for Soapine in the collection. This card, like many in the collection, was designed by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Card with illustration of a beached whale with caption reading: "Soapine did it." For more information, see Cheadle, Dave. SOAPINE DID IT! Englewood, CO: 2000 (16-17). See also Mac Donnell, Kevin. "Trade Cards by Charlotte Perkins Gilman." THE ADVERTISING TRADE CARD QUARTERLY: THE JOURNAL OF THE TRADE CARD
Date:
1880 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Title:
Greenwald, Finest Shoes
Description:
Advertisement for Greenwald, Finest Shoes. This is one of two cards in the collection for this business. Card with illustration of two young boys sailing in an egg-shell boat on ocean water.
Date:
1870 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Jos. Cordemans, Son : Biscuits Manufacturer, Antwerp
Title:
Jos. Cordemans, Antwerp
Description:
Advertisement for Jos. Cordemans, Son: Biscuits Manufacturer, Antwerp. This is one of three cards in the collection for this business. The caption reads "Mr & Mme Baby a Venise." The collection includes other cards featuring the "Mr & Mme Baby" characters. See bmcad010205002 (Grand Maison de Blanc, Brussels) and bmcad010504001 (Lefebure-Hoornaert's pharmacy). Card with illustration of Mr & Mme Baby purchasing some flowers.
Date:
1880 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Kendall Mfg. Co. Soaps and Soapine
Title:
Kendall Mfg. Co. Soaps and Soapine
Description:
Advertisement for Kendall Mfg. Co. Soaps and Soapine. One of numerous custom-made cards in the collection for Soapine, many of which are gilt. This is part of the series Mac Donnell identifies as part of a store hanger sheet, all of which were designed by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. For more information, see Mac Donnell, Kevin. "Trade Cards by Charlotte Perkins Gilman" THE ADVERTISING TRADE CARD QUARTERLY: THE JOURNAL OF THE TRADE CARD COLLECTIONS ASSOCIATION 8.3 (Fall 2001: 18-25, 28.) There are two copies of this card in the collection, one of which is blank on the reverse side.
Date:
1880 - 1885
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Chocolat, Cacao Soluble, Racahout (Meyers-Courtois)
Title:
Chocolat, Racahout (Meyers-Courtois)
Description:
Advertisement for Chocolat, Cacao Soluble, Racahout (Meyers-Courtois). This is the only card in the collection for this business. Card with illustration of a young boy leaning back against a rock by the water, a cottage in the distance.
Date:
1889 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Sheppard, Arrison & Sheppard
Title:
Sheppard, Arrison & Sheppard
Description:
Advertisement for Sheppard, Arrison & Sheppard. This is the only card in the collection for this business. The card can be dated based on information in the Gopsill's Philadelphia directories. The company's name changed in 1893. Card with illustration of a ship making its way through the ice.
Date:
1883 - 1895
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
American Watches and Jewelry on Exhibition and for Sale
Title:
American Watches and Jewelry on Exhibition and for Sale
Description:
Advertisement for American Watches and Jewelry on Exhibition and for Sale;. This is the only card in the collection for this business. Card with illustration of a dog pulling a sled across the snow, away from two figures.
Date:
1870 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Chicorée de Ronne
Title:
Chicorée de Ronne
Description:
Advertisement for Chicorée de Ronne. One of fourteen cards for this product from the collection. Card with illustration of a young boy sitting on a rock by the water and holding a sailboat in his hands.
Date:
1885 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Robins & Foster
Title:
Robins & Foster
Description:
Advertisement for Robins & Foster. This is the only card in the collection for this business. Card with illustration of a building and ship by a body of water.
Date:
1800 - 1850
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Fine Cigars : J. H. Bokel, 1387 Ridge Avenue
Title:
Fine Cigars : J. H. Bokel, 1387 Ridge Avenue
Description:
Advertisement for Fine Cigars : J. H. Bokel, 1387 Ridge Avenue. This is the only card in the collection for this business.
Date:
1870 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Grocer, Tea Dealer & Oilman (J. Bond)
Title:
Grocer, Tea Dealer & Oilman (J. Bond)
Description:
Advertisement for Grocer, Tea Dealer & Oilman (J. Bond). This is the only card in the collection for this business. Card with illustration of a man and a body of water in the background.
Date:
1800 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Cibils vloeibaar vleeschextrakt
Title:
Cibils vloeibaar vleeschextrakt
Description:
Advertisement for Cibils vloeibaar vleeschextrakt. One of a series of cards printed in either French or Dutch. Illustration depicts ship at sea with the French caption:"Amerique: Jowa."
Date:
1883 - 1910
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Cibils vloeibaar vleeschextrakt
Title:
Cibils vloeibaar vleeschextrakt
Description:
Advertisement for Cibils vloeibaar vleeschextrakt. One of a series of cards printed in either French or Dutch. This card features a Dutch beach scene, with a horse-drawn cart full of fishing nets in the foreground, and a ship in the background. The captions "Sur la plage en Hollande" and "Rentrée des filets" appear on the face, along with the Cibils product logo.
Date:
1883 - 1910
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Cut Glass Manufacturers (Boucher & Guy)
Title:
Cut Glass Manufacturers (Boucher & Guy)
Description:
Advertisement for Cut Glass Manufacturers (Boucher & Guy). This is the only card in the collection for this business. The date is an estimate based on the card stating, to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and the reference to the Crown & Anchor Tavern.
Date:
1770 - 1820
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Encres Orientales, Plumes, Bouhon
Title:
Encres Orientales, Bouhon
Description:
Advertisement for Encres Orientales, Plumes, Bouhon. This is the only card in the collection for this business. Card with illustration of a ship sailing in the moonlight.
Date:
1880 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
New York and Philadelphia Shoe Store
Title:
New York and Philadelphia Shoe Store
Description:
Advertisement for New York and Philadelphia Shoe Store. This is the only card in the collection for this business. Card with illustration of a boy and girl standing on the beach by the water.
Date:
1880 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Annual Excursion! Keystone Beneficial Society, Disston Saw Works, To Atlantic City
Title:
Annual Excursion! Keystone Beneficial Society, To Atlantic City
Description:
Advertisement for West Jersey Railroad. This is the only card for this manufacturer in the collection. The Disston Saw Works was located in Philadelphia and so gives the location for the start of the trip. Card with illustration of a couple scratching “I love you” in the sand.
Date:
1882
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Beaver Single and Double Parlor Heater : Danville Stove Co.
Title:
Beaver Single and Double Parlor Heater : Danville Stove Co.
Description:
Advertisement for Beaver Single and Double Parlor Heater : Danville Stove Co. This is the only card in the collection for these businesses. The front of the card advertises the Beaver Stove (manufactured in Danville, Pennsylvania and Chicago, Illinois), which was apparently available through A. H. Gudykunst's hardware store. Card with illustration of a stove and a young girl sitting by the water.
Date:
1882 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Amidon Vermeire Hamme (Belgique)
Title:
Amidon Vermeire Hamme (Belgique)
Description:
Advertisement for Amidon Vermeire Hamme (Belgique). This is one of numerous cards in the collection for this business. Card with illustration of two ships and a boat on the water.
Date:
1885 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Amidon Remy
Title:
Amidon Remy
Description:
Advertisement for Almidon Remy starch. This is one of a number of cards in the collection for this manufacturer. Card with illustration of a boat docked along the shore.
Date:
1880 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection

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