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Curtis Davis & Co. Boston, Mass.
Title:
Curtis Davis & Co. Boston, Mass.
Description:
Advertisement for Curtis Davis & Co. Boston, Mass. One of four gilt cards for this business all of which were designed by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. All of these cards feature people greeting each other, in this case a cupid and two women. For more information about this series see: Mac Donnell, Kevin. "Trade Cards by Charlotte Perkins Gilman: The young artist's Soapine and non-Soapine designs" THE ADVERTISING TRADE CARD QUARTERLY : THE JOURNAL OF THE TRADE CARD COLLECTIONS ASSOCIATION. 8.3 (Fall 2001): 18-25, 28.
Date:
1880 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Chocolat de la Cie Française
Title:
Chocolat de la Cie Française
Description:
Advertisement for Chocolat de la Cie Française. This is one of three gilt cards in the collection for this business, all apparently from the same series. The card is numbered five, and its caption reads: "Chez le commissaire." On the reverse, a space has been left for an individual grocer or confectioner to add his information. Card with illustration of a uniformed man holding two men.
Date:
1890 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
L’Indiscret (Dubois & Cie.)
Title:
L’Indiscret (Dubois & Cie.)
Description:
Advertisement for L’Indiscret (Dubois & Cie.). Among varied cards for this company from the collection. The face depicts two boys dressed in military costume in dice. One is presenting a girl with a flower. The face includes the caption: "L'indiscret."
Date:
1850 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Alfred Carlier : Timbres-poste pour collections
Title:
Alfred Carlier : Timbres-poste pour collections
Description:
Advertisement for Alfred Carlier: Timbres-poste pour collections. One of a numbered series of six cards for this business from the collection. Each illustration contains a caption with a pun on the color chosen for the faces, hats, and coats for the two boys. This third card features blue boys with the caption, Un des fusils part tout-a-coup. Ils ont peur bleue.
Date:
1870 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Alfred Carlier : Timbres-poste pour collections
Title:
Alfred Carlier : Timbres-poste pour collections
Description:
Advertisement for Alfred Carlier: Timbres-poste pour collections. One of a numbered series of six cards for this business from the collection. Each illustration contains a caption with a pun on the color chosen for the faces, hats, and coats for the two boys. This fourth card features red boys with the caption, C'est ta faute!!..... Mais non c'est la tienne. Ils se fachent tout rouge.
Date:
1870 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Alfred Carlier : Timbres-poste pour collections
Title:
Alfred Carlier : Timbres-poste pour collections
Description:
Advertisement for Alfred Carlier: Timbres-poste pour collections. One of a numbered series of six cards for this business from the collection. Each illustration contains a caption with a pun on the color chosen for the faces, hats, and coats for the two boys. This fifth card features yellow boys with the caption, La paix est enfin faite, mais...ils rient jaune.
Date:
1870 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Alfred Carlier : Timbres-poste pour collections
Title:
Alfred Carlier : Timbres-poste pour collections
Description:
Advertisement for Alfred Carlier: Timbres-poste pour collections. One of a numbered series of six cards for this business from the collection. Each illustration contains a caption with a pun on the color chosen for the faces, hats, and coats for the two boys. This sixth card features black boys with the caption, Toutes ces émotions leur ont donne des idées noires.
Date:
1870 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Alfred Carlier : Timbres-poste pour collections
Title:
Alfred Carlier : Timbres-poste pour collections
Description:
Advertisement for Alfred Carlier: Timbres-poste pour collections. One of a numbered series of six cards for this business from the collection. Each contains a caption with a pun on the color chosen for the faces, hats, and coats of the boys in the illustration. This second card features grey figures with the caption, Pour se réchauffer ils boivent et ils deviennent gris.
Date:
1870 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
J. Fearnley, Wholesale Slop Merchant
Title:
J. Fearnley, Wholesale Slop Merchant
Description:
Advertisement for J. Fearnley, Wholesale Slop Merchant. This is the only card in the collection for this business. Card with illustration of a woman holding a spear and snake scepter along with a lion and shield by her side. Card also for the business of B. Captains who sells leather hats.
Date:
1780 - 1820
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Antoine Dupont : Fabrique de chocolat
Title:
Antoine Dupont : Fabrique de chocolat
Description:
Advertisement for Antoine Dupont: Fabrique de chocolat. One of eleven cards in the collection from the same series. The illustrations apparently refer to popular songs or stories. This illustration depicts four soldiers posing with their weapons. Its caption reads: “Malbourough s’en va t’en guerre.”
Date:
1880 - 1910
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Antoine Dupont : Fabrique de chocolat
Title:
Antoine Dupont : Fabrique de chocolat
Description:
Advertisement for Antoine Dupont: Fabrique de chocolat. One of eleven cards in the collection from the same series. The illustrations apparently refer to popular songs or stories. Card depicts two smugglers with guns. Its caption reads: “Les Contrebandiers.”
Date:
1880 - 1910
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
R. W. Bell & Co. Soap (F. O. Batch, Saddles and Harness)
Title:
R. W. Bell & Co. Soap (F. O. Batch, Saddles and Harness)
Description:
Advertisement for R. W. Bell & Co. Soap (F. O. Batch, Saddles and Harness). This is the only card in the collection for this business. The face illustration is an advertisement for soap, while the back advertises a store that sells equestrian supplies. The verse in the upper right-hand corner on the face reads, Full well they knew its magic power/ It's known by high and low/ They said with Bell's Soap we can catch/ The fiercest Buffalo/ Try it. The card is dated based on F.O. Batch's biography.
Date:
1867 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
DRAPEAU DES GARDES FRANÇAISES (1763)
Title:
DRAPEAU DES GARDES FRANÇAISES (1763)
Description:
Advertisement for DRAPEAU DES GARDES FRANÇAISES. Illustration of soldier standing next to flag. Among numerous cards in the collection without advertising copy. Most are likely to be Belgian. Businesses during this period would have been able to choose from among similar pre-printed examples.
Date:
1880 - 1910
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Untitled trade card
Title:
Untitled trade card
Description:
Trade card with illustration of a queen and knight. Among numerous cards in the collection without advertising copy, one of two with a fairy tale theme on lightweight paper. Businesses during this period would have been able to choose from among similar pre-printed examples. Card with illustration of a soldier and queen standing with the palace and natural scenery in the background.
Date:
1880 - 1910
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Jaz H. Ford : American Manufacture
Title:
Jaz H. Ford : American Manufacture
Description:
Advertisement for Jaz H. Ford : American Manufacture. This is the only card in the collection for this business. Card with illustration of a man's portrait, an eagle, a flag, and several cannonballs.
Date:
(questionable) 1815
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Alfred Carlier : Timbres-poste pour collections
Title:
Alfred Carlier : Timbres-poste pour collections
Description:
Advertisement for Alfred Carlier: Timbres-poste pour collections. One of a numbered series of six cards for this business from the collection. Each contains a caption with a pun on the color chosen for the faces, hats, and coats of the boys in the illustration. This first card features green figures with the caption, Deux amis partent pour la chasse. Ils sont verts de froid.
Date:
1880 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Sword Cutler & Gun Maker (Samuel Brunn)
Title:
Sword Cutler & Gun Maker (Samuel Brunn)
Description:
Advertisement for Sword Cutler & Gun Maker (Samuel Brunn). This is the only card in the collection for this business. The date is based on the title "Duke of Cambridge" and the time Samuel Brunn was known to be an active gunmaker.
Date:
1800 - 1820
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Léon Goscinny : Saison D'Ostende 1895
Title:
Léon Goscinny : Saison D'Ostende 1895
Description:
Advertisement for Léon Goscinny : Saison D'Ostende 1895. One of a series of five cards from the collection featuring children in military uniform.
Date:
1895
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Léon Goscinny : Saison D'Ostende 1895
Title:
Léon Goscinny : Saison D'Ostende 1895
Description:
Advertisement for Léon Goscinny : Saison D'Ostende 1895. One of a series of five cards from the collection featuring children in military uniform.
Date:
1895
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Léon Goscinny : Saison D'Ostende 1895
Title:
Léon Goscinny : Saison D'Ostende 1895
Description:
Advertisement for Léon Goscinny : Saison D'Ostende 1895. One of a series of five cards from the collection featuring children in military uniform.
Date:
1895
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection

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