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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
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 a king dressing with the assistance of a commoner. A court jester mocks the action while holding a pair of shoes. Its caption reads: “Le Roi Dagobert.”
Date:
1880 - 1910
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Girl and dog in a window
Title:
Girl and dog in a window
Description:
Humorous caricature illustration of a girl and a dog in a window. Trade card does not include any text.
Date:
(approximate) 1880 - (approximate) 1890
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Daniel & Co. Manufacturers of Shirts
Title:
Daniel & Co. Manufacturers of Shirts
Description:
Advertisement for Daniel & Co. Manufacturers of Shirts. This is one of several cards in the collection for this business. The date is based on information given in Gopsill's Philadelphia city directories. Card with illustration of a man punching a hole in the ear of another man. The caption reads: "Punch-punch/ Punch with/ care &c."
Date:
1889 - 1896
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
Bouillon Cibils
Title:
Bouillon Cibils
Description:
Advertisement for Bouillon Cibils. One of a series of cards printed in either French or Dutch. Illustration depicts a large bottle of the product being dropped on the head of a well-dressed man. The word "verte" is written in small print in the lower right corner.
Date:
1883 - 1910
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Perles du Japon (Potage recherché)
Title:
Perles du Japon (Potage recherché)
Description:
Advertisement for Perles du Japon (Potage recherché). One of seventy-three cards for this product in the collection, most featuring soldiers in uniform. This illustration depicts a major interrogating two soldiers about their illnesses. The caption at bottom reads "Voyons mon ami, qu'est-ce vous avez?/ M'sieu le major, j'ai la colique./-- Et vous? -- M'sieu le major-- j'ai.... le contraire./ Arrangez-vous ensemble, sacrebleu!!" The caption under the title reads "Ne se vendent qu'en boîtes rondes bleues de 250 grammes". A lithographer's trademark also appears.
Date:
1890 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Perles du Japon (Potage recherché)
Title:
Perles du Japon (Potage recherché)
Description:
Advertisement for Perles du Japon (Potage recherché). One of seventy-three cards for this product in the collection, most featuring soldiers in uniform. The illustration depicts a foppish young man asking the captain of the ninth dragoon where he can find the tenth. The caption at the bottom reads "--M. le capitaine, comme vous étes du 9e dragons, vous pourrez sans doute m'indiquer où se trouve le 10e, c'est si près...." The caption under the title reads "Ne se vendent qu'en boîtes rondes bleues de 250 grammes". A lithographer's trademark also appears.
Date:
1890 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Perles du Japon (Potage recherché)
Title:
Perles du Japon (Potage recherché)
Description:
Advertisement for Perles du Japon (Potage recherché). One of seventy-three cards for this product in the collection, most featuring soldiers in uniform. This illustration depicts two soldiers discussing a steam pump. The caption at the bottom reads "--C'est une pompe à vapeur. / J'vois bien, mais explique moi voir pourquoi qu'on fait chauffer l'eau pour éteindre un incendie." The caption under the title reads "Ne se vendent qu'en boîtes rondes bleues de 250 grammes". A lithographer's trademark also appears.
Date:
1890 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Perles du Japon (Potage recherché)
Title:
Perles du Japon (Potage recherché)
Description:
Advertisement for Perles du Japon (Potage recherché). One of seventy-three cards for this product in the collection, most featuring soldiers in uniform. This illustration depicts a heated discussion about the expense of purchased commissions. The caption at the bottom reads "Le général bondit.... cent dix.... c'est à dire 220 livres un cavalier. -- Faites donc rien Mossieu? -- Vous figurez pas que j'vais vous proposer pour capitaine!" The caption under the title reads "Ne se vendent qu'en boîtes rondes bleues de 250 grammes". A lithographer's trademark also appears.
Date:
1890 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Perles du Japon (Potage recherché)
Title:
Perles du Japon (Potage recherché)
Description:
Advertisement for Perles du Japon (Potage recherché). One of seventy-three cards for this product in the collection, most featuring soldiers in uniform. This illustration depicts a mother telling her daughter to admire her brother. The caption at the bottom reads "Vois, ma fille! Comme ton frère est beau, quel superbe dragon.-- Tout le portrait d'sa mère." Caption under title reads "Ne se vendent qu'en boîtes rondes bleues de 250 grammes". A lithographer's trademark also appears.
Date:
1890 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Perles du Japon (Potage recherché)
Title:
Perles du Japon (Potage recherché)
Description:
Advertisement for Perles du Japon (Potage recherché). One of seventy-three cards for this product in the collection, most featuring soldiers in uniform. This illustration depicts a soldier kneeling in reverence to a floating bowl of food. The caption at the bottom reads "Assez de changements et d'expériences! Rendez-nous la gamelle de nos pères, alternant avec le rata, un peu plus de légumes avec davantage de viande autour." The caption below the title reads "Ne se vendent qu'en boîtes rondes bleues de 250 grammes". A lithographer's trademark also appears.
Date:
1890 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Perles du Japon (Potage recherché)
Title:
Perles du Japon (Potage recherché)
Description:
Advertisement for Perles du Japon (Potage recherché). One of seventy-three cards for this product in the collection, most featuring soldiers in uniform. This illustration depicts a soldier asking to be made a brigadier, or corporal. The caption at the bottom reads "Vous demandez à passer brigadier, vous avez donc déjà servi?/ Oui, mon capitaine, j'étais valet de chambre." The caption under the title reads "Ne se vendent qu'en boîtes rondes bleues de 250 grammes". A lithographer's trademark also appears.
Date:
1890 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Perles du Japon (Potage recherché)
Title:
Perles du Japon (Potage recherché)
Description:
Advertisement for Perles du Japon (Potage recherché). One of seventy-three cards for this product in the collection, most featuring soldiers in uniform. This illustration depicts two soldiers looking at medieval armor. The caption at the bottom reads "De rudes gaillards, tout de même en c'temps là! Euss! misère! j'aurais tant seulement voulu leur z'y voir embarquer leurs poulets d'Inde dans les wagons ou seulement faire le service des vélocipèdes." The caption under the title reads "Ne se vendent qu'en boites rondes bleues de 250 grammes". A lithographer's trademark also appears.
Date:
1890 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Perles du Japon (Potage recherché)
Title:
Perles du Japon (Potage recherché)
Description:
Advertisement for Perles du Japon (Potage recherché). One of seventy-three cards for this product in the collection, most featuring soldiers in uniform. This illustration depict a soldier drinking at a bar, recommending military life to another man for its health benefits. The caption at the bottom reads "Et puis d'abord le regiment, vois-tu, c'est la santé, parce que pour la santé faut d'l'exercice et que nulle part au monde ou ailleurs, on n'a autant d'exercices qu'au régiment." The caption under the title reads "Ne se vendent qu'en boîtes rondes bleues de 250 grammes". A lithographer's trademark also appears.
Date:
1890 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection

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