Album: Grocers, Druggists, Kitchenware, Jewelry, Rewards of Merit, American Puzzle Cards

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Date

1840-1895

GUSN

GUSN-318651

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Trade card albums collection
Album: Grocers, Druggists, Kitchenware, Jewelry, Rewards of Merit, American Puzzle Cards
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Trade card albums collection

Description

The merchants represented in the album include Bugbee & Brownell, Keystone, Haas and Enterprise Manufacturing. There are 23 presidential portrait cards for advertising various businesses. There are 6 American Puzzle cards.The businesses are New England based and from across the United States.

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Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
grocery stores
drugstores
kitchenware
jewelers
trade cards (advertising)
albums
rewards of merit

Physical Descrption

212 cards, 59 leaves : color illustrations ; 9 x 13 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP003

Collection Name

Trade card albums collection

Reference Code

EP003.005

Credit Line

Anonymous donor, 2001.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Providence (Providence county, Rhode Island)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)
albums
rewards of merit

Description Level

Series

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