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Lot of 19 original Victorian Trade Cards: chromolithographed advertisements for businesses in Springfield, Massachusetts, around 1880 to 1885, including:Antique Lithographed Victorian Advertising Trade Card for Brightwood Nurseries. J.W. Adams, Proprietor. C.C. Hartwell, Agent. Fruit and Ornamental Trees. On back: Please let the Agent show you specimens of natural foliage of several new Ornamental Trees and Shrubs; and agent's address in Boston, handwritten. Measures 4.75 by 2.75 inches; card has been trimmed on right side, some letters cut off.
Antique Lithographed Victorian Advertising Trade Card for Charles Hall, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in China, Crockery, Glass and Silver Plated Ware. Nice illustration of birds with nest. Reverse is blank. Measures 4-3/8 by 3-1/8 inches. Bottom left corner is clipped. Surface of paper on back is peeled and thin in spots.
Two Antique Lithographed Victorian Advertising Trade Cards with 2 different floral designs for H.I. & C.E. Clarke, Successors to E.W. Clarke… Read More