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Title
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The Great A&P Tea Company
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Description
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Advertising card for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. showing dog lying in bed under bedspread with small dishes on bedside table. Caption says: "Convalescent." Card is molded into a tray shape (broken at the edges). Back of card lists branch houses and their locations in cities around the U.S. Also says: "Be sure and give A&P Baking Powder a trial and we will guarantee you will use no other." Kansas City address given on back of card:
927 Main St.
Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1885
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Hammerslough & Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for "Hammerslough & Co., One Price Clothiers" showing a funny picture of a dog biting a pig's ear and a man, woman, and child, one behind the other, tugging on the dog's tail. Front of card says: "No. 2. 'All Together!'" Bottom of card says: "Copyrighted 1882" and "Cartoon Publishing Co. Chicago." Back of card says: "We smile again/ And so will you when you see the new series of Cartoons (a continuation of the Garden Series which attracted so much attention) just placed on exhibition at our store. They create almost as much comment as the exceedingly low prices named on our new Fall Stock.." Address given on back of card:
Corner 5th and Main Streets,
Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1882
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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G. Bernheimer, Bros. & Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for G. Bernheimer, Bros. & Co. showing a dog in a cradle. One of three cards with similar design. Back of card says: "Bernheimers'. Popular Books at Popular Prices. The following popular copyrighted Books we offer you at about 1=4 Less Than Regular Prices. 98c. Red Pottage. Tommy and Grizel. Voice of The People. Unleavened Bread. Three Men on Wheels. When Knighthood Was in Flower. Redemption David Corson. Resurrection. Romance of Gilbert Holmes. 98c. Visit Our Popular Book Department, if you Want to Save Money. All the Latest $1.50 Books Sold for 98c." Address is not given.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Kansas City Soap Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for the Kansas City Soap Co. showing a large silver moon with face in a darkening sunset sky smiling down on a dog. One of a set of two cards telling a story. Back of card has a four-stanza poem called "Mother's Appeal" about a laundry soap called "Water Queen." No address is given.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Kansas City Soap Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for the Kansas City Soap Co. showing a large silver moon with face in a dark sky frowning as a dog runs away from it. One of two cards with similar image. Back of card has a four-stanza poem called "Mother's Appeal" about a laundry soap called "Water Queen." No address is given.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Ernst Stoeltzing
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Description
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Advertising card for Ernst Stoeltzing showing a girl cutting a piece of meat or sausage with a large knife while two boys and a dog look on. Front of card is stamped with: "Tel. 851 Grand. Est. 1863. Ernst Stoeltzing, Hardware and Metal Worker." Back of card says: "'Art Garland' Home Series / For Anthracite Coal or Crushed Coke / A Thoroughly-Good Double-Heating Base-Burner / Positively the BEST STOVE to be had for the price asked" and has further advertising copy about the stove. Address given on stamp on front of card:
1415 Grand Ave.,
Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Bradbury Pianos
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Description
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Advertising card for Bradbury Pianos showing four dogs wearing eye glasses sitting with legs crossed reading newspapers. Front of card says: "Astonishing!." The Bradbury Piano again selected for the White House. This fifth term beats the records. 'The Sweetest and best Tuned Piano Made is the Bradbury.'" Back of card has an image of two babies looking at a piece of music and says: "Freeborn G. Smith, Man'fr of Bradbury Pianos, 95 Fifth Ave., New York. / The Bradbury Piano. True to Nature / Factories: New York. Brooklyn. Leominster. Warerooms: Chicago. Kansas City. Philadelphia. Washington.." No Kansas City address is given.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Golden Eagle Clothing House
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Description
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Advertising card for Golden Eagle Clothing House showing two dogs leaning out a doorway surrounded by a horseshoe and some flowers. Back of card says: "Children's Clothing a Specialty." Address given on front and back of card:
514 & 516 Main Street,
Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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H. Patterson & Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for H. Patterson & Co. showing two dogs boxing. Front lower left corner of card has number C-930. Back of card says: "H. Patterson & Co, Manufacturers & Jobbers of Boots, Shoes & Rubbers. H. Patterson & Co.'s celebrated 'Gold Seal' School Shoes, and Diamond Bright Dongola Shoes for children are the best made. We are Agents for the H. B. Anthony Shoe Co.'s Children's fine Shoes. Ask your dealer for them. Buy no other. For wear they have no equal..." Boston Office, 288 Devonshire Street." Address given on back of card:
419 & 421 Delaware St.,
Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Nicolai & Michaelis
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Description
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Advertising card for Nicolai & Michaelis showing a chained dog lunging, teeth bared, at a man tumbling over a fence, his belongings flying every where. Caption says: "The dog I left behind me." Back of card says: "From Nicolai & Michaelis, 614 Main Street, Fashionable Hatters. Agents for Dunlap's Celebrated Hats. Boys' and Children's Hats as Specialty." This printing shows through on the front side of the card. Address given on back of card:
614 Main Street.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Ninth Street Dry Goods Company
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Description
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Advertising card for Ninth Street Dry Goods Company showing a girl and boy in traditional Dutch dress shaking an umbrella at a dog. There is a windmill in the background. Lower right corner says: "Series 103." One of two cards with similar design and images. Card is cut with a curved border and has a stick (broken) stapled on the back. Back of card says: "Dry Goods, Shoes, Ladies' and Gents' Furnishings." Lower right corner says: "Bright-Wright Supply Co., K.C., Mo." Address and telephone given on back of card:
Home Phone 215 East,
4213 East 9th St.
Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
