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Title
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F. R. Leonard
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Description
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Advertising card for F. R. Leonard showing a boy painting letters on a fence while a girl looks on. Letters on fence say: "This card is perfumed with Hoyts German Cologne, Fragrant & Lasting, Trial size 25 cts., Medium size 50 cts., Large bottles $1.00. E. W. Hoyt & Co., Proprietors, Lowell, Mass." Front lower right corner says: "Design copyrighted 1887." Back of card has advertising copy about Hoyt's German Cologne and Rubifoam a "liquid substitute for tooth powder...large bottles, 25 cents." It also says: "For Sale By F. R. Leonard...Dealer in Drugs, Patent Medicines, Chemicals, Fancy and Toilet Articles, Brushes, Perfumery, Etc." One of two cards with identical images, but slightly different backs (the other card is for Hugo Eyssell). Address given on back of card:
1201 Main Street,
Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1887
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Holman & French, Diamond Drug Store
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Description
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Advertising card for Holman & French, Diamond Drug Store cut in the shape of a fan with flowers on it. Front of card says: "Elite Bouquet, our specialty. Industrial Exhibition awarded to Western Perfumery Co., San Francisco 1883." Back of card says: "Peck's Premium Perfumes in all odors. Compliments of Holman & French Diamond Drug Store." Address given on back of card: Kansas City, Missouri. No street address is given.
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Date
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1883
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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C. I. Hood & Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for C. I. Hood & Co. showing a girl having a tea party with two puppies or dogs. Card is shaped like a plate and has a number of cracks around the edge. Front of card says: "Hoods Tooth Powder, Whitens the teeth, sweetens the breath. 25 Cts. a bottle." Back of card says: "C. I. Hood & Co., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass., U. S. A." and has extensive advertising copy about Hood's Tooth Powder and Hood's Sarsaparilla. It has a hook that says: "Manufactured only by [Dona]ldson Brothers, [Fiv]e Points, [New Y]ork." 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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D. Richmond & Son
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Description
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Advertising card for D. Richmond & Son showing cherubs carrying a garland of flowers under a fountain made of a cologne bottle. Front of card says: "Perfumed with Hoyt's German Cologne / Fragrant & Lasting / Trial size 25 cts. / Medium size 50 cts. / Large bottles $1.00. E. W. Hoyt & Co., Proprietors, Lowell, Mass." Front lower right corner says: "Trade Mark Registered." Back of card has advertising copy about Hoyt's German Cologne and says: "For Sale By D. Richmond & Son...Dealers in Drugs, Patent Medicines, Chemicals, Fancy and Toilet Articles, Brushes, Perfumery, Etc." Address given on back of card:
1033 Broadway, opp. Hotel Brunswick,
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. W. Evans, Druggist
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Description
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Advertising card for H. W. Evans showing a little girl holding up a cat and a doll, both dripping with red dye after being dipped. Her mother in the background looks mortified. The card advertises Diamond Dyes, manufactured by Wells, Richardson & Co. and sold by H. W. Evans. Front of card says: ?ǣIt's easy to dye with Diamond Dyes.?ǥ Lower left corner says: "Forbes Co. Boston." Back of card says: "Diamond Dyes, Simplest, Strongest, Fastest. They have no equal! Three new colors. Fast Stocking Black, Turkey Red for Cotton. Brown for Cotton...Sample cards and full directions for dyeing all kinds of goods, coloring photographs, &c., and making inks, wood stains, bluing, &c., &c., sent free by the proprietors. Wells, Richardson & Co., Burlington, Vt. For Gilding or Bronzing Fancy Articles use Diamond Paints, Gold, Silver, Bronze, Copper. Only 10 Cts." Address given on back of card:
908 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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Woodward, Faxon & Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for Woodward, Faxon & Co. showing two pigs talking to each other. Front of card says: ?ǣThe Two Dromios.?ǥ The first pig says, "Me thinks you are my glass, and not my brother. I see by you I am a sweet faced youth." The second pig says, "Yes I am your other self! Now ends our toil. Together we will shine in N. K. Fairbank & Co. Lard Oil." One of a set of four cards with pigs advertising Lard Oil manufactured by N. K. Fairbanks & Co., sold at Woodward, Faxon & Co. Back of card says: "Woodward, Faxon & Co., Wholesale Druggists .."." Presented by C. F. Williams." Address given on back of card:
511 Delaware 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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Woodward, Faxon & Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for Woodward, Faxon & Co., Wholesale Druggists, showing two pigs trying to crack a safe. Front of card says: "Hold on my boy, don't let us try,/ This good safe lock to spoil/ The owner, as I read above/ Sells Fairbanks Pure Lard Oil." Sign above safe says: "L. U. Bricator Dealer in N. K. Fairbank & Cos. Lard Oil." One of a set of four cards with pigs advertising Lard Oil manufactured by N. K. Fairbanks & Co., sold at Woodward, Faxon & Co. Back of card says: "Woodward, Faxon & Co., Wholesale Druggists .."." Presented by C. F. Williams." Address given on back of card: 511 Delaware 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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Woodward, Faxon & Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for Woodward, Faxon & Co. showing two pigs on a raft looking towards a lighthouse. Front of card says: ?ǣMessmate, all is lovely, and the goose hangs high/ 'Tis N. K. Fairbank & Co.s best Lard Oil/ Makes the light in yonder sky.?ǥ One of a set of four cards with pigs advertising Lard Oil manufactured by N. K. Fairbanks & Co., sold at Woodward, Faxon & Co. Back of card says: "Woodward, Faxon & Co., Wholesale Druggists .."." Presented by C. F. Williams." Address given on back of card:
511 Delaware 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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Woodward, Faxon & Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for Woodward, Faxon & Co. showing a man sketching a pig. Front of card says: ?ǣThat sweet experssion all my art doth foil / impossible to render it except in pure lard oil.?ǥ One of a set of four cards with pigs advertising Lard Oil manufactured by N. K. Fairbanks & Co., sold at Woodward, Faxon & Co. Back of card says: "Woodward, Faxon & Co., Wholesale Druggists .."." Presented by C. F. Williams." Address given on back of card:
511 Delaware 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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F. R. Leonard
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Description
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Advertising card for F. R. Leonard showing a man with white beard wearing a red robe and sandals sitting on a log in the woods holding a cane and a bottle of "St. Jacobs Oil." Front of card says: "St. Jacobs Oil. The Great German Remedy." Front lower right corner says: "A. Hoen & Co. Lith." Back of card has extensive advertising copy about St. Jacobs Oil of which there are "20,000,000 Bottles Sold." Damage on back of card obscures name of company that makes the product, but branches are listed in Toronto, San Francisco, London, and Sidney [sic] and Melbourne, Australia. Address given on back of card:
1201 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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W. H. Collins
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Description
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Advertising card for W. H. Collins showing a girl in a winter coat and hat pulling a sled through the snow. Front of card says: "The Genuine Dr. C. McLane's Liver Pills and Vermifuge." Front lower right corner has number 706 and lower left corner says: "Bufford." Back of card has a testimonial about the product followed by: "The only genuine Dr. C. McLane's Vermifuge, Is Prepared only by FLEMING BROS., Pittsburgh. For sale by W. H. Collins, City Drug Store." Address given on back of card:
4th & Main Sts.,
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
