Advertising Cards

Title: Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, The
Description: Advertising card for The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. showing woman standing by tea service holding a cup of tea. Small inset pictures shows old woman with a cup of tea and saucer. Tiny caption under inset picture says: "'The Gt. Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co's celebrated teas and coffees have been my solace through life' -Grandmother." Card is cut in shape of clam shell. Back of card has small image of "Grandmother" and a printed lace border. It lists branch houses and their locations in cities around the U.S. Kansas City address given on back of card: 927 Main St.Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1884
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: J. W. Jenkins' Sons Music Co.
Description: Advertising card for J. W. Jenkins' Sons Music Co. with image of a barn swallow perched on a branch. Front lower left corner of card has No. 45. Back of card says: "Ludwig Pianos Are Competing Against the World at the Paris Exhibition 1900. (One of the 2 American Makes Represented.." Address given on back of card:
Kansas City, Mo. No street address is given.
Date: 1900
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: J. W. Jenkins & Son
Description: Advertising card for J. W. Jenkins & Sons showing a girl dragging a large basket of apples down a hill. Front of card says: "Story & Clark Organ Co. Canal and 16th Streets, Chicago. For Sale By J. W. Jenkins & Son. Popular Prices! Decker Bros., Vose & Sons, Mathushek Pianos." Back of card has a small image of a factory and says: "Fall of 1890, Chicago, Ill. You are hereby respectfully invited to call at the Model Organ Factory of the World, corner Canal and 16th Streets, Chicago, at your early convenience and inspect same throughout, upon presentation of this card. We are to-day the largest exclusive reed organ manufacturers in the World..." Yours respectfully, Story & Clark Organ Co. / R. S. V. P." Address given on front of card:
615 Main St.
Date: 1890
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: F. R. Leonard
Description: 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.
Date: 1887
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., The
Description: Advertising card for The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. showing a white dove sitting in front of a large cross covered with pink roses. Front of card says: "Our Easter Offering." Front lower right corner says: "Copyrighted 1886 by the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company New York." Back of card has extensive advertising copy about "pure teas, coffees and baking powder," and lists branch houses and their locations in cities around the U.S. Kansas City address given on back of card: 923 Main St.
Date: 1886
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Domestic Sewing Machine Company
Description: Advertising card for the Domestic Sewing Machine Company showing a picture hanging above a mantlepiece. Picture is of a woman carrying a parasol. Front of card says: "Art Needlework Made on the Domestic Sewing Machine." Front lower left corner has initials "J. B. G." and lower right corner says: "Copyrighted 1886." Back of card says: "The Light Running 'Domestic' Sewing Machine." Address given on back of card:
Parlors: 12th and Main Streets,
Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1886
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Owen, Pixley & Co., Clothiers
Description: Advertising card for Owen, Pixley & Co. with an image of a woman wearing a hat surrounded by a floral border. Back of card says: "You are cordially invited to be present at the Reception and Inauguration of Owen, Pixley & Co., Clothing Emporium, No. 932 Main Street, Thursday Afternoon and Evening, Nov. 13, 1884." and includes advertising copy that mentions "Children's Suitings." Address given on back of card:
932 Main Street,
Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1884
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: J. W. Jenkins & Son
Description: Advertising card for J. W. Jenkins & Sons showing a girl picking flowers. Front of card says: "Story & Clark Organ Co. Canal and 16th Streets, Chicago. For Sale By J. W. Jenkins & Son. Popular Prices! Decker Bros., Vose & Sons, Mathushek Pianos." Back of card has a small image of a factory and says: "Fall of 1890, Chicago, Ill. You are hereby respectfully invited to call at the Model Organ Factory of the World, corner Canal and 16th Streets, Chicago, at your early convenience and inspect same throughout, upon presentation of this card. We are to-day the largest exclusive reed organ manufacturers in the World..." Yours respectfully, Story & Clark Organ Co. / R. S. V. P." Address given on front of card:
615 Main St.
Date: 1890
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, The
Description: Advertising card for The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. showing three girls sitting underneath a broken umbrella each holding a kitten. Caption says: "Three little kittens." Back of card has small image of "Grandmother" and lists branch houses and their locations in cities around the U.S. Kansas City address given on back of card: 927 Main St. Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1884
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: J. E. Vincent and Co.
Description: Advertising card for J. E. Vincent and Co. showing two sailing ships and a border of flowers. Front of card says: "Vincent's Millinery Opening, April 19 and 20, 1883." Front lower left corner has number 27 and says: "Copyright by Robinson Eng. Co. Boston U.S.A. 1880." Card folds and inside says: "Our 4th Annual Opening of Fine French Millinery and Hair Goods, and Exhibition of Pattern Bonnets and Round Hats, also all the Latest Novelties, Thursday and Friday, April 19th and 20th, 1883." Back of card is blank except for tiny text: "Harrington, Typ." Address given inside card: 701 Main St., cor. Seventh, Kansas City.
Date: 1883
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Eyssell's Model Pharmacy
Description: Advertising card for Eyssell's Model Pharmacy with image of four cats. Front of card says: ?ǣWe mew for Eyssell Bros. Ginger Ale.?ǥ and "Kansas City. Exposition, 1887." Lower right corner says: "Phoenix Lith. Co., Chicago." Some damage to front and back of card. Back of card says: "Representing the Three Pharmacies, conducted by
Geo. Eyssell,
1036 Union Avenue
Hugo Eyssell,
12th and Broadway
Fred. Eyssell,
1062 Union Avenue
Eyssell Bros. Mineral Waters,
20th and Boulevard."
Date: 1887
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Description: Advertising card for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. showing an old woman holding a cup of tea and saucer. Caption says: "The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company's Celebrated Teas and Coffees have been my solace through life. -Grandmother." Back of card has advertising copy describing an original lithograph called "The Household Pet," lists six locations in Cincinnati, and says: "130 Stores in U. S." No Kansas City address is given.
Date: 1883
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Eyssell's Model Pharmacy
Description: Advertising card for Eyssell's Model Pharmacy with image of two cats in a basket. Front of card says: ?ǣWe mew for Eyssell Bros. Vichy.?ǥ and "Kansas City. Exposition, 1887." Lower right corner says: "Phoenix Lith. Co., Chicago." Back of card says: "Representing the Three Pharmacies, conducted by
Geo. Eyssell,
1036 Union Avenue
Hugo Eyssell,
12th and Broadway
Fred. Eyssell,
1062 Union Avenue
Eyssell Bros. Mineral Waters,
20th and Boulevard."
Date: 1887
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Domestic Sewing Machine Company
Description: Advertising card for the Domestic Sewing Machine Company showing a donkey carrying a woman and big baskets of produce. Front of card says: "Copy of Work Done on the 'Domestic Sewing Machine.'" Front lower left corner has initials "N. A. B." and lower right corner says: "Copyrighted 1886." Back of card says: "Imitated by All! Equalled by None! The Domestic Sewing Machine, Whetstone & Co., General Agts., Throughout Jackson Co., and Wyandotte Co., Kas..."."" Domestic Fashion Patterns, Needles, Oil, And Attachments for all Machines." Address given on back of card:
City Office, Main & 12th Sts.,
Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1886
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Holman & French, Diamond Drug Store
Description: 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.
Date: 1883
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Description: Advertising card for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. showing a girl and her doll covered in ink after knocking over the ink on a lap desk. Caption says: "The Accident." One of a set of three cards telling a story with this girl. Back of card lists branch houses and their addresses in cities around the U.S. Kansas City address given on back of card:
927 Main St.,
Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1883
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: J. W. Jenkins & Son
Description: Advertising card for J. W. Jenkins & Sons showing a girl holding an umbrella standing under the eves of a building as it stops raining and the sun comes out. Front of card says: "Story & Clark Organ Co. Canal and 16th Streets, Chicago. For Sale By J. W. Jenkins & Son. Popular Prices! Decker Bros., Vose & Sons, Mathushek Pianos." Back of card has a small image of a factory and says: "Fall of 1890, Chicago, Ill. You are hereby respectfully invited to call at the Model Organ Factory of the World, corner Canal and 16th Streets, Chicago, at your early convenience and inspect same throughout, upon presentation of this card. We are to-day the largest exclusive reed organ manufacturers in the World..."" Yours respectfully, Story & Clark Organ Co. / R. S. V. P." Address given on front of card:
615 Main St.
Date: 1890
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, The
Description: Advertising card for The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. showing woman and man riding a bicycle. The bicycle spokes are the printed addresses of the company's branch houses around the U.S. Card is cut in shape of the bicycle and riders. Back of card has advertising copy and says among other things: "128 Stores in the United States" and "Positively no polishing matter used in roasting our coffees...no ingredients whatever being used to make them glossy. Beware of glossy coffees." Kansas City address given on front of card: 927 Main St.Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1883
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Great A&P Tea Company, The
Description: Advertising card for The Great Atlantic and 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.
Date: 1885
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Description: Advertising card for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. showing a bandaged owl holding a $50 bill sitting on a branch cuddling with an owl wearing women's bedclothes. One of a set of four cards telling a story (original set had six cards). Caption says: "6. Owl man and Owl woman, Owl maid and Owl bach, They are happy once more Tho' they've had many a scratch." Front of card says: "The Great Atlantic & Pacific Co's Teas & Coffees are the best." Back of card lists branch houses and their addresses in cities around the U.S. Kansas City address given on back of card:
927 Main St.,
Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1883
Object Type: Advertising Card

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