Advertising Cards

Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 82 with Photographic Postcards
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Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 82 with Photographic Postcards
Description
Scrapbook page containing five photographs or photographic postcards. Four images are of graves in Boothill Graveyard, Tombstone and one is of horses and buggies outside of the Tombstone Epitaph building. The grave markers say:1. "Dan Dowd, Red Sample, Tex Howard, Bill DeLaney, Dan Kelly, Legally Hanged Mar. 8 1884."2. "Billy Clanton, Tom McLowery, Frank McFlowery, Murdered on the streets of Tombstone 1881." 3. "John Heath, Taken from County Jail and Lynched by Bisbee Mob in Tombstone, Feb. 22, 1884."4. "George Johnson, Hanged by mistake."
Object Type
Postcard
J. S. Black
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J. S. Black
Description
Advertising card for "J. S. Black, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Buggies, Carriages, Phaetons, Farm and Spring Wagons." Card has image of Andrew Jackson in front of pillars and caption giving personal and presidential dates. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 421 Walnut St., Kansas City, Missouri.
Date
1885~
Object Type
Advertising Card
McFarlan Carriage Co.
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McFarlan Carriage Co.
Description
Advertising card for McFarlan Carriage Co. with portrait of girl in a blue hat. One of two cards with similar portraits. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 1413 and 1415 W. Tenth St., Kansas City, MO.
Date
1885~
Object Type
Advertising Card
McFarlan Carriage Co.
Title
McFarlan Carriage Co.
Description
Advertising card for McFarlan Carriage Co. showing child sitting in grass by the sea. One of two cards with similar image. Front lower left corner has number C-774. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 1413 and 1415 W. Tenth St., Kansas City, MO.
Date
1885~
Object Type
Advertising Card
Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 80 with Kansas City Businesses
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Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 80 with Kansas City Businesses
Description
Scrapbook page containing 11 advertising cards including four for businesses in Kansas City, Missouri. The cards show the following:1. A woman's face over a field of cows. Card says: "The Great American Drama. Only a Farmers Daughter." Bottom of card says: "The Courier Lith. Co. Buffalo, N.Y."2. A woman and child sitting looking at a piano labeled: "Packard Grand."3. Three horses drinking at a trough. Card says: "$1,000 reward for the proof of the existence of a better liniment for human and animal flesh than 'Merchant's Gargling Oil' or a better worm remedy than 'Merchant's Worm Tablets' Manufactured by Merchant's Gargling Oil Co., Lockport, N.Y. John Hodge, Secy." Bottom of card says: "The Courier Lith. Co. Buffalo, N.Y."4. A geisha wearing collar and cuffs and using an umbrella and shoes made of cuffs. Card says: "Celluloid Waterproof Collars, Cuffs, and Shirt Bosoms." Bottom of card says: "Donaldson Brothers, Five Points, N.Y."5. A woman with a man in a bathrobe holding a bottle. Card says: "Ayer's Sarsaparilla. The Deacon: 'Land sake Liza, the very sight of that bottle makes me feel like another man.' Ayer's Sarsaparilla is a compound concentrated extract-the strongest, best, cheapest blood medicine."6. A woman wearing a fancy collar. Card says: "Yours for Health, Lydia E. Pinkham. Put this in your album." Handwriting on card says: "Something New."7. A smiling cat. Caption says: "Ha! Ha! Ha! I've eaten the canary!"8. A small image of a sewing machine and two scenes with a woman speaking to a man entitled "A Painful Alternative." One says: "I will have a 'New Home' Machine!" and the other says: "A 'New Home' or a divorce, Take your choice, Sir!" Card says: "New Home Sewing Machine Co., 1030 Main St., Kansas City, Mo. F. M. Weaver and Co. Wholesale Dealers."9. Price list for purveyor of alcohol, "Louis Robidoux, Kansas City, Mo." Card includes prices for "W. H. McBrayer, Breckenridge, Golden Wedding Rye, J. W. Dant, Old Crow, Maple Leaf, Anderson County, Howard County Bourbon, Duncan County Bourbon, Jim Crow."10. "Columbus presenting to the King and Queen of Spain Trophies secured in the New World 1492." Native Americans are huddled in the corner and a carriage is displayed. Card says: "Columbus Buggy Co., Columbus, Ohio. Branch House, 806 Walnut St., Kansas City, Mo." Bottom of card says: "The Krebs Co., Cin.O."11. A cat playing with yarn on knitting needles. Card says: "New Home Sewing Machine Co., No. 101 West Ninth Street, Kansas City, Mo."
Date
1885~
Object Type
Advertising Card
McFarlan Carriage Co.
Title
McFarlan Carriage Co.
Description
Advertising card for McFarlan Carriage Co. showing girl sitting in grass by the sea with a bucket and spade. One of two cards with similar image. Front lower left corner of card has number C-774. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 1413 and 1415 W. Tenth St., Kansas City, MO.
Date
1885~
Object Type
Advertising Card
J. J. Foster
Title
J. J. Foster
Description
Advertising card for J. J. Foster showing a man and woman with arms around each other riding in a horse-drawn carriage. Front of card says: "J. J. Foster, Harness and Saddlery, Turf Goods a Specialty." Front lower left corner has number C-935. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 511 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
Date
1885~
Object Type
Advertising Card
J. J. Foster
Title
J. J. Foster
Description
Advertising card for J. J. Foster showing a horse and carriage with a man standing at the horse's head and one sitting in the carriage. Front of card says: "J. J. Foster, Harness and Saddlery, and Jobber of Turf Goods Specialties. Telephone 2028." Front lower left corner has number C-683. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 511 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
Date
1885~
Object Type
Advertising Card
Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 78 with Christmas Cards
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Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 78 with Christmas Cards
Description
Scrapbook page containing ten advertising cards with a Christmas theme. Of seven smaller cards, there are three with Santa, three with angels and flowers, and one with a woman in flowered dress and crown. The three larger cards show a nativity scene; a sleigh laden with a Christmas tree being pulled by horses through a covered bridge; and a carriage being pulled by a team of four horses.
Date
1885~
Object Type
Advertising Card
Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 42 with Animals
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Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 42 with Animals
Description
Scrapbook page with five advertising cards including two large cards (25 x 12 cm.) showing a lion and a tiger lying down. Two cards show sheep and one card shows three children, two riding in a carriage being pulled by two goats.
Date
1885~
Object Type
Advertising Card
Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 65 with Horse-Drawn Carriage and Ships
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Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 65 with Horse-Drawn Carriage and Ships
Description
Scrapbook page containing seven advertising cards showing the following:1. Two steam boats on the water. Caption says: "A spurt for the lead, Boston Harbor."2. Five men on a ship looking across the sea to land on which a sign says: "Ayer's Sarsaparilla." Caption says: "The Discovery of America."3. Fans (two small cards cut to shape).4. Six people riding in a carriage pulled by four horses. Side of carriage says: "Old Judge." Card is large (18 x 26 cm.) and cut to shape.5. Girl wearing a hat holding a teddybear.6. Men working on a ship with large spools of thread. Card says: "J. and P. Coats' Best Six-Cord Spool Cotton and Cleopatra's Needle."
Date
1885~
Object Type
Advertising Card
F. Weber's Sons
Title
F. Weber's Sons
Description
Advertising card for F. Weber's Sons with a photograph of a horse hitched to a sulky carrying a man. Front of card says: "Joe Patchen, 2:01 1/4 --The Kansas-bred Cyclone. Presented by F. Weber's Sons, 1004-1006 Walnut St., Sole Agents in Kansas City for Harrold's Hoof Ointment, the greatest remedy in the world for Horses' Feet." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 1004-1006 Walnut St.
Date
1885~
Object Type
Advertising Card
Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 39 with Animals, Carriages, Ships, and Hunting Scenes
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Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 39 with Animals, Carriages, Ships, and Hunting Scenes
Description
Scrapbook page containing 24 advertising cards arranged in eight rows of three. Each card is 4 x 7 cm. and belongs to a themed set showing horse-drawn carriages, hunting and adventure scenes, animals, naval ships, or state capitol and government buildings.There are six carriage cards showing: Valencia Cab, Fifth Ave. Stage, Spanish State-Coach, Buckboard, Landau, and A Tachtravan, Persia.There are eight animal cards showing: American Black Bear, African Wild Boar, Rhinoceros, Black Leopard, Rattlesnake, Leopard, Ant Lion, Tiger.There are five hunting cards showing: "Indians Spearing Porpoises--Mouth of St. Lawrence River;.""Elephant Hunting in Africa;.""Walrus Hunting in Greenland;.""Exploring in Africa: a Fight with an Orang-Outang;.""Tight-Rope Walking across Niagara."There are three naval ship cards that each say "Kinney Bros. High Class Cigarettes" showing: "Catherine II, Russian Navy;.""Duilio, Italian Navy;.""U.S.S. Texas."Two government building cards show: Capitol of Utah in Salt Lake CityTreasury Building in Washington.
Date
1885~
Object Type
Advertising Card
McFarlan Carriage Co.
Title
McFarlan Carriage Co.
Description
Advertising card for McFarlan Carriage Co. with portrait of girl in a feathered hat. One of two cards with similar portraits. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 1413 and 1415 W. Tenth St., Kansas City, MO.
Date
1885~
Object Type
Advertising Card