Advertising Cards

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: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 43 with Santa and Children
Description: Scrapbook page containing ten advertising cards, all cut to the shape of their image, showing the following:1. Santa carrying presents (two cards).2. A girl with ringlets and a hat, holding a ball (two identical cards).3. A girl with ringlets and a hat holding a teddybear.4. A woman in lace head cover.5. Flowers, two cards with hands and doves, one with birds, and one with a book.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: A. A. Pearson, Millinery and Fancy Goods
Description: Advertising card for "A. A. Pearson, Millinery and Fancy Goods" showing a girl in a red striped coat with fur collar. Caption says: "No, thanks, I don't kith gentlemen!" One of three cards with similar design. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 1036 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: C. I. Hood and Co.
Description: Advertising card for C. I. Hood and 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 and 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.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 28 with Women
Description: Scrapbook page containing nine advertising cards depicting women and girls arranged in three rows. The central image is of a girl in a feathered hat holding flowers. It is cut to shape. The corner cards each show a portrait of a woman from the waist, two with hands on hips, one seated. Four other cards are cut to shape and show shoulder portraits of women, three in fancy hats, one leaning on her hand.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: 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

Title: Globe Shoe Parlors
Description: Advertising card for Globe Shoe Parlors showing a girl in a red dress. Caption says: "The Head of the Class." One of eight cards with similarly designed pictures of children. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 728 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Comp., The
Description: Advertising card for The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. showing basket holding flowers and three girls. Card is cut in shape of the basket. Back of card lists branch houses and their locations in cities around the U.S. Kansas City address given on back of card: 923 Main St.Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Grand Ave. Furniture, Auction, Storage and Com. Co.
Description: Advertising card for Grand Ave. Furniture, Auction, Storage and Com. Co. showing an image of a girl bordered by flowers and a lady bug. Front of card says: "Compliments of the Grand Ave. Furniture, Auction, Storage and Com. Co..."."."" Telephone 1253. F. S. Wing, Manager." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 1316 and 1318 Grand Ave., Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 25 with Unrelated Cards
Description: Scrapbook page containing six advertising cards showing the following:1. Two girls picking flowers in a meadow.2. A large white and black dog laying down. Card says: "Use Day's Soap."3. A farm scene of cows by a house and barn surrounded by a border of flowers.4. A person in a canoe by a log cabin in a swamp. Card says: "Ayer's Ague Cure is warranted to cure fever and Ague and all malarial disorders. Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer and Co., Lowell, Mass." In the corner is a small picture of two frogs giving a bottle to an alligator.5. An image of a street corner with a building flying the Confederate, American, British, and French flags and others.6. A gray card with brightly colored flowers and a poem about Narcissus and Christmas and the New Year.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: A. A. Pearson, Millinery and Fancy Goods
Description: Advertising card for "A. A. Pearson, Millinery and Fancy Goods" showing a girl in a red hood eating red and white striped candy. Caption says: "A sweet tooth." One of three cards with similar design. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 1036 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Kansas City Soap Co.
Description: Advertising card for Kansas City Soap Co. showing a girl breaking out of a large egg holding a wreath. Front of card says: "Use Water Queen Soap Manufactured by Kansas City Soap Co." Back of card is blank. No address is given.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Cady and Olmstead
Description: Advertising card for Cady and Olmstead with an image of a girl wearing a winged hat. Card is cut in the shape of a traditional artist's palette, but has been damaged by a cut across the top. Front of card says: "Cady and Olmstead, Dealers in Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry and Silverware." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 718 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Karges and Cartwright Dry Goods Co.
Description: Advertising card for Karges and Cartwright Dry Goods Co. showing a girl twirling a pink ribbon. One of two cards with similar design. Lower left corner has "No. 29." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 1109-1111 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

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

Title: Globe Shoe Parlors
Description: Advertising card for Globe Shoe Parlors showing a young girl in a straw hat and patched dress. Caption says: "She may yet wed a President." One of eight cards with similarly designed pictures of children. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 728 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Martin, Snyder and Co.
Description: Advertising card for Martin, Snyder and Co. showing a blonde girl and a donkey leaning over a fence to look at a rose. Front of card says: "Wholesale and Retail Representatives, Weber, Kranich and Bach, Bush and Gerts Pianos, Martin, Snyder and Co." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: S. W. Corner 11th and Walnut Streets, Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1895~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 24 with Girls Playing Croquet and Surreal Frogs
Description: Scrapbook page containing eight small advertising cards arranged around a larger one. The larger one shows two girls playing croquet. Four smaller cards are cut to shape and show a horse, two roses, and a girl. The other four cards have similar images and theme: a frog and a jester wearing collar and cuffs on a black background. Three of these cards say: "Wear celluloid collars and cuffs." One says: "Compliments [of], Nicoll the Ta[ilor], 72 and 249 Washington.." .Boston, Mass."
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 79 with Women and Birds
Description: Scrapbook page containing eight advertising cards with women and birds. Two cards show girls holding birds. Two cards show women in blue and lace dresses. Two identical cards show two long-tailed parrots and three other birds perched on branches. Two cards each show a bird perched on a branch with an insect flying nearby. One says: "Couch and Woodruff, Fine Shoes, Bridgeport Conn." The other says: "L. H. Johnson, Practical Horse Shoer, 51 Whalley Ave., New Haven, Conn." and right corner says: "Eureka Co., New Haven."
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

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

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