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Title
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The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
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Description
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Advertising card for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. showing a baby in a nest surrounded by five women or girls in fancy dress looking down on it. One of four cards with similar theme. 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.
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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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The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
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Description
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Advertising card for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. showing dog sitting looking at baby in bassinet. Caption says: "On Guard." Card is cut in shape of dog and bassinet. 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.
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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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Spalding's Commercial College
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Description
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Advertising card for Spalding's Commercial College showing a baby in a clam shell. Front of card says: "Venus." Back of card has an image of a building and advertising copy that is incomplete because the card has been cut in half. It gives incomplete information on the number of students and geographical distribution of the student body. Address given on back and front of card:
Commercial Block,
S. W. Cor. Main and 11th Sts.
Kansas City, Missouri.
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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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Ennis-Hanly-Blackburn Coffee Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for Ennis-Hanly-Blackburn Coffee Co. with a photograph of a baby in a big straw hat pulling a dog's tail. Back of card says: "Everybody has a hobby--Ours is coffee and when you get a better popular priced coffee than Young America our name will be on the package." Lower left corner says: "Fidelity Printing Co. Kansas City." Address given on back of card: Kansas City. No street 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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Harding Rubber Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for Harding Rubber Co. with an image of a smiling baby. Front of card says: "Our Folks Buy Their Rubber Goods of the Harding Rubber Co..."" Back of card has an image of a crying baby and says: "Our Folks Don't.." Address given on front of card:
543 Main St.,
Near Missouri Avenue.
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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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Janesville Machine Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for Janesville Machine Co. showing a woman carrying two children, one upside down and crying, with a policeman in the background. One of two cards with similar design and theme. Front of card says: ?ǣThe Careless Nurse.?ǥ Front lower left corner has number B 441. Back of card has image of machine and lists products: "Janesville Rotary Disk Cultivators, surface tillage. Budlong Disk Harrows, in 10 sizes. Disk Harrow Seeding Attachments, Force Feed. Patent Disk Sharpeners. Crown Mowers...Seeders, Press and Howe Drill.."" Address given on front and back of card: Janesville, Wis. On back of card "Kansas City, Mo." is stamped. No street 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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J. W. Jenkins' Sons
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Description
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Advertising card for J. W. Jenkins' Sons showing a woman and baby (angels?) floating in the sky, the woman playing a triangle. Front of card says: "Conover Brothers, Pianos. New York." Back of card says: "Compliments of Conover Brothers Co. / Manufacturers of Grand and Upright Pianos / New York." and provides a list of "eminent Critics" who endorse the pianos. It also says: "Represented by J. W. Jenkins' Sons, Kansas City's Popular Music House. Removed to 921 Main Street." Address given on back of card:
921 Main St.
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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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The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
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Description
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Advertising card for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. showing infant's face. 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.
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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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The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
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Description
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Advertising card for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. showing a naked, winged child holding flowers and a letter, breaking out of an egg. One of two cards with similar image. 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.
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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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Janesville Machine Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for Janesville Machine Co. showing a woman carrying two crying children. One of two cards with similar design and theme. Front of card says: ?ǣThe Maiden Aunt.?ǥ Front lower left corner has number B441. Back of card has image of machine and lists products: "Janesville Rotary Disk Cultivators, surface tillage. Budlong Disk Harrows, in 10 sizes. Disk Harrow Seeding Attachments, Force Feed. Patent Disk Sharpeners. Crown Mowers...Seeders, Press and Howe Drill..."" Address given on front and back of card: Janesville, Wis. On back of card "Kansas City, Mo." is stamped. No street 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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The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
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Description
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Advertising card for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. showing a naked, winged child holding a wreath, breaking out of an egg. One of two cards with similar image. 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.
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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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The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
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Description
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Advertising card for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. showing woman sitting holding a small dog and a baby with the dog's ear in her mouth. Caption says: "Confusion." Small inset picture shows old woman with a cup of tea and saucer. Caption above the inset: "Copyrighted 1884." Tiny caption under inset picture says: "'The Gt. Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co's celebrated teas and coffees have been my solace through life' -Grandmother." Back of card has small image of "Grandmother" with repeated caption. 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.
(Address is slightly rubbed off.)
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Date
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1884~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card