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Title: J. W. Boyer
Description: Advertising card for "J. W. Boyer, Gen'l Agent, Independence, Mo." Advertisements on the card are for shoe manufacturers.
Date: 1873
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 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: 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: 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: Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., The
Description: Advertising card for The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. showing a boy and donkey standing next to a seated old woman who is touching the donkey's head. Caption says: "'Is that you Tommy? for I can't see;' Yes Granny: 'Bless the child why don't yer mother cut yer hair?'" Card is cut in shape of people pictured. Back of card has small image of horse team pulling a wagon that says: "Sultana" and "Suez Canal." 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: 1883
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, The
Description: Advertising card for The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. with portrait of woman in fancy dress. Card is "signed" on front "May Anderson." Back of card has small image of "Grandmother" and lists branch houses and their locations in cities around the U.S. A small stand is glued to the back of the card. Kansas City address given on back of card: 927 Main St. Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1884
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Frank Scott, Notions and Fancy Goods
Description: Advertising card for Frank Scott showing a woman in a dress with peacock feather hem, yellow wings, a gauzy shawl, and a butterfly antennae headband standing with thirteen birds of exotic species including a cockatoo, a crane, two kookaburras, a puffin, two owls, a pelican, a duck, and others. Front of card says: "Frank Scott, Notions and Fancy Goods...Lace Material, Berlin Zephyr, Canvas, Germantown Yarn, Knitting Silk, Crewels, Art Embroidery, Arrasene, etc., Decorative Needle Work, Turkish Rug Patterns, Patterns, Stamping, Honiton Braid." Front lower right side of image says: "Copyright 1881 by Geo. _____" (last part is obscured by image). Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 913 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1881
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., The
Description: Advertising card for The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. showing old woman with a cup of tea and saucer. Caption says: "'The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company's teas and coffees have been my solace through life' -Grandmother." Card is cut in oval shape and has some damage where parts of image have been scraped. Back of card says: "The picture of Grand Mother on the other side, represents one of the many hundred thousand, whose lives have been prolonged to a good old age, by using only The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Cos. pure teas and coffees." It lists branch houses and their locations in cities around the U.S. and headquarters at 35 and 37 Vesey St., New York. Kansas City address given on back of card: 927 Main St.Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1883
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Corle Cracker and Confectionery Co.
Description: Advertising card for Corle Cracker and Confectionery Co. showing two children crying in the street. One of three cards with similar design and theme. Lower right front corner has number 14. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: Kansas City, Mo. No street address is given.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: J. J. Foster
Description: Advertising card for J. J. Foster showing a jocky standing on a large horseshoe looking at a picture of a horse. Front of card says: "No more lame horses! Marshall's Hoof Cure for sale by J. J. Foster." 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

Title: Roxbury and Kenney
Description: Advertising card for Roxbury and Kenney showing a man leaning against a tree with one arm around a woman and the other over his head holding onto a tree branch. The woman holds her arm up to her face. Front of card says: "Our Compliments. Roxbury and Kenney, Fashionable Shoe Dealers." Front lower right corner has number 18. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 1010 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: J. M. Smith, Boots and Shoes
Description: Advertising card for J. M. Smith, Boots and Shoes showing a parrot on a perch holding a card in its beak. The card says: "J. M. Smith, Boots and Shoes at the Blue Front." Front lower right corner has number 268 and lower left corner says: "American Lithograph Company N. Y.."(almost entirely rubbed off). Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card:At the Blue Front No. 1004 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: J. H. North Furniture and Carpet Co., The
Description: Advertising card for The J. H. North Furniture and Carpet Co. showing a rural scene of a tree on the edge of a hay field with a building in background. Image looks like it is on a piece of torn paper. One of two cards with similar design. Front of card says: "Compliments of The J. H. North Furniture and Carpet Co." Front lower left corner has number C-730. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 1216 to 1224 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Roxbury and Kenney
Description: Advertising card for Roxbury and Kenney showing two men and two women in fancy dress bowing to each other. One man holds flowers, both women hold fans. Front of card says: "Our Compliments. Roxbury and Kenney, Fashionable Shoe Dealers." Front lower left corner has number 10. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 1010 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Manning and Mann, Confectioners
Description: Advertising card for Manning and Mann showing a rural scene with pond and cottage with a border of flowers. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 922 Main Street. Kansas City.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Peet Bros. Mfg. Co.
Description: Advertising card for Peet Bros. Mfg. Co. showing a barefoot woman with a basket and jug walking down a path in front of a thatched-roof house followed by a cow and some geese. One of a set of two cards with similar design. Front of card says: "Compliments of Peet Bros. Mfg. Co. Kansas City, U. S. A./ La Rosa Bouquet./ Scented Glycerine./ The Leading Manufacturers of Fancy Toilet and Laundry Soaps. Insist Upon Having Our Brands." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: Kansas City, U. S. A. No street address is given.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Corle Cracker and Confectionery Co.
Description: Advertising card for Corle Cracker and Confectionery Co. showing a baby in a baseball cap sliding for a base, a baseball on the ground nearby. Caption says: "I'se dot dere fir't." Top of card says: "For health eat Corle's Scotch Oats." Back of card is blank. No Kansas City address is given.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Peet Bros. Mfg. Co.
Description: Advertising card for Peet Bros. Mfg. Co. showing a man and a woman in colonial dress standing on dunes. One of a set of two cards with similar design. Front of card says: "Compliments of Peet Bros. Mfg. Co. Kansas City, U. S. A. / La Rosa Bouquet / Scented Glycerine / The Leading Manufacturers of Fancy Toilet and Laundry Soaps. Insist Upon Having Our Brands." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: Kansas City, U. S. A. No street address is given.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

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