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Title: Golden Eagle Clothing House
Description: Advertising card for Golden Eagle Clothing House showing house in winter scene and a pink rose. Card is embossed. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 512 and 514 Main St., Kansas City, MO.."
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Lloyd and Thomas, Dry Goods and Notions
Description: Advertising card for "Lloyd and Thomas, Dry Goods and Notions" with image of a rose and other flowers. One of three cards with similar design. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 1008 Main St., Opposite W. W. Morgan.Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Golden Eagle Clothing House, The
Description: Advertising card for Golden Eagle Clothing House showing young Asian boy holding a fan. Card is cut in shape of boy. Front says: "Retails Goods at Wholesale Prices." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 514 and 516 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: H. T. Wright
Description: Advertising card for "H. T. Wright, Dealer in School Books, Slates, Pens, Pencils, Etc." Card has no image. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: .."" No. 720 Main St.,Kansas City, Mo.
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: SC3 Advertising Card Collection Finding Aid
Description: Collection of cards used for advertising purposes in the late 19th century. Includes colorful illustrations for many types of products. The over 600 cards from Kansas City businesses have been digitized.
Date: 1860/1905
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: SC3 Advertising Cards Vertical File List
Description: These business or company name vertical files for the advertising cards from the late nineteenth century (circa 1880s-1900) have information about the company or business or people involved.
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: Kansas City Milling Co.
Description: Advertising card for Kansas City Milling Co. showing a cottage in the snow. Front of card says: "Use the best flour, Imperial Fancy Patent. Manufactured Out of the best Selected Wheat, by Kansas City Milling Co." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card:22d and Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Globe Shoe Parlors
Description: Advertising card for Globe Shoe Parlors showing a boy leaning against a wall, head down, looking unhappy. Caption says: "The Foot 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: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 10 with Animals
Description: Scrapbook page containing 12 advertising cards arranged in four rows of three. Each card is 7 x 8 cm. and shows an animal bordered by a scene of nature or hunting. Cards identify animals and say: "Allen and Ginter, Richmond Straight Cut No. 1 Cigarettes." Animals shown: moose, peccary, lynx, llama, bloodhound (dog), zebra, otter, musk ox, zebu, bighorn, lion, dromedary (camel).
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Lloyd and Thomas, Dry Goods and Notions
Description: Advertising card for "Lloyd and Thomas, Dry Goods and Notions" with image of a cala lily and other flowers. One of three cards with similar design. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 1008 Main St., Opposite W. W. Morgan.Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: L. A. Schoen, Druggist
Description: Advertising card for "L. A. Schoen, Druggist" showing a small child opening a view to a mansion. One of three cards with similar design and theme. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: S. W. Corner Fifth and May Sts., Kansas City.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Gentry's Dollar Store
Description: Advertising card for Gentry's Dollar Store showing a man in armor on a horse holding a flag. Front lower left corner has number 305 and lower right corner has number 7. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card:103 West Ninth Street, 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 76 with African Americans
Description: Scrapbook page containing six small advertising cards arranged around a newspaper or magazine cut-out. This cut-out is 20 x 26 cm. and shows what appears to be a political cartoon of an African American woman in high heels and revealing feathered dress on a beach with the following poem: "Lili to Grover. You listened to my DOLE-ful tale;/ You tried your best--'twas no avail./ It's through no fault of yours or mine/ That I can't be your VALENTINE." Below image it says:."(The above PENNY VALENTINE was included in the last mail from Hawaii, but through some mistake was not transmitted to the senate.." The small cards are all cut to shape and show African Americans eating, grooming, and bathing.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Back Cover
Description: Back cover of a scrapbook of advertising and calling cards. It is red and embossed with a border design and the words: "Pat. March 1876."
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 66 with People
Description: Scrapbook page containing eight advertising cards depicting people arranged around a central card with paper lace. The eight cards each have a color border and artwork showing the following:1. A woman in ancient dress dancing.2. An elderly couple sitting for a drink of wine.3. A woman with romantic floral border.4. A man riding a horse holding a guitar.5. A girl holding a cat.6. A woman leaning against a wall.7. A woman sitting on a crescent moon in the sky. (Card is pasted upside down.)8. Children begging for food from a woman selling breads on the street.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 63 with People
Description: Scrapbook page containing 22 advertising cards of people and some animals, all cut to shape. Cards vary in size from 2.5 x 2.5 cm. to 11 x 12 cm. and show a cat, an elephant, a horse, Santa Claus, children as angels, children with flowers, women in fancy lace collars, and a woman with a parasol.
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: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 19 with Fish
Description: Scrapbook page containing 12 advertising cards arranged in four rows of three. Each card is 7 x 8 cm. and shows a fish bordered by an ocean or fishing scene. Cards identify fish shown: Striped Bass, Spanish Mackerel, Seabass, Perch, Mackerel, Shark, Haddock, Blowfish, Lobster, Salmon, Flounder, Porgy.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

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