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Gill Piano Company
Title
Gill Piano Company
Description
Advertising card for the Gill Piano Company showing a boy with wings and military style dress blowing a horn as he rides through the air on an envelope pulled by birds. One of two cards with similar theme. Front of card says: "Mason and Hamlin, Chase Bros., Keller Bros. Pianos. Gill Piano Company, Successor to The A. H. Whitney Co...James K. M. Gill, Manager." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 1024 Walnut St., Kansas City, Mo.
Date
1885~
Object Type
Advertising Card
Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 59 with Feathers, Flowers, and Women
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Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 59 with Feathers, Flowers, and Women
Description
Scrapbook page containing nine advertising cards showing the following:1. Flowers (two cards cut to shape).2. A large feather and flowers (two cards).3. Two women sewing. Card says: "Using Poor Spool Cotton."4. A woman standing at a piano. Card says: "Estey Piano Co. New York, Manufacturers...""5. Flowers and doves.6. A woman knitting with a girl hugging her from behind and a cat rubbing on her arm.7. Three tiny clowns struggling to lay a bottle on a table.
Date
1885~
Object Type
Advertising Card
Bradbury Pianos
Title
Bradbury Pianos
Description
Advertising card for Bradbury Pianos showing two winter scenes, a church and a mountain pass. One of two cards with similar images. Front of card says: "Buy Bradbury Pianos..."" D. H. Reeder, Mgr." Front lower left corner has number B 449. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: Western Warerooms:12 West 10th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Date
1885~
Object Type
Advertising Card
Gill Piano Company
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Gill Piano Company
Description
Advertising card for the Gill Piano Company showing a boy with wings rowing a boat made of what appears to be a piece of paper pulled by swans. One of two cards with similar theme. Front of card says: "Mason and Hamlin, Chase Bros., Keller Bros. Pianos. Gill Piano Company, Successor to The A. H. Whitney Co...James K. M. Gill, Manager." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 1024 Walnut St., Kansas City, Mo.
Date
1885~
Object Type
Advertising Card
Carl Hoffman
Title
Carl Hoffman
Description
Advertising card for Carl Hoffman showing a ship sailing on the ocean. Front of card says: "The Sterling Pianos.." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 1012-1014 Walnut St., Kansas City, Mo.
Date
1885~
Object Type
Advertising Card
Kansas City Piano Co.
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Kansas City Piano Co.
Description
Advertising card for Kansas City Piano Co. showing three cats playing a flute, violin, and cello. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 1123 Main Street, Telephone 2602.
Date
1885~
Object Type
Advertising Card
A. H. Whitney Co.
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A. H. Whitney Co.
Description
Advertising card for A. H. Whitney Co. showing a portrait of a woman identified as Emma Abbott. Front of card says: "C. B. Detrick, Mgr. A. H. Whitney Co., Pianos and Organs." Front lower left corner has number 925. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 18 West 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Date
1885~
Object Type
Advertising Card
Bradbury Pianos
Title
Bradbury Pianos
Description
Advertising card for Bradbury Pianos showing two winter scenes, a church and a mountain pass. One of two cards with similar images. Front of card says: "Buy Bradbury Pianos.." .D. H. Reeder, Mgr." Front lower left corner has number B 449. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: Western Warerooms:12 West 10th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Date
1885~
Object Type
Advertising Card
Martin, Snyder and Co.
Title
Martin, Snyder and Co.
Description
Advertising card for Martin, Snyder and Co. showing a man riding a horse and leading another horse over snowy land to a building in the woods. Caption says: "Puzzle Card.--Find Bull, Two Deer, Camel, Chicken, Shrimp, Face, Monkey, and an Old Man Smoking a Pipe.."(These animals can be seen hidden in the drawing.) Front of card says: "Wholesale and Retail Representatives, Weber, Kranich and Bach, Bush and Gerts Pianos, Martin, Snyder and Co." Lower left front corner has number C-905. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: S. W. Corner 11th and Walnut Streets, Kansas City, Mo.
Date
1885~
Object Type
Advertising Card
Bradbury Pianos
Title
Bradbury Pianos
Description
Advertising card for Bradbury Pianos showing a corn cob with legs standing in the street holding onto a lamp post and smoking a cigar while a police man watches from across the street. Caption says: "Well Corned." Front of card says: "Buy Bradbury Pianos .."." D. H. Reeder, Mgr." Front lower left corner has number B 335. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: Western Warerooms:12 West 10th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Date
1885~
Object Type
Advertising Card
Smith Am. Organ Co.
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Smith Am. Organ Co.
Description
Advertising card for The Smith American Organ Co. showing a clown hanging from a big bubble, floating in the air. Background is metallic silver color. Front of card says: "Smith Am. Organ Co., Pianos. Organs." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 817 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.
Date
1885~
Object Type
Advertising Card
Smith American Organ Co., The
Title
Smith American Organ Co., The
Description
Advertising card for The Smith American Organ Co. showing a lace-edged fan with a mountain landscape on it. One of two cards with similar fan design. Front of card says: "Knabe, Steck, Guild Pianos. Factories at Boston, Mass. Pianos. Organs." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 817 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.
Date
1885~
Object Type
Advertising Card
Smith American Organ Co., The
Title
Smith American Organ Co., The
Description
Advertising card for The Smith American Organ Co. showing a girl carrying a tea set on a tray, a large butterfly behind her. Front of card says: "The Smith American Organ Co., Pianos. Organs." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 817 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.
Date
1885~
Object Type
Advertising Card
Smith American Organ Co., The
Title
Smith American Organ Co., The
Description
Advertising card for The Smith American Organ Co. showing a peacock feather-edged fan with a seaside landscape on it. One of two cards with similar fan design. Front of card says: "Knabe, Steck, Guild Pianos. Factories at Boston, Mass. Pianos. Organs." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 817 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.
Date
1885~
Object Type
Advertising Card
Smith American Organ Co., The
Title
Smith American Organ Co., The
Description
Advertising card for The Smith American Organ Co. with an image of a black cat wearing a pink ribbon around its neck. Front of card says: "The Smith American Organ Co., Pianos. Organs." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 817 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.
Date
1885~
Object Type
Advertising Card
Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 81 with Kansas City Businesses
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Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 81 with Kansas City Businesses
Description
Scrapbook page containing nine advertising cards from Kansas City businesses showing:1. Four cats. Card says: "Eyssell's Model Pharmacy. We mew for Eyssell Bros. Ginger Ale. Kansas City. Exposition. 1887. Phoenix Lith. Co. Chicago."2. A pink rose. Card says: "Geo. S. Hipes and Co. Junction Drug Store, 906 Main St."3. An African American man with hat and cane smoking. Caption says: "A New Coon in Town." Card says: "F. M. Williams, Boots and Shoes, 536 Main St., Kansas City, Mo."4. Text only saying: "N. H. Brassfield, Representing J. W. Jenkins and Son, Hallett and Cumston, Decker Bros'. and Weber Pianos, Packard Organs .."."." 615 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.5. Text only saying: "Chicago, St. Paul and Kansas City Railway Company. 1889. Pass F. H. Kingsbury. Genl Ticket Agent C. and M. R. R. Until December 31, 1889."6.Two cards for "John G. Pascoe, The Artist Tailor..."" 206 W. Fifth St., Kansas City." One shows an African American woman with a bow and arrow. Caption says: "Saratoga" and lower left corner has number 50. The other shows a portrait of a woman on an artist's palette.7. A man and three horses at a trough. Card says: "J. J. Foster, Harness and Saddlery. And jobber of Turf Goods Specialties. 511 Main Street, Tel. 2028. Kansas City, Mo." 8. A pink rose. Card says: "Kansas City Piano Co., 1106 Main Street."
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
A. H. Whitney Co.
Title
A. H. Whitney Co.
Description
Advertising card for A. H. Whitney Co. showing a boy standing in a pond facing off with a frog sitting on the bank. The boy holds a pitch fork behind his back and the frog is pointing a gun at the boy. Front of card says: "C. B. Detrick, Mgr. A. H. Whitney Co., Pianos and Organs." Front lower left corner has number C-930. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 18 West 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Date
1885~
Object Type
Advertising Card
Carl Hoffman
Title
Carl Hoffman
Description
Advertising card for Carl Hoffman showing three young girls in white dresses sitting on a log with armfuls of branches with pink blossoms. Front of card says: "Sterling Pianos. Factories, Derby, Ct." Front lower left corner says: "Tobin, N. Y." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 1012-1014 Walnut St., Kansas City, Mo.
Date
1885~
Object Type
Advertising Card
Geo. W. Strope and Co.
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Geo. W. Strope and Co.
Description
Advertising card for Geo. W. Strope and Co. with an image of a rose and other flowers. One of two cards with similar design. Front of card says: "Vose and Sons, Manufacturers of Superior Piano-Fortes, Boston, Mass." Front lower right corner has number 638 and lower left says: "Bufford." Back of card is blank, but appears to have glue and paper residue. Front of card is stamped with: "See the Favorite Strope Grand Upright Pianos." and the company address:Office and WareroomsStrope's New Block,208 West 9th St.,Kansas City, Mo.
Date
1885~
Object Type
Advertising Card