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Title: Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., The
Description: Advertising card for The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. showing bouquet of flowers identified as Gladioli. Back of card gives "Interesting facts about baking powder" and says: "150 stores in United States." Kansas City address is not given.
Date: 1885~
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 Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., The
Description: Advertising card for The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. showing girl and boy holding hands and swinging around. Card is cut in shape of swinging people. Back of card has small image of an A&P Baking Powder container and advertising copy including: "Interesting facts about baking powder..."if you value good health, use our tea, coffees and baking powder" and "200 stores in United States." No Kansas City address is given.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Description: Advertising card for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. showing girl and boy holding hands and swinging around. Card is cut in shape of swinging people. Back of card has small image of an A&P Baking Powder container and advertising copy including: "Interesting facts about baking powder..."if you value good health, use our tea, coffees & baking powder" and "200 stores in United States." No Kansas City address is given.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Swift and Company
Description: Advertising card for Swift and Company showing a classically dressed woman in sandals, a diaphanous gown, and a fur cape. She has long blonde hair and is holding holly above her head. Edges of card are embossed. Card has some damage. Back of card says: "Wool Soap for Toilet and Bath. There are many people who suppose that, because of its name, Wool Soap is intended for washing woolens only. This is a misconception which Swift and Company are especially desirous of rectifying. Wool Soap is pre-eminently a toilet and bath soap .."." We are large producers of prime tallow, and none but our most carefully selected stock enters into the manufacture of Wool Soap .."." Swift and Company Packing Plants at Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha, St. Louis, St. Joseph, St. Paul. Over Two Hundred and Fifty Branch Houses in the United States." Bottom of card says: "American Lithographic Co., N.Y.." No street address is given.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 38 with State Capitols
Description: Scrapbook page containing 24 advertising cards arranged in eight rows of three showing the State capitol buildings and a few other government buildings. Each card is 4 x 7 cm and identifies the building pictured. One card says: "Use Granger and Co.'s Anchor Brand Soda." The following buildings are depicted:Capitol of the United States in WashingtonNational Museum in Washington, D. C.Patent Office in WashingtonBureau of Printing and Engraving in WashingtonPension Building in WashingtonCapitol of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg Capitol of Massachusetts in BostonCapitol of Maryland in AnnapolisCapitol of New York in AlbanyCapitol of Colorado in DenverCapitol of Connecticut in HartfordCapitol of North Carolina in RaleighCapitol of Kentucky in FrankfortCapitol of Louisiana in Baton RougeCapitol of Maine in AugustaCapitol of Arkansas in Little RockCapitol of Wisconsin in MadisonCapitol of Vermont in MontpelierCapitol of Virginia in RichmondCapitol of Oregon in SalemCapitol of Illinois in SpringfieldCapitol of Iowa in Des Moines Capitol of Nebraska in Lincoln
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: E. T. Slaughter
Description: Advertising card for E. T. Slaughter showing a child dressed as a clown banging on a drum. Drum has medallions on it that say: "United States of America. 1881." Front of card says: "Gold Coin." Front lower right corner says: "J. Ottmann Lith. Puck Building, N.Y." Back of card says: "Gold Coin Ventiduct Square Base-Burner. Three Sizes--Nos. 134, 135, 137. Each size can be made into a double heater, heating the room in which it stands and a room above..." "Manufatured by Chicago Stove Works, Chicago, Ills." It has an image of the stove and description of how it works. A stamp on the back says: "E. T. Slaughter, Agt. For. K. C." and gives address: 1221 Grand Ave.
Date: 1895~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Martin, Snyder and Co.
Description: Advertising card for Martin, Snyder and Co. showing a child blowing a horn riding a chick with only its head, tail, and feet broken out of its shell. 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: 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

Title: Kansas City Milling Co.
Description: Advertising card for Kansas City Milling Co. showing a man and woman in togas and sandals in each other's arms by a stone wall. Card is embossed. Front of card says: "Use 'Imperial' High Patent Flour. The Acknowledged leader and first prize winner where all could compete, or Rose of Kansas, The famous health flour made by Kansas City Milling Co." Under picture it says: "Flint Eng. Co., K. C. 1002." Back of card is blank. No address is given.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: J. W. Jenkins' Sons Music Co.
Description: Advertising card for J. W. Jenkins' Sons Music Co. with image of a barn swallow perched on a branch. Front lower left corner of card has No. 45. Back of card says: "Ludwig Pianos Are Competing Against the World at the Paris Exhibition 1900. (One of the 2 American Makes Represented.." Address given on back of card:
Kansas City, Mo. No street address is given.
Date: 1900
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Description: Advertising card for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. showing woman holding a fan. Card is damaged; woman's head is missing. The card has two pieces (the woman's shoulders and the fan) held together with a small metal grommet that allows them to move. On the fan are the words: "In ambush." Back of card gives addresses for New York headquarters and Sultana Mills and says: "150 branch Houses in the United States." Kansas City address is not given.
Date: 1885
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Description: Monochromatic advertising card for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. showing portrait of Ulysses S. Grant. Caption says: "Ulysses S. Grant from the last portrait taken." and card is "signed" "U. S. Grant." Back of card has advertising copy including: "Give our new goods a trial. We guarantee you will enjoy a cup of good tea. 50c. Per Pound. Oolongs, Japans, English Breakfasts, Young Hysons, Imperials, Gunpowders, Mixed. The Coffees speak for themselves." It lists six locations in Cincinnati and says: "150 Stores in the United States." No Kansas City address is given.
Date: 1885
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Description: Advertising card for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. showing three children in a boat. One of four cards with similar design. Back of card has advertising copy, lists six locations in Cincinnati, and says: "150 branch Stores in the United States." No Kansas City address is given.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Jones Dry Goods Co.
Description: Advertising card for Jones Dry Goods Co. showing an illustration of two bears in fancy men's attire and overcoats and tophats walking down the street. Front of card says: ?ǣNo. 15 The Roosevelt Bears in New York City. 'They spent some days in seeing the town; Doing Fifth Avenue up and down.' This picture is one-quarter size of one of the 16 full-page color illustrations in 'The Roosevelt Bears'--the jolliest book of the year for boys and girls. For sale in Kansas City, Mo., by the Jones Dry Goods Co.?ǥ Back of card is printed with the words "Post Card" and area to be stamped says: "Place the Stamp Here. One Cent for United States and Island Possessions, Cuba, Canada and Mexico. Two Cents for Foreign." No address is given.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Martin, Snyder & Co.
Description: Advertising card for Martin, Snyder & Co. showing one boy carrying another piggy-back style as he walks across a telephone wire. Caption says: "On the daring slack wire." Front of card is stamped: "Martin Snyder & Co., Western Representatives for Kranich & Bach Pianos. Tuning and Repairing." Front lower left corner has number C-909. Back of card says: "Pianos. Kranich & Bach, Bush & Gerts, Mason & Hamlin. Organs. Mason & Hamlin, Smith American, United States." Address given on front and back of card:
1016 and 1018 Walnut Street,
Tel. No. 2338
Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1895~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Martin, Snyder & Co.
Description: Advertising card for Martin, Snyder & Co. showing a man with a large potato for a head wearing glasses and a hat hoeing a field. Caption says: "Daddy Potatoe;--'I am taking good care of my little ones!'" One of a set of two cards with similar images of people with vegetable heads. Front lower left corner has number K 846 V. Back of card says: "Martin, Snyder & Co.." .Pianos. Kranich & Bach, Bush & Gerts, Mason & Hamlin. Organs. Mason & Hamlin, Chicago Cottage, United States. Tuning and Repairing." Address given on back of card:
S. E. Cor. 11th and Walnut Sts.,
Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1895~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Martin, Snyder & Co.
Description: Advertising card for Martin, Snyder & Co. showing a woman with a large red onion for a head sitting and crying while holding a knife and a pan of onions. Caption says: "Mrs. Big Onion;--'You are so small you make we weep!'" One of a set of two cards with similar images of people with vegetable heads. Front lower left corner has number K 846 V. Back of card says: "Martin, Snyder & Co.." .Pianos. Kranich & Bach, Bush & Gerts, Mason & Hamlin. Organs. Mason & Hamlin, Chicago Cottage, United States. Tuning and Repairing." Address given on back of card:
S. E. Cor. 11th and Walnut Sts.,
Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1895~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Martin, Snyder & Co.
Description: Advertising card for Martin, Snyder & Co. showing two owls sitting on a tree branch in front of a lake with their arms around each other holding two baby owls. An owl wearing a night cap and glasses watches out of a hole in the tree trunk; below, three frogs hug each other; above, a moon peeks out from behind the tree. One of a set of three cards telling a story. Caption says: "Restoration." Back of card says: "Martin, Snyder & Co..."."Pianos. Kranich & Bach, Bush & Gerts, Mason & Hamlin. Organs. Mason & Hamlin, Chicago Cottage, United States. Tuning and Repairing." Address given on back of card:
S. E. Cor. 11th and Walnut Sts.,
Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1895~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Martin, Snyder & Co.
Description: Advertising card for Martin, Snyder & Co. showing two owls sitting on a tree branch in front of a lake as the sun sets, one with its arms (wings) around the other. An owl wearing a nightcap leans out of a hole in the tree trunk and points at them; below, three frogs watch; above, a cresent moon beams. One of a set of three cards telling a story. Caption says: "Admiration." Back of card says: "Martin, Snyder & Co.." .Pianos. Kranich & Bach, Bush & Gerts, Mason & Hamlin. Organs. Mason & Hamlin, Chicago Cottage, United States. Tuning and Repairing." Address given on back of card:
S. E. Cor. 11th and Walnut Sts.,
Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1895~
Object Type: Advertising Card

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