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Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 8 with Unrelated Cards
Description: Scrapbook page containing nine advertising and calling cards showing the following: 1. A woman riding a horse jumping over a stone wall. Card says: "Faith Whitcomb's Liniment, Cures Rheumatism and Neuralgia..." Chas. Shields Sons, 20 and 22 Gold St, N.Y." 2. A butler holding a tray. Card says: "Howe's Special Bargain House, 254 Main St., Worcester..."" 3. A woman in a yellow dress and fur coat. Card says: "J. N. Gloyes, Fine Shoes, Utica, N. Y..." Mayer, Merkel and Ottmann, Lith. N.Y."4. An embossed calling card that says: "Edward Laughlin."5. Holly, a rose, and a bell on black background. Bell says: "Merry Christmas."6. Embossed card with flowers and a hand holding a locket.7. A man walking through a winter storm holding an umbrella. Card says: "A Merry Christmas. In spite of wind and weather."8. A card with text only advertising a vacation to Chicago during the World's Fair Exposition from "Missouri Valley World's Fair Transportation Co., Rooms 1011 and 1012 New York Life Building, F. O. Derr, Manager" for "$36.00, Payable 40 cents per week." 9. A man at a bar pouring from a bottle, but missing his glass. Card says: "A Whiskey Straight. The result of not using The Great American Tea Co's Celebrated Teas and Coffees."
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 29 with Scenes of Country Life
Description: Scrapbook page containing six advertising cards mainly showing scenes of country life including the following:1. A person in the mountains with sheep. Card says: Morning in the Highlands." and in lower right corner: "Bufford."2. A man and team of two horses pulling a reaper. Card says: "Deering Light Reaper."3. Card has two images: A man carrying a bucket walking arm in arm with a woman, followed by a cow; a man and team of two horses plowing a field. Card says "Sowing" and in lower right corner: "Copyright. Richmond and Co., Buffalo, N.Y."4. A winter scene with house in snow and person with cane.5. A sailing ship by moonlight with border of flowers. Card says: "at W. C. Winnie and Co."6. Children leaning over a river bank looking at something. Card says: "Juvenile Curiosity."
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 50 with People and Animals
Description: Scrapbook page containing nine advertising cards showing the following:1. A girl in boots and trousers.2. Three children with a small carriage harnessed to a large dog.3. A man on skis with a pack on his back.4. A saleswoman holding a tray of flowers around her neck.5. A woman dressed as a soldier with breastplate, sword, boots, hat, and skirt. Card says: "Army."6. A girl holding a heart made of flowers.7. Two children putting a doll on the back of a dog.8. A circus woman doing tricks while riding a horse in a ring.9. A brown dog's face.
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: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 39 with Animals, Carriages, Ships, and Hunting Scenes
Description: Scrapbook page containing 24 advertising cards arranged in eight rows of three. Each card is 4 x 7 cm. and belongs to a themed set showing horse-drawn carriages, hunting and adventure scenes, animals, naval ships, or state capitol and government buildings.There are six carriage cards showing: Valencia Cab, Fifth Ave. Stage, Spanish State-Coach, Buckboard, Landau, and A Tachtravan, Persia.There are eight animal cards showing: American Black Bear, African Wild Boar, Rhinoceros, Black Leopard, Rattlesnake, Leopard, Ant Lion, Tiger.There are five hunting cards showing: "Indians Spearing Porpoises--Mouth of St. Lawrence River;.""Elephant Hunting in Africa;.""Walrus Hunting in Greenland;.""Exploring in Africa: a Fight with an Orang-Outang;.""Tight-Rope Walking across Niagara."There are three naval ship cards that each say "Kinney Bros. High Class Cigarettes" showing: "Catherine II, Russian Navy;.""Duilio, Italian Navy;.""U.S.S. Texas."Two government building cards show: Capitol of Utah in Salt Lake CityTreasury Building in Washington.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 57 with Portraits and People in Outdoor Scenes
Description: Scrapbook page containing eight smaller advertising cards arranged artfully around a larger central card. Central card shows a woman holding a rose. Two small cards show a boy and a girl with flowers. Two tiny cards cut to shape show a girl's face in a flower and a fan. The four other cards show the following:1. Two cards from: "McDonald and Co. 54 State St., Rochester, N. Y. Edwin C. Burt, Fine Shoes." One card shows a couple riding in a sailboat made of a shoe. The other shows a woman being carried in a shoe by dark-skinned, scantilly clad servants. Lower left corner of both cards says: "MKCo."2. Two eskimo or Inuit people riding in a sled pulled by a team of dogs.3. A man carrying a large basket of dishes on his head falling through a window as onlookers are shocked. Caption in French says: "Double Effet De Glaces."
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 43 with Santa and Children
Description: Scrapbook page containing ten advertising cards, all cut to the shape of their image, showing the following:1. Santa carrying presents (two cards).2. A girl with ringlets and a hat, holding a ball (two identical cards).3. A girl with ringlets and a hat holding a teddybear.4. A woman in lace head cover.5. Flowers, two cards with hands and doves, one with birds, and one with a book.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 47 with Calling Cards
Description: Scrapbook page containing four advertising cards and ten calling cards. The advertising cards each show a woman or child; one woman holds a cat, one child reads, one child carries a box. The names on the calling cards are under a flap with images of flowers and hands, and on some, doves. Calling cards are for: Sarah A. Whitman, Mrs. Mary J. Adgate, Frank Y. Hill, Maggie E. Baker, Nancy Lincoln, Willie Salmon, Annie E. Nelson, Matthew W. Coffey. The flaps on two cards don't lift up.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: 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

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 20 with Unrelated Cards
Description: Scrapbook page containing seven advertising cards showing the following:1. A robin, rose, and house. Card says: "Shaub and Burns, Shoe Dealers, 14 North Queen St., Lancaster, Pa...""2. A woman and man cuddling on the beach behind an umbrella, a sailing ship in the water.3. A bird and a flower. Card says: "Use Niagara Gloss Starch. Unexcelled for the Laundry."4. A man sitting on a step hugging a monkey in a red suit inside his coat.5. A farm woman standing in hay holding a rake. Card says: "Bookmark."6. A woman in brightly colored dress sitting in a hammock holding a red parasol. 7. A woman in a pink dress kneeling down to show a man a large, fancy looking stove. Card says: "'Quick Meal Gasoline Stove always work [sic] well.'" Lower right corner has number 957 and lower left corner says: "Kaufmann and Strauss Co., N.Y."
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 15 with Birds
Description: Scrapbook page containing 12 advertising cards arranged in four rows of three. Each card is 7 x 8 cm. and shows a bird bordered by a scene of nature or hunting. Cards identify birds and say: "Richmond Straight Cut No. 1 Cigarettes are the best." Birds shown: Troupial, Golden Plover, Yellow-head, Amandava, Painted Bunting, Linnet, The Banded Araçari Toucan, King Rail, Black-breasted Barbet, Audubons Warbler, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Red Head Duck.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 21 with People
Description: Scrapbook page containing seven advertising cards depicting people and cut to the shape of the image. The large central card shows a woman in a straw hat with a dog. Her purse says "Buckeye" and the dog's collar says "Aultman Miller." The other six cards are smaller. Four show women, one holding a mandolin. Two show men, one a blacksmith with hammer and anvil, one an architect(." with protractor and blueprints.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 5 with Stars of Orders
Description: Scrapbook page containing twelve advertising cards arranged in four rows of three. Each card is 7 x 8 cm. and shows the medallion or star of a particular order of various countries including:Order of the Dannebrog, DenmarkRedeemer, GreeceMilitary Order of St. George, RussiaOrder of the Indian Empire, Gt. BritainOrder of the White Falcon, Saxe VeimarOrder of Gregory the Great, Holy SeeOrder of the Crown, Germany, originally PrussiaOrder of the Zaehringen Lion, BadenOrder of the Golden Spur, Holy SeeOrder of St. Andrew, RussiaOrder of St. Michael, BavariaSt. Maurice and St. Lazarus, Italy.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 12 with Unrelated Cards
Description: Scrapbook page containing nine advertising cards arranged in two columns showing the following:1. Three women at a table looking on as a man reads to them.2. A man on a horse roping a bull. Card says: "'Testing' Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton."3. A man riding an unidentified farm machine being pulled across a grassy field by a horse.4. A couple lying under an umbrella at the beach, a sailing ship in the distance. Card says: "J. and P. Coats' Thread."5. Two children dancing outside. Card says: "Founded 1829. E. Jaccard Jewelry Company, Fifth and Olive Sts, St. Louis, Mo."6. White daisies and a banner that says: "A Merry Christmas."7. Holly surrounding a winter scene with cottage. Card says: "A Happy Christmas."8. A hunting dog in pointing posture. Card says: "F. A. Wells and Co., The Clothiers. 167 Main St..."" (Last words are worn off.)9. A rooster standing by a box with a chicken and hatching chicks. Card says: "Call for Corle's Crackers and Candies."
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 48 with Puns
Description: Scrapbook page containing 22 advertising cards arranged in four rows of six (two cards are missing). Each card is 4 x 7 cm. and creates a pun by illustrating a phrase in an unintended way such as a man wearing Scottish dress dancing for "Hop Scotch," a cow wearing a suit, tie, and top hat for "Dressed Beef," a hunter running away from a bear for "A Bare Chance," a boy stealing a man's pocket watch for "Losing Time," a very ugly woman for "Unmatched," and a man hanged from a tree for "A Drop Too Much."
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 1, Introductory Page
Description: Scrapbook page containing seven advertising cards. Five of these are decorated letters which spell out "CARDS." The other two are pasted above and below the letters and cut to the shape of their image. One shows a hand holding a basket of roses. One shows two white doves sitting among roses.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 35 with Stars of Orders
Description: Scrapbook page containing 12 advertising cards arranged in four rows of six. Each card is 4 x 7 cm. and shows the medallion or star of a particular order of various countries including:Order of the Indian Empire, Gt. BritainOrder of Merit, PrussiaOrder of St. Andrew, RussiaImperial Order of the Medjidie, TurkeyThe Order of the Netherlands Lion of HollandOrder of the Golden Spur, Holy SeeOrder of the Polar Star, SwedenChrist, Holy SeeMily. Order of William Netherlands or HollandAncient and Most Noble Order of the Tower and Sword, PortugalOrder of the Sun and Lion, PersiaOrder of the Iron Crown, AustriaOrder of Gregory the Great, Holy SeeOrder of the Crown of Oak, LuxembourgBadge of the Society of Cincinnati, U. S. of A.St. Michael and St. George, Gt. BritainOrder of the House of Hohenzollern, PrussiaOrder of the White Falcon, Saxe WeimarThe Imp.' Order of the Rose of BrazilOrder of the Bath, Gt. BritainJewel of Order of St. Patrick, Gt. BritainOrder of the Dannebrog, DenmarkImp.' Order of Frances-Joseph of Austria, ChevalierJewel of the Order of the Thistle, Gt. Britain
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Front Cover
Description: Front cover of a scrapbook of advertising and calling cards. It is red and embossed and has images of white flowers and a sculpture of an angel riding a lion. It says "Scrap Book" and has a typewritten label that reads: "Gift to the Kansas City Public Library, N. Clyde Degginger."
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Inside Front Cover
Description: Inside front cover of a scrapbook of advertising and calling cards containing the cover of a magazine: "Old Sleuth Library. A series of the most thrilling Detective Stories ever published. No. 59. Vol. III. Price 5 Cents. George Munro, Publisher, Nos. 17 to 27 Vandewater Street, New York." It has an image of a man looking at another man seated on a bed in a jail cell and portraits of three people. It says: "Old Sleuth, Badger and Co. by Old Sleuth." Two address labels above the cover say: "N. C. Degginger, 2823 Harrison, Kansas City, Missouri."
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 62 with People
Description: Scrapbook page containing eighteen advertising cards of people, all cut to shape. Cards vary in size from 3 x 3 cm. to 8 x 14 cm. and show a woman with parasol and dog, a girl with flowers, a woman ice skating, a man watching a cat play the cello, a man with a whistle or flute, girls having a tea party, a woman singing, and two men with large beards. Six of the cards appear to be from the same set, showing children in traditional dress of some sort.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

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