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While Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil was marketed until the 1940s and 1950s, the particular trade card in this collection most likely dates to the late…
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Coade's Lithodipyra or Artificial Manufactory Trade Card, probably printed about 1784. The Coade stone business was started by Eleanor Coade in 1769…
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Garfield Tea (Stillman Remedies Co.) table top advertisement, 1880s, likely c.1885?

At the earliest, this item probably dates to around 1885, four…
Ms2013_028_CulinaryEphemera_B1F3_TradeCards_EagleBrand_1885a.jpg

Some companies have a long history. Eagle Brand (now part of Borden, Inc.), was advertising condensed milk for a variety of uses at least as early as…
Ms2013_028_CulinaryEphemera_B1F3_TradeCards_QuakerOats_Rockies_1893a.jpg

In the late 19th century, Quaker Oats produced a series of collectible trade cards featuring lithograph landscapes and scenes from America. These two…
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Scientific American advertisement
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<p>Tolu Rock and Rye appears to have a short history of distribution between 1880 and 1881 (possibly a little later) as a patent…
Ms2013_028_CulinaryEphemera_B1F3_TradeCards_HorsfordBaking_a.jpg

These are a few of the Horford Baking & Phosphate trade cards in the larger Culinary Ephemera Collection.
Ms2013_028_CulinaryEphemera_B1F3_TradeCards_Craighills_1897a.jpg

This trade card for a sarsaparilla compound, was produced by a company based in Lynchburg, Va.
Ms2013_028_CulinaryEphemera_B1F3_TradeCards_Mellins_Anderson_a.jpg

Mellin's Food Company produced baby food, as well as nutritional foods for invalids. These represent a few of the Mellin's trade cards in the Culinary…
Ms2013_028_CulinaryEphemera_B1F3_TradeCards_StoreyBunnell_1.jpg

These two trade cards were advertisements for Storey & Bunnell, who shipped oysters around the east coast of the United States in the early 20th…
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The Myers Bros. and Co. Trade Card shows a Confederate soldier swapping tobacco with a Union soldier in exchange for a bag of coffee.
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Selected drafts of illustrated advertisements by Lucy Dickinson Urquhart for the First National Bank of Jonesville, VA. Urquhart apparently produced a…
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J. F. Lawrence Printing Company (Chicago) prospectus
The J. F. Lawrence Printing Company operated at least from about 1890 until at least 1913. This…
Ms2013_028_CulinaryEphemera_B1F3_TradeCards_LibbyMcNeill_AllsWell.jpg

This is a series of Shakespeare-inspired Libby, McNeill & Libby trade cards in the larger Culinary Ephemera Collection.
Ms2013_028_CulinaryEphemera_B1F3_TradeCards_ArmHammer_BeautifulBirds_38a.jpg

Arm & Hammer (part of Church & Driwght Co.) produced multiple series of trade cards in the early 20th century, including ones featuring birds,…
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