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Buchu-Paiba—Rescued from Kidney and Bladder Affections

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 04:37:02 +0000

An elaborate nineteenth-century advertising trade card for Buchu-Paiba, a patent medicine that supposedly cured kidney, bladder, and urinary diseases.

Buchu-Paiba

"'Buchu-Paiba,' quick, complete cure [for] all annoying kidney diseases, $1."

Words in the water: "Rescued from kidney and bladder affections."

Flags: "Rough on Rats" and "Wells' Health Renewer."

"Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann, Lith., N.Y."

Excerpts from the ads printed on the back of the card:

"Mother Swan's Worm Syrup. For fever, restlessness, worms, constipation. Tasteless. Perfectly harmless, but the most effective worm destroyer extant."

"Rough on Rats. 15c boxes. Clears out rats, mice, roaches, flies, mosquitos, bed bugs, insects, skunk, weasel gophers, chipmunks, moles, musk rats, etc."

"Wells' Rough on Corns. Complete cure."

"'Bucha-Paiba.' Quick, complete cure, all annoying kidney and urinary diseases. $1.00 at druggists."

"E. S. Wells, manufacturer and proprietor, Jersey City, N.J. U.S.A."

Hayward's—Silk Umbrellas a Specialty

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 27 May 2019 06:01:02 +0000

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A woman uses an umbrella to protect herself and her daughter from the menacing approaches of a giraffe and seal in this nineteenth-century advertising trade card by M. F. Tobin for Hayward's, a dry goods store in New York City.

Hayward's

131 Eighth Avenue, bet. 16th & 17th Sts., New York.

Silk umbrellas, $1.00 & $1.50 a specialty. Repairing & recovering.

Copyrighted 1881, M. F. Tobin, N.Y.

Egg Bike

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sun, 21 Apr 2019 08:47:02 +0000

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"F. S. Andrew & Co.'s Markets. Best meals. Lowest prices."

A Victorian-era trade card with an Easter theme for F. S. Andrew & Co.'s Markets, which were located in New Haven, Connecticut.

See the History of the City of New Haven to the Present Time (1887), pp. 609-10, for information about Frank S. Andrew and his company and p. 611 for a portrait of Andrew.

For other imaginative Victorian illustrations of improbable bicycles, see The Standard Rotary Shuttle Sewing Machine and Flowery Bicycle Calling Card.

Those Who Know Everything in General Know Nothing in Particular

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 02:25:08 +0000

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A reward of merit dated 1875. Unfortunately, the small but colorful chromolithographed scrap glued to the middle of the card isn't positioned correctly (take a look at a rotated version instead of craning your neck), but the elaborate design surrounding the scrap makes up for it.

The nineteenth-century "maxim" printed on the card reminds me of the modern quip about know-it-alls: "Those who think they know everything annoy those of us who do."

For another reward of merit printed by Colton, Zahm, & Roberts, see Look Up and Not Down.

Golden Maxim Reward

Those who know everything in general, know nothing in particular.

Colton, Zahm, & Roberts, New York.

Written on the back of the card: "1875, James M. Stoner."

Those Who Know Everything in General Know Nothing in Particular (Rotated)

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 02:25:06 +0000

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A rotated view of this reward of merit provides a better--though still tilted--view of the chromolithographed scrap added in the middle

For the original, see Those Who Know Everything in General Know Nothing in Particular.

Fifty-Cent Bank Note, Summit County Bank, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, 1862

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sat, 12 Sep 2015 22:01:52 +0000

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"Summit County Bank. Cuyahoga Falls, O. 1862. No. ______. 50. Pay the bearer fifty cents when like orders are presented in amounts of one or more dollars. W. A. Stanford. Lith. by A. S. Sanford, Cleveland, O."

Unissued U.S. Civil War-era fifty-cent bank note.

Inman Steamship Company

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 16:38:55 +0000

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"Inman Steamship Company. The Major & Knapp Lith. Co., N.Y." Rubberstamped on front: "Chas. W. Hamilton, Brimfield, Illinois. Brimfield Bank."

A Victorian-era trade card advertising the Inman Steamship Company, a British passenger shipping company.

Cruikshank Apple Butter Blotter, Pittsburgh, Pa.

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 05:36:03 +0000

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"'No thanks,' said Banks, I want Cruikshank Delicious Apple Butter. Cruikshank Bros. Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S.A. Cubro Apple Butter. Net weight 2 lbs. avoir. H. Gamse & Bro. Litho., Balto., Md."

Bacon's Cough Drops Label, Harrisburg, Pa.

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 16:34:59 +0000

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"Bacon's Cough Drops. Net 5 pounds. The D. Bacon Co., Harrisburg, Penna. Stecher-Traung, Roch., N.Y."

I'd imagine that five pounds would be enough to stop just about any cough!

First Pick

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 22 Aug 2017 18:27:08 +0000

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"First Pick. O. L. Schwencke, lith., N.Y."

A cigar box label printed by O. L. Schwencke. Notice how a box featuring this label appears within the design of the label itself. This recursive picture-within-a-picture is called the Droste effect, which is named after the Droste cacao tin that featured an illustration of a nun holding the tin.

John E. Kaughran and Company, Dry Goods, New York City, N.Y.

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 27 Jun 2017 16:51:34 +0000

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"Compliments of John E. Kaughran & Co., Dry Goods. 767 & 769 Broadway, cor. of Ninth St., New York."

This is one of a six-part "Comic Visiting" card series printed by E. Currier & Co., Boston (probably related to the Currier of Currier & Ives but I'm not sure how). Other cards show a woman offering a cracker to a parrot (see below), a man peering through his eyeglasses at an owl, and a baby dangling a cup or something else to get a dog's attention.

For the front and back of another Kaughran advertising trade card, see J. E. Kaughran, New York and John E. Kaughran, Dry Goods, New York (below).

Travers American Hammock

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 18:45:11 +0000

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"Travers American Hammock. Trademark. Patented July 29, 1879. New style, perfect in shape, beauty & strength; brass mounted, cardinal binding. Samples by mail, $3.00, postage, 50 cents. Hellerson."

Vincent P. Travers, who was one of the officers in the company that manufactured Travers American Hammocks, held a number of hammock patents, but I haven't been able to locate one dated July 29, 1879. Perhaps the patent cited on this trade card was actually Improvement in Hammock-Supports (U.S. Patent no. 221,984), which the Patent Office approved a few months later on November 25, 1879.

Too Small for His Britches?

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 20:30:15 +0000

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"Roberts & Co., leading clothiers, 'glass front,' 797 Broad St., Newark, N.J. Copyright 1883 by J. H. Bufford's Sons."

A winged Cupid, who's wearing a shirt but no pants, waits patiently as two women use needles and thread to mend a gigantic pair of pants. Although pants seem to be an appropriate item to feature in an advertising trade card for a clothing store like Roberts & Co. (whose glass store front was apparently a selling point), I'm not sure why they're so huge or how Cupid is going to wear them. Perhaps this is just a silly scene intended to amuse the children who would paste cards like this in their scrapbooks in the late nineteenth century.

Pansies' Playtime

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 17:35:18 +0000

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A colorful Victorian-era advertising trade card for the Standard Sewing Machine Company.

Stamped on the other side: "Horace Brillinger, Emigsville, Pa."

Standard Rotary Shuttle Sewing Machine

The highest priced lock stitch machine made. But the cheapest, because the best. The nation's pride. Compliments of the Standard Sewing Machine Co., Cleveland, O., U.S.A. Pansies' Playtime. M. F. Tobin, N.Y.

A. E. Cobaugh, Paper Hanging, Falmouth, Pa., 1902

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 17:11:20 +0000

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"A. E. Cobaugh, paper hanging in Falmouth, Pa. Agent for Alfred Peats & Co., prize wall papers. American Lithographic Co., N.Y."

Printed on the back of this advertising trade card: "The pattern shown on the front of this card is an exact reproduction of one of Alfred Peats & Co.'s prize wall papers for 1902. There are over 500 papers of this kind in their sample books, which will be shown by their agent. The patterns are most artistic, The colorings are very beautiful. The prices are extremely low, ranging from from 5 cents to 50 cents per roll. If you want for one room or a whole house, be sure and see these samples before making selections."

A Christmas Gift Made by Goshen Sweeper Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 23 Dec 2015 17:50:12 +0000

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Who wouldn't want a sweeper for Christmas! The women depicted in this Victorian-era advertising trade card certainly seem pleased with their new Goshen sweeper and other gifts!

"A Christmas gift, made by Goshen Sweeper Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. A Merry Xmas. Gies & Co., Buffalo, N.Y."

Printed on the back of this advertising trade card:

Our carpet sweeper is strongly made, does not easily get out of order, and lasts for years even with constant use.

Sweeps easily and cleanly, backward and forward, with less wear and tear to the carpet than any other sweeper (brooms are death to carpets); goes farther into the corners, too.

Doesn't spill dirt, and when you are ready it empties itself--almost, it is so simple.

"The Rapid" is one name for it--all the same, it's a Goshen Sweeper; made for us.

And just that is why it is better than any other.

The Mowrey Latshaw Hdw. Co, Spring City, Pa.

"It takes the dirt."

Note: The Mowrey Latshaw Hardware Company, also known as Latshaw's Hardware, opened in 1875 and is still in business in Spring City, Pa., today, according to its Facebook page.

Fairbank's Fairy Soap, N. K. Fairbank Company, Chicago, Ill.

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 15 Dec 2017 02:15:58 +0000

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"Fairbank's Fairy Soap. Unequaled for toilet, bath, and fine laundry use. The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cin., O. Copyright 1898, the N. K. Fairbank Company, Chicago."

According to Wikipedia's N. K. Fairbank article, "Nathaniel Kellogg 'N. K.' Fairbank (1829-1903) was a Chicago industrialist whose company, the N. K. Fairbank Co., manufactured soap as well as animal and baking products.... [The company's] Gold Dust Washing Powder ... was one of the most successful cleansing product lines in twentieth century North America. Another original Fairbank creation, Fairy Soap, was purchased by Procter & Gamble and remains one of the best-known European household brands."

The ships on the trade card probably depict battleships used during the Spanish-American War, which began in 1898.

Solar Tip Shoes Sold by John P. Twaddell

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 02:20:12 +0000

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"Solar Tip Shoes, sold by: John P. Twaddell, 1212 Market Street. Made only by John Mundell & Co., Philad. Solar Tip Brigade. The Daisy Shoe. The Best Sole Leather Tip Made. Solar Tip, trademark, J.M. & Co., patented 1877. Lith. Craig. Finley & Co., 1020 Arch St., Phila."

"Not Onto It," Charlie Ferguson, Pitcher, Philadelphia Phillies, 1887

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 22:54:37 +0000

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One in a series of baseball-themed advertising trade cards published in 1887 by Tobin, this card featured a caricature of Charlie Ferguson, who was a well-regarded pitcher for the Philadelphia Quakers team. Sadly, it turned out that 1887 was the final season that Ferguson played--he died from typhoid fever in April 1888.

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"Philadelphia. 'Not Onto It.' (Ferguson.) Tobin N.Y."

"A. W. Schrader, manufacturer of all kinds of mineral waters, also bottler of lager and porter. Private families supplied at short notice. 726 and 728 Adams Ave., Scranton, Pa. Telephone connection."

J. Shisler, Dealer in Family Groceries, Harrisburg, Pa.

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 19:11:53 +0000

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"J. Shisler, agt., dealer in selected family groceries, pure coffees, spices, and good teas, Third St. (opposite Opera House), Harrisburg."

This is one of a six-part "Comic Visiting" card series printed by E. Currier & Co., Boston (probably related to the Currier of Currier & Ives but I'm not sure how). Other cards show a woman trying to attract a cat with a saucer of milk, a man peering through his eyeglasses at an owl, and a baby dangling a cup or something else to get a dog's attention.