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Geo. W. Kissinger, Flour, Feed, and Potatoes, Reading, Pennsylvania

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 03:18:02 +0000

A small Victorian-era trade card for George W Kissinger (1855-1935), a merchant in Reading, Pennsylvania.

Geo. W. Kissinger,

Flour, Feed & Potatoes,
No. 929 Penn St., Reading, Pa.

Bufford

Gough's Lecture Ticket, Seamen's Friend Society, May 4, 1865

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 04:59:02 +0000

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John B. Gough (1817-1886) was a "United States temperance orator," meaning that he lectured about the evils of alcohol. For a brief discussion of his career, see John B. Gough (1817-1886): The Temperance Orator as Revivalist.

I haven't been able to determine the location of the Seamen's Friend Society where Gough delivered this lecture. The group may have been the Boston Seaman's Friend Society, the American Seaman's Friend Society in New York, the Woman's Seamen's Friend Society of Connecticut, or another organization with a similar name.

For another nineteenth-century ticket, see Grand Temperance Lecture Ticket.

Gough's Lecture.

Seamen's Friend Society.
May 4, 1865.

Parquette.
Seat H No. 18
Thursday, May 4.
Retain this portion of the ticket, as it secures your seat.

A. F. Moore, M.D., Winsted, Connecticut, ca. 1883

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 02:02:02 +0000

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Dr. Arthur F. Moore (1843-1924) used this colorful leaf-shaped trade card to advertise his medical practice in Winsted, Connecticut.

Moore occasionally contributed notes about medical topics that appeared in the United States Medical Investigator (prior to 1875 the title of the periodical was simply the Medical Investigator). Since the published pieces included his name and location, they document the different places he lived.

Notes that Moore contributed in 1872 and 1873, for instance, listed his residence as Lyons, Wisconsin. By 1877 he had moved to Sandy Hill, New York. In 1883 he was in Winsted, Connecticut, where he handed out copies of this trade card. A year later, he was in Bridgewater, Vermont, and then in 1886 he ended up in in Ludlow, Vermont.

For another leaf-shaped trade card, see The Livermore Pen, Stylographic Pen Co., Boston, Mass.

A. F. Moore, M.D.

Office in Park Place
Hours 1 to 2 & 6 to 8 P.M.

Residence
141 Main Street, Winsted, Ct.

Casino Kursaal Lucerne Ticket, Lucerne, Switzerland

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 04:15:02 +0000

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An admission ticket from the Casino Kursaal Lucerne (now known as the Grand Casino Luzern) in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Casino Kursaal Lucerne

Entrée. Eintritt. Admission Ticket. Concert Hall/Jardin. Fr. 2.20 taxe comprise [tax included].

14348. Guhl & Scheibler S.A. Bale.

Stamped: Stadt Luzern Steueramt [City of Lucerne Tax Office].

Easter Bunny Kids

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 19:19:02 +0000

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A photo of people looking right at you for the Vintage Photos Theme Park.

And this doubles as a photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park monthly topic of the 1960s (submit a photo on this topic each week in addition to—or instead of—a photo for the weekly topic).

Yet another snapshot of those Quizzical Kids in Easter Costumes, who were celebrating Easter and springtime in 1963.

You Are the Apple of My Eye—We Should Make a Good Pair

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sun, 15 Mar 2020 21:21:02 +0000

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"You are the [apple] of my [eye]. We should make a good [pear]."

A postcard addressed on the other side to "Miss E. Jonkin [or Tonkin], Trescobease Manor, Falmouth, [Cornwall, England]."

Handwritten note on the verso: "Dear E., So sorry we shall not make a pair this year on account of this terrible war. Your devoted G."

Printed on the other side: "'National' Series. Made in Gt. Britain. No. 1866."

Although there's no date or postmark (and the stamp once affixed to the back of the postcard is missing), "G." was evidently writing to "E." sometime during the "terrible" years of World War I (1914-1918).

For other romantic rebuses featuring fruit and vegetables, see You Had Better Ask Papa and A Farmer's Love Letter.

Order of Railroad Telegraphers Membership Card, 1900

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 07:33:02 +0000

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A membership card for the Order of Railroad Telegraphers (ORT). As Wikipedia explains, "telegraphers would be stationed in individual depots along the railroad line in order to receive train orders from a centrally located dispatcher and report back on train movements; telegraphed train orders would be written out on paper and 'handed up' to the crews of passing trains."

See also a 1915 version of the ORT membership card.

The Order of Railroad Telegraphers

Issued to L. W. Ricker.

Good until June 30th 1900 unless revoked.

W. V. Powell, president. H. B. Perham, secretary and treasurer.

The Order of Railroad Telegraphers, Grand Division.

Remember When I Called You Mine in 1909

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 04:43:08 +0000

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"Remember when I called you mine in 1909."

A 1909 postcard with a rhymed New Year's greeting. It looks like those are light bulbs forming "1909," judging by the yellow glow and golden rays emanating from each of the numbers.

For a similar card in which the artist used flowers instead of light bulbs, see I'll Be Yours If You'll Be Mine in 1909.

Christmas Greeting, Edward Ridley & Sons Department Store, New York City, 1880

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 25 Dec 2019 16:45:02 +0000

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Edward Ridley & Sons, a New York City department store, printed this trade card for customers during the holiday season in 1880, and the store also took out newspaper ads to offer its "annual greeting."

The other side of the trade card is a wintertime illustration of a little girl holding some toys as she stands in the snow. This side (above) features the store's Christmas greeting:

32nd Annual Greeting

A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Toys, Dolls, and Holiday Presents.

Edw. Ridley & Sons

309, 311, 311½ Grand St.
59 Orchard St.
58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70 Allen St.

New York

The following excerpt from the store's advertisement in the New York Herald on December 5, 1880, provides additional details about its holiday sales:

Thirty-second Annual Greeting

Santa Claus' New Building. Opening Monday, December 6.

First Floor—Endless variety toys, dolls, hobby horses. Also china, glass ware, &c.

Second Floor--Work boxes, writing desks, Japanese varieties, &c., &c.

Tuesday, December 7. Third Floor—Dolls, dolls, dolls. And everything belonging to a doll.

Fourth Floor—Wednesday, December 8. Will contain toys of the very finest description….

Our new building gives 23,000 square feet. All devoted to toys. Come and see the toys and our methods.

Worsted embroideries, slipper patterns, brackets, &c. Photo and auto[graph] albums, in plush, Russia[n] leather and French calf bindings.

Handsome jewel and combination cases, pocketbooks, cigar cases, &c.

Prices below every other house—we warrant.

Girl with Toys in Snow—Christmas Trade Card for Edward Ridley & Sons, 1880

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 25 Dec 2019 16:45:04 +0000

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This is the front of a Victorian-era trade card advertising a New York store (for the other side, see Christmas Greeting, Edward Ridley & Sons Department Store, New York City, 1880).

I'm not sure why this wide-eyed little girl is taking all those toys with her out into the snow. She's dressed for the winter weather, however, and is even holding her hands—and her doll—in a muff to keep them warm.

A Merry Christmas—Let Every Heart in Christmas Customs Bear Its Part

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 25 Dec 2019 16:49:02 +0000

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A small Victorian-era Christmas card featuring a fairy and flowers.

The verse on the card appears in J. S. Ogilvie, compiler, The Album Writer's Friend: Comprising More Than Three Hundred Choice Selections of Poetry and Prose, Suitable for Writing in Autograph Albums, Valentines, Birthday, Christmas, and New Year Cards (1881), p. 60.

A Merry Christmas

Christmas comes, let every heart
In Christmas customs bear its part:
The old be young, the sad be gay
And smiles chase every care away.

Halloween Mischief—What the Boys Did to the Cow

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sun, 20 Oct 2019 21:03:04 +0000

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"What the boys did to the cow."

A comic Halloween postcard published by Julius Bien & Co. in 1908.

This postcard was addressed on the other side to Miss Lille Collins, 122 Dickerson Street, Newark, N.J., and postmarked in Smyrna, Delaware, on October 30, 1911. Message: "Love to all, E.R.C."

For a another card from the same publisher, see What the Pig Thought of the Ghost on Halloween.

You Have the Key That Fits My Heart

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 15:42:02 +0000

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A woman fans herself as a man encroaches on her personal space while they are both perched dangerously on top of a giant key in this amusing image from an early twentieth-century postcard.

Caption: "You have the key that fits my heart."

Buchu-Paiba—Rescued from Kidney and Bladder Affections

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

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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."

Spelling Bee Ticket, Camp Grove School, November 27, 1931

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 03:55:04 +0000

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Camp Grove School was located near Bownstown in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The ticket was printed by Landis Art Press, Lancaster, Pa.

Spelling Bee

Camp Grove School, November 27, 1931.

7:30 o'clock. Admission 15c.

The Argus — Vulcan Safety Matches

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 05:09:56 +0000

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A Swedish matchbox label branded with the names of Argus, the multi-eyed giant of Greek mythology, and Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.

"The Argus Vulcan Safety Matches. Made at Tidaholm, Sweden. Contents 60 matches."

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.

Eddie Gilligan and His Cosmopolitan Orchestra, Riverside Park, Danville, Pa., Sept. 14, 1925

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sat, 18 May 2019 05:35:04 +0000

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A poster advertising a dance with music provided by Eddie Gilligan and His Cosmopolitan Orchestra, a popular jazz band.

The Final Dance of the Clover Club Summer Series

Eddie Gilligan and His Cosmopolitan Orchestra

In a return engagement. The band that made so decided a hit earlier in the season.

Featuring Edward Tracy and Frank Crisman, youthful singing and dancing wonders of vaudeville fame!

Hear them at

Riverside Park, Danville, Monday, Sept. 14th.

Dancing 9 to 1

Ladies, 50c. Gentlemen, 99c.

Jockey Chicks at the Easter Rabbit Race

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sun, 21 Apr 2019 08:48:02 +0000

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"Easter joy attend you."

For a similar postcard, see A Very Happy Easter to You.

Easter Serenade for the Picnic Chicks

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sun, 21 Apr 2019 08:48:04 +0000

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"Easter Greetings."

Compare this postcard with Best Easter Wishes from Mr. and Mrs. Bunny-Chick and Family.