Trade cards
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Fischer Pianos collection
Collection — Folder S1963
Identifier: S1963
Scope and Contents
This collection includes commercially printed trade cards from J. and C. Fischer Piano Company in New York circa 1892 regarding advertising by C.D. Boxley, an agent in Sheridan, Indiana.
Dates:
circa 1892
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Fischer Pianos collection
Indianapolis business and trade cards
Collection — Folder S2540
Identifier: S2540
Scope and Contents
This collection contains business and trade cards ranging from 1887 to 1908 and undated from businesses, proprietors and local agents for out-of-town companies that engaged in commerce in Indianapolis, Indiana. The cards advertise a variety of businesses, including dry goods stores, clothing stores, shoe stores, florists, druggists, dentists, coffee dealers, and wagon and farm implement dealers. Some products advertised on the cards include the Esterly binder, Fleichmann & Co. yeast, the...
Dates:
1887-1908, undated
Mitchell family collection
Collection — Folder S2506
Identifier: S2506
Scope and Contents
This collection contains an assortment of printed flyers, advertisements, trade cards, and copies of genealogical material ranging from 1899 to 1922 regarding farming, agriculture, and family life. The family history material consist of a biography of Chalkley Emerson Hunt (1842-1918) and autobiographical reminscences of an unnamed person. Among the printed items are publications from Hoosier Mineral Feed, Indiana Mutual Cylone Insurance Co., E. Rauh and Sons Animal Feed Co., and Swine Breeders...
Dates:
1899-1922
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Mitchell family collection
Schnull-Krag Coffee Company trade cards
Collection — Folder S2547
Identifier: S2547
Scope and Contents
This collection includes thirteen trade cards from the Schnull-Krag Coffee Company of Indianapolis, Indiana (circa 1880s). Varying in size, most of the cards promote the company's Standard Coffee, touting it as the "Best Package Coffee on Earth." Two cards of special note have pictures of ladies in formal gowns, wearing white gloves and holding fans and were used to promote the company's "High Grade Windsor Mocha and Java" and "Best Java" coffees.
Dates:
circa 1880s
Yandes family papers
Collection — Folder S1479
Identifier: S1479
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters from the Yandes family in Indiana, Ohio, Iowa, and Cuba ranging from 1833 to 1891 regarding local and family news, women's education, business, the Indiana State House, national and local politics, and the Civil War. Mary Yandes' letter to Ann Hampson on July 15, 1837 mentions Zerelda Gray Sanders' marriage to Governor David Wallace of Indiana (one year prior). There are also trade cards for Yandes family businesses in Indianapolis, Indiana, two blank greeting...
Dates:
1833-1891
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Yandes family papers
