American advertising cards
Collection
Identifier: Case Wing folio-ZC 3-018
Scope and Content of the Collection
Collection of advertising cards issued by merchants and primarily in the mid to late 19th century in the United States. Merchant and manufacturing industries include clothing and accessories, jewelry, sewing machines, thread, cologne, phonographs, and plows.
Dates
- 1880s-1905
Creator
- American Advertising Cards (Organization)
Language
Materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The American advertising cards are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Ownership and Literary Rights
The American advertising cards are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.
Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (1 box)
Abstract
American advertising cards issued by product manufacturers and retail stores. Geographic areas covered include Cleveland, Ohio, Painesville, Ohio, Algoma, Wisconsin, and South Bend, Indiana.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Collection Stack Location
3a 29
Processed by
Amanda Schriver, 2014.
Acknowledgements
This inventory was created with the generous support of the Council on Library and Information Services, which is supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Advertising -- Clothing and dress
- Advertising -- Jewelry
- Advertising -- Phonographs
- Eau de Cologne
- Ephemera -- 1851-1900
- Ephemera -- 1901-1950
- Perfumed cards
- Plows
- Printed ephemera -- 1851-1900
- Printed ephemera -- 1901-1950
- Sewing machines
- Thread
- Trade cards (advertising) -- 1851-1900
- Trade cards (advertising) -- 1901-1950
Creator
- American Advertising Cards (Organization)
- Title
- Inventory of the American advertising cards, 1880s-1905
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Amanda Schriver
- Date
- ©2014.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
reference@newberry.org
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
reference@newberry.org