Trade Card for Clothing, Tower Clothing Co., circa 1885
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In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and saved the often illustrated little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and saved the often illustrated little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
Artifact
Trade card
Date Made
circa 1885
Subject Date
circa 1885
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, Michigan, Grand Rapids
Creator Notes
Card manufactured by Tower Clothing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
00.1430.60
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Mrs. James R. Murphy
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Lithography
Printing (Process)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 3 in
Width: 4.5 in
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