Trade Card for John Kelly's Fine Shoes, 1875-1899
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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, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant 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, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant 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
1875-1899
Subject Date
1875-1899
Creators
John Kelly's Fine Shoes (Firm)
Place of Creation
United States, New York, Rochester
United States, Michigan, Detroit
Creator Notes
Product made by John Kelly's Fine Shoes and card printed by Karle & Company, both of Rochester, New York. Product sold by G. H. Gates & Company, Detroit, Michigan.
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
89.0.541.1101
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 4.75 in
Width: 3 in
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