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Trade card for the Keystone Wringer, manufactured by F.F. Adams & Company, Erie, Pennsylvania, undated

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Location Note

[Ephemera: Trade Cards and Advertisements: Unprocessed]

GUSN

GUSN-195587

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Description

This trade card promotes the F.F. Adams & Company's Keystone clothes wringer. The card is illustrated with a woman dressed like a Roman matron standing next to the wringer on a pedestal.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
appliances
washing machines
trade cards (advertising)

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000688
AccessID 933
Other identifier HNEDID-000688

Physical Description

1 trade card

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.069.01.01.021

Places

Erie (Erie county, Pennsylvania)

Record Details

Originator

Cosack & Clark (Lithographer)

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Other Organizations

F.F. Adams & Company (Erie, Pa.)

Subjects

Laundry
Wringers
Housekeeping

Description Level

Item

Location Note

[Ephemera: Trade Cards and Advertisements: Unprocessed]

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