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Trade card for Acme, Marseilles White, Circus, White Spray Soaps, Lautz Bros. & Co., fine laundry soaps, Buffalo, New York, 1890

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1890

GUSN

GUSN-245597

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Description

The card verso informs customers that they will receive a picture of "Hailing the Ferryman" by sending in 100 Acme Soap wrappers.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
cosmetics
soap (organic material)
infants
children (people by age group)
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card : color illustration ; 3 3/4 x 2 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.028.03.02.002

Image Dimensions

3 3/4 x 2 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of William Sumner Appleton, February 28, 1927.

Places

Buffalo (Erie county, New York state)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Description Level

Item

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