Trade card for Milliken's Illustrated Advertising Cards, D.L. Milliken, publisher, No. 414 Salem Street, Malden, Mass., 1890

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Collection Type

Ephemera

Date

1890

GUSN

GUSN-265765

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Printing
General
Printing - General - Folder 2
Trade card for Milliken's Illustrated Advertising Cards, D.L. Milliken, publisher, No. 414 Salem Street, Malden, Mass., 1890
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Printing
    - General
      - Printing - General - Folder 2
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Description

Male figures sleep in the illustation with the caption "In the public library: so in-ter-rest-in, you know!" Milliken states that "Wide-Awake Business Men" will see the value of his business and trade cards. The card verso lists the populations for the fifty largest U.S. cities according to the 1890 census.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
printing (process)
printers (people)
publishers
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card ; 3 x 4 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.094.01.02.001

Image Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift of Greg Smart.

Places

Malden (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Description Level

Item

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