1892
GUSN-267889
The item is one of a card set created as a souvenir package for the World's Columbian Exposition, 1893, in Chicago, Illinois. "These cards are lithographed reproductions of photographs taken on the spot in the various countries and provinces and colored there to correctly represent the native costumes. They are national costume studies, reliable and perfect in every detail." The cultural information on the card verso includes the Singer presence in the country. A woman from the Dalarna district in Sweden is shown in the card image.
advertising
business (commercial function)
sewing (process)
sewing machines (equipment)
costume (mode of fashion)
ethnic groups
souvenirs
world's fairs
trade cards (advertising)
1 trade card ; 5 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches
EP001
Ephemera collection
EP001.01.102.03.04.009
5 1/4 x 3 1/4 (HxW)(inches)
Purchased from Greg Smart, 2000.
New York City (New York state)
Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)
Sweden
Dalarna (Dalarna, Sweden) [general region]
Singer Manufacturing Company (Author)
trade cards (advertising)
Worlds Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
File part
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