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Trade card for Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton, location unknown, undated

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

GUSN

GUSN-268022

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Description

A group of children surround a thread spool in the card image. The card verso promotes Clark's Fast Black to customers. Milward's Helix Needles was established in 1730.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
sewing (process)
thread
needles (piercing tools)
children (people by age group)
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card ; 4 1/2 x 3 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.102.04.02.047

Image Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift of William Sumner Appleton, February 28, 1929.

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Notions (Merchandise)

Description Level

Item

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