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1840-1895
Box 1
GUSN-318527
The features of carpet sweepers, washing machines, wringers, ice cream freezers, refrigerators and cookware are described for customers. Short scenes and limericks advertise the various products. Card illustrations may have well-known persons of the day or racist content. A number of cards were produced for the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893. The businesses are New England based and from across the United States.
advertising
business (commercial function)
appliances
refrigerators
freezers
washing machines
vacuum cleaners
ice-cream freezers
cookware
kitchenware
carpets
cleaning
food
presidents
women (female humans)
children (people by age group)
world's fairs
trade cards (advertising)
albums
174 trade cards, 60 leaves : color illustrations ; 9 x 13 1/4 inches
EP003
Trade card albums collection
EP003.001
9 x 13 1/4 (HxW)(inches)
Anonymous donor 2001.
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Philadelphia (Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania)
New York City (New York state)
Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)
trade cards (advertising)
albums
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
Kitchen appliances
Sweeping and dusting
Wringers
Laundry
Cooking
Sweepers (Cleaning equipment)
Housekeeping
African Americans
Series
Box 1
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