GUSN-318973
The clothes pins were patented June 28, 1887. In the illustration the man asks the boy "I say my boy how do they bite this morning?" The boy responds "With their teeth sir."
advertising
business (commercial function)
pins (fasteners)
children (people by age group)
boys
fishing
trade cards (advertising)
1 trade card : illustrations (some color) ; 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 inches
EP003
Trade card albums collection
EP003.001.007
4 1/2 x 2 3/4 (HxW)(inches)
Anonymous donor 2001.
Montpelier (Washington county, Vermont)
U.S. Clothes Pin Co.
trade cards (advertising)
Laundry
Item
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