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19th Century Trade Cards

Colorful vintage trade cards featuring humorous scenes and characters, promoting products with lively illustrations related to tobacco and shoes.

5 boys opening a giant can. 5 boys opening a giant can

Death Picks a Tune, Skeletons

Alice at the Mad Hatter's tea party Date: First published: 1865

Humorous postcard card satirising British Freemasonry. 1905

News / Come on my little one! Come! (IT)

First quarter.. First quarter.

Hurrah for the New Year, from the New Years 1890 series (N227) issued by Kinney Bros. 1889-90 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the "New Years 1890 Cards" series (N227), a set of 50 cards issued in 1889-90 to promote Kinney Tobacco Company.. Hurrah for the New Year, from the New Years 1890 series (N227) issued by Kinney Bros.. 1889-90. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

CARDS Alice and the pack of cards Date: First published: 1865

La Petite Mademoiselle, 3eme acte, scene XVeme , Adults, Correspondence, Theatrical productions, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Jack Pumpkin's House of Corn, Wizard of Oz

A group of children act out the story of Red Riding Hood to an audience of their family and friends Date: 1880

Barry & Fay's Comedy Co., "Muldoon's Picnic.". Barry & Fay's Comedy Co., "Muldoon's Picnic."

This image from As You Like It shows the Court Fool Touchstone and the eccentric philosopher Jaques.

Witch dancing with pumpkin figure and black cat, Halloween, illustration

'Lulu Waltz' by Charles Coote Junior - Music Sheet Cover. Lulu, the female trapeze artist formerly known as the boy acrobat El Nino Farini, who was actually Sam Wasgate (1855-1939), the adopted son of William Leonard Hunt (1838-1929), known to the world as the tightrope walker and acrobat, The Great Farini. Date: circa 1871

A Happy New Year 1890, from the New Years 1890 series (N227) issued by Kinney Bros. 1889-90 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the "New Years 1890 Cards" series (N227), a set of 50 cards issued in 1889-90 to promote Kinney Tobacco Company.. A Happy New Year 1890, from the New Years 1890 series (N227) issued by Kinney Bros.. 1889-90. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

Picture series operas: Parsifal, Parsifal and the flower girls, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a Liebig collector's picture from ca 1900

Devere's High Rollers Burlesque Company ca 1898.

He plays the violin wearing a wig, she accompanies him wearing a bonnet... Date: 18th century

Accordion serenade. Covers (Illustration), Magazine covers. 1924-08-30. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Courtship, Musical instruments, Singing, Music , 1900-1999, Accordions, Serenading, Young adults

Two boys tease a carnival reveller wearing a grotesque mask, while a third boy blows a horn. Colour lithograph after L. Boilly, 1824.

Smoke Gail & Ax's Little Joker tobacco. , Men, Angels, Tobacco products, Reptiles, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Wag and the Prince, Wizard of Oz

Series The Fairy Tale of Frau Holle 6, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from ca 1900

I hear his footfalls music. You will find at Frear's.. I hear his footfalls music. You will find at Frear's.

Musical instrument series, tambourine and castanets in Spain, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from c. 1900, Liebig collector's picture, exact date unknown

Street entertainer with performing cats and birds in cages. Date: 1883

Nursery rhyme and illustration of Guy Fawkes Day from Old Mother Goose's Rhymes and Tales. Illustrated by Constance Haslewood. Published by Frederick Warne & Co London and New York circa 1890s. Chromolithography by Emrik & Binger of Holland

The Redhead Moon / Third Year - N ° 105 / Sunday 8th December 1878 / Theater of La Gaîté - Chonchon (Miss Schneider in the grace of God), by Gill.

Scenes from Punch and Judy, circa 1900, maker unknown.

Chas L. Davis. As Alvin Joslin.. Chas L. Davis. As Alvin Joslin.

'People who live in glass houses should pull down the blinds.' , Men, Actors, Musical revues & comedies, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Up to-date fairies dance to the music of the radio Date: 1925

WILD THYME with Deadly Nightshade Date: 1905

Stubel and Friese, Actor Carl Adolph Friese dances Concordat and Syllabus, singer Lori Stubel as Papagena title page of Der Floh , Karl Klic -, Caricaturist, Johann Tomassich, realization

Picture series The Five Senses, the Hearing, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from ca 1900

Faites en donc autant! , Boys, Circus performers, Stilts, 19th Century American Trade Cards

In the Forest of Arden in As You Like It, the question is asked by Touchstone of William - You Do Love This Maid

Touchstone, the Court Fool, with Rosalind, dressed in Ganymede's clothes, and cousin Celia escape to the Forest of Arden.

William H. Frear. Again enlarged and improved, Troy Cash Bazaar. 'Stouter thanI used to be,' 'There will be too much of me in the coming bye and bye!' Patience. , Women, Violoncellos, Dry goods stores, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Clarks Mile End 60 Spool Cotton , Thread, Cotton, Dogs, Men, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Equilbriste , Girls, Circus performers, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Series of pictures Opera, Faust, Valentin falls in a duel, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from ca 1900

Picture series of children as musicians with an instrument from a Liebig box: cello

French chromolithograph showing two street singers in France one playing a guitar. Circa 1900

Within the Magic Circle -- two little girls encounter some fairies. Date: circa 1920s

Sing a song for sixpence.. Caldecott, Randolph (1846-1886). Illustrations. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Nursery rhymes

Dobbins Electric Soap - 'Then, a soldier full of strange oaths and bearded like the Bard' , Men, Wash tubs, Household soap, 19th Century American Trade Cards

THE FATALIST "I'm sure they'll 'ear this damn thing squeakin'!" 1917

A futuristic game of aerial tennis, which requires the net to be set very high. Date: 1899

Smoke Gail & Ax's Little Joker tobacco.. Smoke Gail & Ax's Little Joker tobacco.

Why do we all wear Sollers & Co's shoes Cause dey save de soles ob de chil'ren! Gib it up! Sollers & Co's minstrels.. Why do we all wear Sollers & Co's shoes Cause dey save de soles ob de chil'ren! Gib it up! Sollers & Co's minstrels.

Photos Series National musical instruments, guitar, guitar from Spain / Bilderserie Nationale Musikinstrumente, Guitarre, Gitarre aus Spanien, Liebigbild, digital improved reproduction of a collectible image from the Liebig company, estimated from 1900, pd / digital verbesserte Reproduktion eines Sammelbildes von ca 1900, gemeinfrei.

La soustraction , Children, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Happy New Year, from the New Years 1890 series (N227) issued by Kinney Bros. 1889-90 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the "New Years 1890 Cards" series (N227), a set of 50 cards issued in 1889-90 to promote Kinney Tobacco Company.. Happy New Year, from the New Years 1890 series (N227) issued by Kinney Bros.. 1889-90. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

In the winter outside; New Dutch childrens prints; Funke's prints. Sheet with 5 performances of winter scenes, such as skating children and a robin in the snow. Numbered at the top right: No. 175.

A strong man wearing a blue and yellow striped outfit lifts heavy weights in a circus ring, while clowns entertain the audience in the background. Date: late 19th century

Smoke! Topsy Tobacco, 'I is so wicked!' , Girls, Tobacco products, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Alice in Wonderland at Switzer's Bazaar Postcard. ca. 1900 - 1910, Alice in Wonderland at Switzer's Bazaar Postcard

Wife tracks her husband down, under the sea in a diving suit having an affair with attractive mermaid. Date: 1928

Aeolian - A concert. , Children, Dogs, Cats, Organs, 19th Century American Trade Cards

The Tale of Dick Whittington lantern slides, colour slides

Judge Magazine: Canada Bars Out American Boodlers, Judge Magazine

Triangle and Concertina, from the Musical Instruments series (N121) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco 1888 Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. Trade cards from the "Musical Instruments" series (N121), issued in an unnumbered set of 25 cards in 1888 by W. Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco. The series incorporates the 50 images of the N82 set, including two images on each card.. Triangle and Concertina, from the Musical Instruments series (N121) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco. 1888. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. (New York and Durham, N.C.)

Colored film poster by an anonymous artist, created before 1916, depicting characters and scenes for early cinema promotion.

Alice in Wonderland, Alice and the pack of cards, as the courtroom scene disintegrates at the end of the story. Date: early 20th century

Bilderserie Nationaltänze: Bolero, Spanien / Image series national dances: Bolero, Spain, digital improved reproduction of a collectible image from the Liebig company, estimated from 1900, pd / digital restaurierte Reproduktion eines Sammelbildes von ca 1900, gemeinfrei.

Salem Witch on Her Broom. ca. 1925, Salem, Massachusetts, USA, The Salem Witch, Salem, Mass.

Series of male figures from Wagner operas, the Flying Dutchman, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from c. 1900

Singing Sparrows playing and making the children dance, Germany, children's illustration, drawing.

'Mr Winkle on the Ice', 1915.Artist: Frank Reynolds

Pinocchio, Book Cover

Wear Celluloid collars and cuffs.. Wear Celluloid collars and cuffs.

Three little maids from school are we, we know a thing, or two,or three. And what we know, twixt you and me, three little maid from school, is mile-end cotton is confessed by north and south, and east and west to be all A I -the best three little maids from school. Clark's Mile-End 36 Spool Cotton.. Three little maids from school are we, we know a thing, or two,or three. And what we know, twixt you and me, three little maid from school, is mile-end cotton is confessed by north and south, and east and west to be all A I -the best three little maids from school. Clark's Mile-End 36 Spool Cotton.

This image from As You Like It shows Touchstone, the Court Fool, with Rosalind, dressed in Ganymede's clothes.

Amos Judd is a novel written in 1895 by J.A. Mitchell (1845-1918). It takes place against a background of civil war in northern India. The seven-year-old rajah is smuggled out by three faithful followers - two Hindus and one American. The boy was brought to a Connecticut farmhouse and given the name Amos Judd. The caption accompanying this illustration in the novel: He is the image of you. Molly and Amos find the book in the old cherry-wood desk. They come to a page showing the head and shoulders of a bejewelled prince who looks just like Amos.

A.D. 1915 - with Puck's apologies to the "coming woman" / F. Opper. | Library of Congress

Scene from J M Barrie s Play The Admirable Crichton Illustration by Hugh Thomsom 1860 to 1920

Happy New Year, from the New Years 1890 series (N227) issued by Kinney Bros. 1889-90 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the "New Years 1890 Cards" series (N227), a set of 50 cards issued in 1889-90 to promote Kinney Tobacco Company.. Happy New Year, from the New Years 1890 series (N227) issued by Kinney Bros.. 1889-90. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

Serie Märchen Hänsel und Gretel, mit der Hexe Schatz beschwert sind die Kinder heimgekehrt / Series fairy tale Hansel and Gretel, with the witch treasure weighted the children have returned home, digital improved reproduction of a collectible image from the Liebig company, estimated from 1900, pd / digital verbesserte Reproduktion eines Sammelbildes von ca 1900, gemeinfrei.

French postcard of 1900 depicting two traditionally dressed French boys against a 100 Cent banknote

The music and words (correct version) to the song of Little Tom (Tommy) Tucker, who had to sing for his supper. Date: 1931

Series Christmas dreams and mishaps, there's still something, watch out, hurray, the good uncle, he's here, the late guest still has Christmas presents for the children, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture

Life for the Tsar: drama-opera in eight scenes. ca. 1908

Dorothy and Hen, Wizard of Oz

Happy New Year, from the New Years 1890 series (N227) issued by Kinney Bros. 1889-90 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the "New Years 1890 Cards" series (N227), a set of 50 cards issued in 1889-90 to promote Kinney Tobacco Company.. Happy New Year, from the New Years 1890 series (N227) issued by Kinney Bros.. 1889-90. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

Picture series Opera Scenes 1, Sigurd, Reyer, digitally restored reproduction of a collectors picture from ca 1900

Santa in his Sleigh Nostalgia Cards Illustration

Alice and Her Friends Postcard by Charles Folkard, Based on Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. ca. 1900-1920, Alice and Her Friends Postcard by Charles Folkard, Based on Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Jack and Jill, Walter Crane

At Frear's Bazaar you can save money on your staple and fancy dry goods. , Clowns, Bubbles, Dry goods stores, 19th Century American Trade Cards

The Universal Plow at the circus. , Men, Horses, Plows, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Well, she chuckled, I am in luck - Scene from the Bogey Beast

'There was an Old Person of Dover...', c1840s. Creator: Edward Lear.

Picture series The Pied Piper of Hamelin, Rat-Catcher of Hamelin, the rats follow the piper / Bilderserie Der Rattenfänger von Hameln, die Ratten folgen dem Pfeifer, Liebigbild, digital improved reproduction of a collectible image from the Liebig company, estimated from 1900, pd / digital verbesserte Reproduktion eines Sammelbildes von ca 1900, gemeinfrei.

Chromolithograph from a chocolate wrapper, circa 1900, depicting French cavalry bugler

A novelty Russian postcard depicting a green grasshopper couple dancing to the tune of a fellow grasshopper playing a fiddle. Date: 1928

Publicidad. Máquina de coser Singer. Cartel de 1910. Facsímil de 1960.

Sing we of coal, sing, sing away; Hunt's cash coal, has won the day. 7 Weybosset St. , Clowns, Adults, Coal, 19th Century American Trade Cards

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