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Victorian Trade Cards

Colorful trade cards featuring lively illustrations of women in traditional dances, celebrating cultural themes from the late 19th century.

Series Symbols of flowers related to persons, Measure lovelies as love oracles, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a Liebig collector's pi...
Series Symbols of flowers related to persons, Measure lovelies as love oracles, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a Liebig collector's pi...
151 assets in this story
1899-18722974
Eugenie Blair ca 1899.
1501-138
A Happy New Year (Angel with Sickle) Postcard Private Collection
6145-29243002
Sweet-Peas: Goodbye Sweetheart!, from the series Floral Beauties and Language of Flowers (N75) for Duke brand cigarettes 1892 Issued by Duke Cigarette branch of the American Tobacco Company Trade cards from the "Floral Beauties and Language of Flowers" series (N75), issued in a set of 50 cards in 1892 to promote the W. Duke Sons & Co. branch of the American Tobacco Company.. Sweet-Peas: Goodbye Sweetheart!, from the series Floral Beauties and Language of Flowers (N75) for Duke brand cigarettes. 1892. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Duke Cigarette branch of the American Tobacco Company
6145-29229326
Esquimaux, from Types of Nationalities (N240) issued by Kinney Bros. 1890 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the "Types of Nationalities" series (N240), issued in 1890 to promote Kinney Tobacco Company. Each card is meant to be folded into thirds. Unfolded the card displays a figure from a particular nationality. Folded, the same figure is portrayed smoking a Kinney Brothers Cigarette.. Esquimaux, from Types of Nationalities (N240) issued by Kinney Bros.. 1890. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company
6145-43706775
Hermann A. Ockel, watchmaker, 7 Weybosset St., Prov.. Hermann A. Ockel, watchmaker, 7 Weybosset St., Prov.
6145-29176595
Card Number 17, cut-out from banner advertising the Opera Gloves series (G29) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes ca. 1890 Issued by Allen & Ginter American Series G29 presents cut-outs from a tobacco advertising banner issued by Allen & Ginter between 1885 and 1890. Citing Burdick's "The American Card Catalog": "Banners are paper hangers with a metal binding at top and bottom edges. The popular size was about 30 inches long but a few measured over five feet in length...The tobacco firms were prolific advertisers using a constant procession of banners, especially to publicize their current insert card sets...The usual design illustrates the card pictures from the series inserted into tobacco packaging with a large appropriate center picture." Many consumers would cut up banners in order to "collect" the whole series of cards at once. Although series G29 is not listed in Burdick's "The American Card Catalog," he included notes in his own edition of the book, now included in the collection a
4443-19521544
Friendship Greeting, Carnation, Graphite, brush and watercolor, brush and oil paint on cardboard, Standing man with carnations before him, Four-line verse; below, at top left: 'Carnation'., England, ca. 1890, Greeting Card, Greeting Card
6145-43706535
Faites en donc autant!. Faites en donc autant!
4435-1436
RAMIREZ, J. (second half 19th century-first half 20th century). Field Flowers. 1917. Advertising of cologne. Painting.
4409-17423226
Pierre Lorillard, from the Racing Colors of the World series (N22b) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes. Dimensions: Sheet: 2 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (7 x 3.8 cm). Publisher: Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia). Date: 1888.Trade cards from the "Racing Colors of the World" series (N22b), issued in 1888 in a set of 50 cards to promote Allen & Ginter brand cigarettes. The series was published in two variations. N22a includes a white edge around the perimeter of each card and N22b does not. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
1848-50197228
Picture series Artist, Painter: the portrait painter, digitally restored reproduction of a collective picture from ca 1900
1848-19275464
Serie Hühnerrassen, digital verbesserte Reproduktion eines Liebig Sammelbildes von ca 1900
1788-22059476
Gypsy from Seville, engraving after a painting by Georges Scott, from L'Illustration, Christmas issue, December 1905.
1899-19920703
Serie Blumen und Sagen, Orchidee und Kaktus / Series flowers and legends, orchid and cactus, Liebigbild, digital improved reproduction of a collectible image from the Liebig company, estimated from 1900, pd / digital restaurierte Reproduktion eines Sammelbildes von ca 1900, gemeinfrei, genaues Datum unbekannt.
4409-17419818
Olive, from the Fruits series (N12) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands. Dimensions: Sheet: 2 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (7 x 3.8 cm). Lithographer: George S. Harris & Sons (American, Philadelphia). Publisher: Issued by Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia). Date: 1891.Trade cards from the "Fruits" series (N12), issued in 1891 in a set of 50 cards to promote Allen & Ginter brand cigarettes. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
6145-48557746
3. Thank you sir! , Men, Bodies of water, Tea, 19th Century American Trade Cards
6145-43541259
Chromolithograph Print, Advertising poster for red wine; GERMANY & U.S.A.; ink on paper
4443-28743376
Girl with Bird' still bank, late 19th century, 2 13/16 x 5 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. (7.14 x 14.61 x 8.89 cm), Wood, paper, pigment, metal, England, 19th century
6145-50508183
Henryk Filipowicz, At the Nile. Filipowicz, Henryk (1842-po 1915), draughtsman, cartoonist, Tygodnik Ilustrowany (Warszawa ; czasopismo ; 1859-1939), publisher, Klejn, Władysław (1871-1952), woodcutter
6145-43708625
Gold Coin & Gold Medal stoves & ranges.. Gold Coin & Gold Medal stoves & ranges.
6145-43707844
This card is perfumed with Hoyts German Cologne, fragrant & lasting. This card is perfumed with Hoyts German Cologne, fragrant & lasting
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This card is perfumed with Hoyts German Cologne, fragrant & lasting , Children, Fences, Perfumes, 19th Century American Trade Cards
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4220-21849101
crossing the night sky in her deer-drawn chariot
6145-29803233
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
6145-54553554
MITTAGESSEN held by NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD BREMEN at "SS ""FRIEDRICH DER GROSSE""" (SS;). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1901. Rare Book Division
4409-21021201
Portada de la revista La Mosca Blanca, editada en Barcelona, diciembre de 1891. Author: Ramón Escaler Ullastre.
6145-29177151
W.J.M. Barry, Hammer Throw, from World's Champions, Second Series (N43) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes 1888 Allen & Ginter American Trade cards from "World's Champions," Second Series (N43), issued in 1888 in a set of 50 cards to promote Allen & Ginter brand cigarettes.. W.J.M. Barry, Hammer Throw, from World's Champions, Second Series (N43) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes 414395
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Estados Unidos. Portada de la revista mensual "Pictorial Review", edición española dedicada al año nuevo, publicada en Nueva York, enero de 1916.
6145-43716618
Star braid. Star braid
6176-66908479
They shall not perish ... American Committee for relief in the Near East. Summary: Girl, symbolizing Near East, clinging to woman with sword and U.S. flag, symbolizing America. Vintage poster, circa 1918
6145-50627717
Tale of a Bearded Giant, circa 1900, maker unknown.
6145-29228450
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.. 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
6145-44100918
Ortsansicht - New YearPyritz. Ortsansicht. New Year
4443-28743185
March' Tile, 6 1/16 x 6 1/16 x 3/8 in. (15.4 x 15.4 x 0.95 cm), Glazed ceramic
6145-29169413
Francis Lolonois, Death of Lolonois, from the Pirates of the Spanish Main series (N19) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes ca. 1888 Allen & Ginter American Trade cards from the "Pirates of the Spanish Main" series (N19), issued ca. 1888 in a set of 50 cards to promote Allen & Ginter brand cigarettes.. Francis Lolonois, Death of Lolonois, from the Pirates of the Spanish Main series (N19) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes 408880
1899-53514693
Photo series Summer Joy and Winter pleasure, farmers at the grain harvest / Bildserie Sommerfreud und Winterlust, Bauern bei der Getreideernte, 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,.
6145-50510821
Estey Organ Co. Brattleboro, Vt. U.S.A. , Women, Organs, 19th Century American Trade Cards
6145-54540443
R.M.S. "Olympic". 1927. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division
6145-59115418
Teodor Axentowicz (1859-1938), portrait of a girl with a jug; Czernecki, Jan (Wieliczka, Kraków; Publisher; 1905-1939); 1908 (1908-00-00-1908-00-00);
6145-48557791
Brook's spool cotton. , Adults, Indigenous peoples, Sailboats, Thread, Cotton, 19th Century American Trade Cards
4220-20430160
The Keystone Wringer, the best in the world. By F.F. Adams & Co.
1899-19921053
Serie Elfenspiel, bei guten Freunden / Elf game series, with good friends, Liebigbild, digital improved reproduction of a collectible image from the Liebig company, estimated from 1900, pd / digital restaurierte Reproduktion eines Sammelbildes von ca 1900, gemeinfrei.
4408-8459
Will He Come, Valentine's Day
6145-48732477
Off for a sail , Play Recreation, Bodies of water, Children
4408-13614
Merry Christmas, Christmas & Santa
6145-43716093
Adams Wringer, best in the world. Adams Wringer, best in the world
4220-21847247
DANIEL DEFOE writer, with scenes from 'Robinson Crusoe' Date: 1661-1731
4409-63710
Publicidad. Etiqueta de Manzanilla fina, La Reina de España, de Bodegas del Marqués del Mérito, Jerez de la Frontera. Años 1910.
1899-19920745
Bilderserie Künstler - Maler: der Landschaftsmaler / Series of pictures artist - painter: the landscape painter, digital improved reproduction of a collectible image from the Liebig company, estimated from 1900, pd / digital restaurierte Reproduktion eines Sammelbildes von ca 1900, gemeinfrei.
1899-20228520
Calsetta.