Finding Aid for the Collection of Trade Cards, 1870-1900
Processed by K. Landesman; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
© 2003
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Finding Aid for the Collection of Trade Cards, 1870-1900
Collection number: 611
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
- Processed by:
- K. Landesman, May 1981
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, October 2003
© 2003 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Collection of Trade Cards,
Date (inclusive): 1870-1900
Collection number: 611
Extent:
2 boxes (1.0 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Dept. of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of
the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC
Regents do not hold the copyright.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Robert Knepper, 1992-93.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Collection of Trade Cards (Collection 611). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of trade or advertising cards of various companies, stores, and products. Includes Arbuckle's Ariosa Coffee,
bakers and bakeries, Coca-Cola, dry cleaning, Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, musical instruments, restaurants and
hotels, sewing machines, tobacco, Union Pacific Tea Company, Enterprise Manufacturing Company of Pennsylvania, and Frostick
series of animal cards.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Collection is arranged alphabetically by industry or name of firm.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Trade cards.
Container List
Box 1
Arbuckle's Ariosa Coffee.
Box 1
Cereals, spices, and other foods.
Box 1
Church & Company, Arm & Hammer.
Box 1
Cigarette cards (portraits of entertainers).
Box 1
Coffee and tea, miscellaneous distributors.
Box 1
Drug-stores, patent medicines, and perfumes.
Box 1
Farm and domestic implements.
Box 1
The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company.
Box 2
Groceries,-meat and fish markets, and tea, coffee and spice shops.
Box 2
Jewelry, clothing, and dry goods.
Box 2
Series cards advertising various products.
Box 2
Shoes, shoe stores, and shoe polishes.
Box 2
Stoves and stove polishes.
Box 2
Transformations and cards with moving parts.
Box 2
Union Pacific Tea Company.
Box 2
Yeasts and infants' foods.
Box 2
Enterprise Manufacturing Company of Pennsylvania.
Box 2
Frostick series of Animal cards.
