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Trade cards ephemera collection, circa 1880-1900 TC
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Contributing Institution:
California Historical Society
Title: Trade cards ephemera collection
Identifier/Call Number: TC EPH
Physical Description:
6 boxes
Date (inclusive): circa 1880-1900
Language of Material: Collection is primarily in English.
A few trade cards are in Spanish.
Abstract: Consists of trade cards advertising a
variety of trades, goods, and services. The bulk of the materials are color lithographs
dating from 1880-1900. Some of the trades, goods and services advertised include food and
beverages, household goods, furniture, clothing, shoes, pharmacies, medicines and tonics.
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[Identification of item], [File name], Trade cards ephemera collection, California
Historical Society.
California Business Ephemera Collection
Processed by Jaime Henderson in 2016.
Collection is arranged alphabetcally, first by type of trade depicted in the card and then
by name of business or product being advertised.
The collection contains trade cards advertising various companies, products or services.
The bulk of the cards are color lithographs dating from 1880 - 1900s. Significant trades
represented include: clothing and dry goods; food and provisions; medicines and tonics;
sewing threads; shoes; and tobacco. There is also a section of blank sample trade cards and
trade cards on which a business is advertised but the type of trade is unidentified.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Advertising cards.
California Ephemera Project.
Trade cards.