Commerce

1870 · réf. 71965 — Various places circa 1870 - 1900. 12 trade cards in various sizes. Includes: M. C. MILLER Fine Boots & Shoes; 3 7/8 x 2 5/8"; 2 girls one of whom is riding a large dog. PARTRIDGE'S Café and Dining Rooms Philadelphia; 4 3/8 x 2 7/8"; boy and girl carrying various foodstuffs; printer's imprint "Ketterlinus Philada." GRANITE Iron Ware Springfield Mass.; 2 5/8 x 3 7/8"; young girl pushing a cat or a mouse in a large teapot precariously perched on a cart. LAUTZ Bros. & Co. Soaps at W. H. Lathrop Grocer Hartford Conn.; 3 3/4 x 4 1/8"; young girl holding a sign or large envelope above her head. W. F. WHITELSEY & Co. Merchatn Tailors Hartford; 4 1/4 x 3"; boy in chef's garb holding a large knife while trying to wrestle a banner reading "A Bill of Dispute" from a ducks bill; small number "108" bottom left corner. G. B. WOODMAN & Co. Grocers Philadelphia; 4 3/8 x 3"; standing boys in discussion with girl kneeling on blanket surrounded by fruit; printer's imprint "Ketterlinus Philada." SHARPLESS & Sons Philadelphia Importers Jobbers & Retailers of Dry Goods; 4 3/8 x 2 7/8"; kneeling monkey taking aim with a pop gun at fleeing boy; printer's imprint "Testu & Massin Paris." AYER'S Sarsaparilla prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co Lowell Mass. for sale by handwritten "Talcott Frisbe & Co.; 5 x 3 3/4"; 2 women talking one apparently weak and resting in chair with bottle of sarsaparilla with children and dog playing at their feet. ESTEY Organ Co. Brattleboro VT on front with "write for prices to" Gibbons & Stone Rochester N.Y. on back; 3 x 5"; girl playing harp; printer's imprint "J. Ottmann Lith. N.Y." KASHMANN'S Furnishing House Hartford Conn. John F. Moran Salesman; 4 5/8 x 3 1/8"; girl talking to lamb hatching from large egg; small number "8" bottom left corner. HUYLER'S New York; 4 3/4 x 3 ½"; girl taking flowers from basket to put in upright rabbit's backpack. ANDES Stoves & Ranges manufactured by Phillips & Clark Stove Co. Geneva N. Y. for sale by E. J. Fuller Kendall N. Y.; 4.5 x 6"; wide-eyed young brown-haired girl with scarf draped over shoulders; printer's imprint "J. Ottmann Lith. N.Y." Altogether very good to near fine. unknown