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Advertising card for Diamond Dyes
Trade card distributed by the Amherst pharmacy W. H. H. Morgan around the turn of the century. The illustration is an image of a group of young women being instructed in home economics. On the back is printed the price, the list of colors, and other…
Tags: 1900s, Trade cards
We won't go home until morning!
Advertising card for the business of F. H. Howe, a grocer located in Merchants' Row in the 1880s. The cartoon on the card illustrates Victorian…
Tags: 1880s, Trade cards, Humor
Advertising card for Warner Brothers Coraline Corset
Trade card distributed by H. B. Edwards & Co., a clothing store that operated in Merchants' Row from the 1880's to about 1915. The store specialized in ladies' fineā¦
Tags: 1880s, Trade cards, Humor
Advertising card for Edgar R. Bennett
This trade card advertises the optical business which was run by Edgar R. Bennett from sometime in the 1880s through 1903. Bennett was a watchmaker, jeweler, optician, and bicycle agent. His shop was in Merchants' Row on South Pleasant…
Amherst Roller Rink
Trade card for the Amherst Roller Rink, a roller-skating establishment which was located in Palmer Hall (today the site of Town Hall) in the…
Latest styles in hats
Trade card advertising the business of J. M. Waite & Son, a hatter and outfitter for gentlemen, whose establishment was located in Cook's Block, Phoenix Row, in the late…
Cat-astrophe
Trade card advertising the business of F. H. Howes, a grocer located in Merchants' Row in the 1880s. The cartoon on the card illustrates Victorian…