Trade Card Collection (page 3)

School, Daniel Farro, trade card (engraving)
983988 School, Daniel Farro, trade card (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: School, Daniel Farro, trade card.); Look and Learn / Peter Jackson Collection

Scale maker, Medhurst, trade card (engraving)
983987 Scale maker, Medhurst, trade card (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scale maker, Medhurst, trade card.); Look and Learn / Peter Jackson Collection

Organ builders, trade card. (engraving)
983964 Organ builders, trade card. (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Organ builders, trade card.); Look and Learn / Peter Jackson Collection

Mercer, Mason Lucas and Higgons, trade card (engraving)
983962 Mercer, Mason Lucas and Higgons, trade card (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mercer, Mason Lucas and Higgons, trade card)

Mason, Abraham Jackson, trade card (engraving)
983956 Mason, Abraham Jackson, trade card (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mason, Abraham Jackson, trade card.); Look and Learn / Peter Jackson Collection

Lithographer, Whittock & Goodman, trade card (engraving)
983955 Lithographer, Whittock & Goodman, trade card (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lithographer, Whittock & Goodman, trade card)

Linen Draper, Bingley & Bragg, trade card (engraving)
983953 Linen Draper, Bingley & Bragg, trade card (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Linen Draper, Bingley & Bragg)

Linen Draper, Gedge s, trade card. (engraving)
983951 Linen Draper, Gedge s, trade card. (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Linen Draper, Gedge s, trade card.); Look and Learn / Peter Jackson Collection

Postman delivering the mail in the Transvaal, late 19th century (colour litho)
488638 Postman delivering the mail in the Transvaal, late 19th century (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Front and reverse of a promotional card for the Parisian Department Store
488394 Front and reverse of a promotional card for the Parisian Department Store Au Bon MarchA©, depicting one of the most popular folk songs in the French language

What Luck! a Bottle of Champagne, promotional card for the Parisian Department
488393 What Luck! a Bottle of Champagne, promotional card for the Parisian Department Store Au Bon MarchA©, c.1895 (colour lithograph) (see also 488428) by French School

A Postman delivering mail in Haiti, late 19th century (colour litho)
488381 A Postman delivering mail in Haiti, late 19th century (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

A Postman in Holland talking to a woman delivering milk in a dogcart
488380 A Postman in Holland talking to a woman delivering milk in a dogcart, late 19th century (colour litho) by French School

An Italian Postman delivering mail, late 19th century (colour litho)
488377 An Italian Postman delivering mail, late 19th century (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Battle of the Pictures, illustration from Hogarth Restored
STC451208 The Battle of the Pictures, illustration from Hogarth Restored: The Whole Works of the celebrated William Hogarth, re-engraved by Thomas Cook, pub

Beer, 1899 (colour litho)
473632 Beer, 1899 (colour litho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: La Biere ; from a series of illustrations of drinks)

Tomato - trade card from the Liebig Company, (colour litho)
735694 Tomato - trade card from the Liebig Company, (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; Look and Learn / Rosenberg Collection

Child Hugging a Collie Dog, 1901 (chromolithograph)
3036094 Child Hugging a Collie Dog, 1901 (chromolithograph) by American School, (20th century); (add.info.: Vintage Victorian trade card of an endearing embrace between a young child)

Trade card of M. Levoi, Taylor, Salelsman & Mans Mercer, Brydges Street
3037904 Trade card of M. Levoi, Taylor, Salelsman & Mans Mercer, Brydges Street, Covent Garden by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tailor in menswear)

Polar bear dancing by a stove (chromolitho)
3105177 Polar bear dancing by a stove (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Polar bear dancing by a stove)

Ship caught in the polar ice (chromolitho)
3105149 Ship caught in the polar ice (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ship caught in the polar ice)

Skins for clothes (chromolitho)
3105137 Skins for clothes (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Skins for clothes)

English jockey being weighed in with his saddle and British coinage
488398 English jockey being weighed in with his saddle and British coinage, from a series of promotional cards on currencies in different countries

A Postman in Bulgaria fighting off robbers, late 19th century (colour litho)
488373 A Postman in Bulgaria fighting off robbers, late 19th century (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

A Postman in the U. S. A delivering mail in winter, late 19th century (colour litho)
488368 A Postman in the U.S.A delivering mail in winter, late 19th century (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

John Hunt, Nightman and Rubbish Carter, near the Wagon and Horses in Goswell Street
STC174247 John Hunt, Nightman and Rubbish Carter, near the Wagon and Horses in Goswell Street, near Mount Mill, London (engraving) by English School

American trade card advertising the Dozier-Weyl Cracker Company (colour litho)
5236029 American trade card advertising the Dozier-Weyl Cracker Company (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

American trade card advertising the Unexcelled Firework Company, New York (colour litho)
5236062 American trade card advertising the Unexcelled Firework Company, New York (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Postman delivering mail in Madagascar, late 19th century (colour litho)
488639 Postman delivering mail in Madagascar, late 19th century (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Spanish children dancing with tambourines made of pesetas
488434 Spanish children dancing with tambourines made of pesetas, from a series of promotional cards on currencies in different countries, published in Paris by Vieillemard for use by Chocolat Ibled

Marianne beside the French Tricolore flag, a globe and telescope and a display of francs
488429 Marianne beside the French Tricolore flag, a globe and telescope and a display of francs, c.1890 (colour litho) by French School

Boum!!! Champagne!, c. 1895 (colour lithograph) (see also 488393)
488428 Boum!!! Champagne!, c.1895 (colour lithograph) (see also 488393) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pierrot opening the lucky find of a bottle of champagne)

In the Highlands, a promotional card for Huntley & Palmers Biscuits, c
488427 In the Highlands, a promotional card for Huntley & Palmers Biscuits, c.1890 (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

An Ascent of the Himalayas, a promotional card for Huntley & Palmers Biscuits, c
488426 An Ascent of the Himalayas, a promotional card for Huntley & Palmers Biscuits, c.1890 (colour litho) by English School

On Route to the North Pole, front and back of a promotional card for Huntley
488423 On Route to the North Pole, front and back of a promotional card for Huntley & Palmers Biscuits, produced for the French market, 1890 (colour litho) by English School

A Surprise in the Luggage, from a series of illustrations of children
488420 A Surprise in the Luggage, from a series of illustrations of children, produced as promotional cards for the Bon MarcheDepartment Store in Paris, c.1890 (colour litho) by French School

Japanese girl, from a series of illustrations of children from different countries
488418 Japanese girl, from a series of illustrations of children from different countries, produced as promotional cards for the Bon MarcheDepartment Store in Paris

Eating brioches by the light of the moon, a promotional card for the Bon Marche Department
488417 Eating brioches by the light of the moon, a promotional card for the Bon MarcheDepartment Stores in Paris, c.1890 (colour litho) by French School

What Luck! a Bottle of Champagne; front and reverse of a promotional card for
488392 What Luck! a Bottle of Champagne ; front and reverse of a promotional card for the Bon MarcheDepartment Stores in Paris, c.1895 (colour litho) by French School

Young postman with his letter sack delivering a letter in Victorian England
488384 Young postman with his letter sack delivering a letter in Victorian England, late 19th century (colour litho) by French School

A Postman in the Deccan Plateau of India, late 19th century (colour litho)
488383 A Postman in the Deccan Plateau of India, late 19th century (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

An Egyptian postman delivering mail, late 19th century (colour litho)
488376 An Egyptian postman delivering mail, late 19th century (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

A Postman in Persia delivering mail, late 19th century (colour litho)
488375 A Postman in Persia delivering mail, late 19th century (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

A Postman in Korea delivering a letter, late 19th century (colour litho)
488370 A Postman in Korea delivering a letter, late 19th century (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

A Postman in England delivering mail in winter, late 19th century (colour litho)
488369 A Postman in England delivering mail in winter, late 19th century (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Advertisement for Watson & Hancock gunmakers, c. 1900 (litho)
PNP386828 Advertisement for Watson & Hancock gunmakers, c.1900 (litho) by English School; Private Collection; (add.info.: Watson & Hancock, High Holborn)

The Donkey and the Little Dog, from Fables by Jean de La Fontaine (1621-95)
PER190890 The Donkey and the Little Dog, from Fables by Jean de La Fontaine (1621-95), advertising for Au Bon Marche department store (colour litho) by Leloir

Photographers imprint, c. 1870 (printed card)
MGS373691 Photographers imprint, c.1870 (printed card) by Sunderland, James (fl.1865-85); Private Collection; (add.info.: Verso of 373692; ); eMichael Graham-Stewart; British, out of copyright

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"Exploring the Fascinating World of Trade Cards: A Glimpse into Advertising History" Step back in time with these captivating trade cards, offering a window into the advertising strategies and products of bygone eras. In 1885, American merchants used trade cards to promote Cocaine Toothache Drops, an astonishingly controversial product intended for both children and adults. This card serves as a reminder of how societal norms have evolved over time. Traveling further back to the early 1700s, we encounter an intriguing advertisement for Wills Coffee House. Created by an unknown artist, this trade card transports us to a bustling coffeehouse scene where patrons indulged in aromatic brews while engaging in lively conversations. Moving on to late 18th-century England, Samuel Neeles' engraving shop is showcased through a beautifully crafted line engraving trade card. This piece not only highlights Neeles' craftsmanship but also provides insight into the thriving artistic community along London's Strand. The advent of industrialization brought forth new inventions like sewing machines and oil stoves. In c1880 America, Crown Sewing Machines & Florence Oil Stoves were promoted through vibrant trade cards that captured attention and enticed potential customers. Perfumers also utilized this form of advertising; Sangwine's enchanting trade card showcases their exquisite fragrances through intricate engravings that transport viewers into a world filled with alluring scents. Henry Darwin's tailors shop in Birmingham takes center stage next—a testament to the importance placed on fashionable attire during the 19th century. T Underwood's artistry brings this trade card to life, enticing potential clients with visions of sartorial elegance. Thread manufacturers seized upon this marketing trend as well—Willimantic Thread's c1880 American merchants' trade card demonstrates how even everyday items could be transformed into objects of desire through clever design and promotion.