Victorian Trade Card & Ephemera Lot
An extensive collection of approximately 20 Victorian and early 20th-century advertising trade cards, die-cuts, and promotional ephemera. Notable items include a die-cut painter's palette advertisement for H.C.F. Koch & Son, a Howe Sewing Machine booklet with the Elias Howe medallion, an Elbert Hubbard Roycroft publication for Lydia E. Pinkham, a Cottolene shortening card, Uncle Sam Shoe advertisements, and various die-cut series cards showcasing owls and poultry. Produced across North America, these items demonstrate late 19th and early 20th-century chromolithography and typographic design. Overall, the collection is in good antique condition, showing age-appropriate wear such as corner creasing, edge toning, surface rubbing, and light foxing; one card is separated into three pieces. Dimensions grouped: H 16” W 16", D .5”. Please see photos for condition.
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An extensive collection of approximately 20 Victorian and early 20th-century advertising trade cards, die-cuts, and promotional ephemera. Notable items include a die-cut painter's palette advertisement for H.C.F. Koch & Son, a Howe Sewing Machine booklet with the Elias Howe medallion, an Elbert Hubbard Roycroft publication for Lydia E. Pinkham, a Cottolene shortening card, Uncle Sam Shoe advertisements, and various die-cut series cards showcasing owls and poultry. Produced across North America, these items demonstrate late 19th and early 20th-century chromolithography and typographic design. Overall, the collection is in good antique condition, showing age-appropriate wear such as corner creasing, edge toning, surface rubbing, and light foxing; one card is separated into three pieces. Dimensions grouped: H 16” W 16", D .5”. Please see photos for condition.
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