"A COMPROMISE / … / F. X. SOLEAU" trade card with ad for Chase & Sanborn's Seal Coffee & Royal Gem Tea also on front, art depicts couple exchanging hot cups while seated on window sills, cut out background for emphasis (where the dark sandy color is), imaginative back shows what the real-life view would look like from the other side rather than supplying additional words. As clever as we have seen them. $25.00

    "A CONSUMPTIVE PATIENT / HOLD TO THE LIGHT AND NOTE / HOW HER LIFE WAS SAVED" trade card with printed ad for Allen's Lung Balsam shows through from back, small corner crease & minor edge wear. $40.00 !

    Advertising card for Golden Rule Store, 343 High Street, Providence Rhode Island, Goodwin & Easton proprietors. Back is plain. $5.00

"A S'wheat Girl / COMPLIMENTS OF / Mabley & Company" trade card with young woman in wheat dress & a scythe standing in a field, ad on back claims the Detroit company is the largest retail establishment in Michigan. $12.50

    "A. WAGNER & BRO., / JEWELERS / MONROE MICH." circa 1890 trade card with art in pastel colors showing little girl & pail & small shovel at the beach, blank back, fresh appearance, good edges. Trade card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 277% of original area) & enhanced 120-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.75 agmj

"ALABAMA" advertising card with art depicting seizure of Osceola, first house, etc., Arbuckle Coffee No. 24, toned both sides, corner crease, edge wear, as is. $1.50

"'ANCHOR COFFEE' / IS THE BEST!" trade card with art shows boy and girl in elegant attire, caption from ad on back from Boos & Holbrook of Toledo Ohio, lightly toned back. $8.00 aoc+& NEW / NOVA / NOWY

"ANCHOR COFFEE / IS THE BEST / ... / BOOS & HOLBROOK / TOLEDO, OHIO" art shows aproned young woman standing outdoors, circa 1890 advertising card, good edges, paper browning lightly with age. $8.00 ao

    "ANTI-DYSPEPTINE / A POSITIVE CURE FOR / DYSPEPSIA AND INDIGESTION" advertising / trade card circa 1890 in blue & yellow green, illustrated with young woman in flowery hat, much pertinent information on back, from The Private Formula Company of Lebanon, corner crease, tape remnant at back corner. $10.00 oam

"ARIZONA" with interesting map & art depicting Indian camp & artifacts, Arbuckle Bros. Coffee, small corner crease, lightly toned back. $4.25

    "ARTISTIC HAINES & CO. / Pianos / HAINES & Co. / Rochester & NEW YORK USA." advertising card with art featuring child in Napoleonic hat, one corner badly creased but still appealing, back is blank & browned slightly with age. $4.00 acm

    "AWARDED TO THE / UNION / SEWING MACHINE / For the Best Machine for General Use" depicting medal won at the World Industrial & Cotton Centennial Exposition 1884-5, longer than most trade cards, blank back, from Union Manufacturing Company of Toledo Ohio, bend & light toning along left edge. $35.00

    "Ayers Cherry Pectoral / Cures COLDS COUGHS &c / Penn's Treaty (1682 or 1683?) Over" with a circa 1890 ad from Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co. of Lowell Massachusetts on the back, fresh appearance. Several sources contend that this remedy contained either opium (in use as a cough suppressant at the time) or heroin, but this card sheds no light on the subject. $12.00 (amh)+

    "AYERS HAIR VIGOR / FOR THE TOILET / Restores Gray Hair to its Natural Vitality and Color" showing four semi-nude finned mermaids who have just rescued a case from a sinking ship, product pictured on back, browning paper due to age, tiny nick into one border. The preparing company was in Lowell Massachusetts. $12.00 mam(l)m^*

"Ayer's Sarsaparilla / for Purifying the Blood" with boy playing drum & girl playing tambourine, fresh appearance. $15.00 (a)%

"Ayer's Sarsaparilla / Gives HEALTH and / SUNNY HOURS" with woman in long dress holding child on her shoulder, fresh appearance. $15.00 (a)%

"AYERS'S SARSAPARILLA / THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA" stuck to album remnant, wavy paper. $2.50 (a)%

"Ball's / CIRCLE HIP / SKATING / Corsets / with Coiled / Wire Spring / Elastic Section" circa 1890 trade card showing two young women ice skating & an inset showing the corset itself; F. A. Rockafellow & Co. of Carson City Michigan ad on back. Penciled 'D' on back will probably erase well. Cut just a little off-center. $20.00 alsmg& NEW / NOVA / NOWY

"BELGIUM" with map & ar t depicting lace & casting iron, 1899 Arbuckle Coffee No. 60, heavily toned back, corner crease, corner wear & rounding, as is. $1.50

"Boraxine for Washing / Owl'd Aboard" four owls floating on a board to make the pun, ad for dish washing product, fresh appearance. $7.50

"Boraxine, Better Than Soap / Be-Owl'd" with 2 perched owls, ad for dish washing product, fresh appearance. $7.50

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"Born to be a Surgeon // CLARK'S / O.N.T. / SPOOL COTTON" showing a close-up of a baby removing a doll's head, diamond-shaped ad card with fancy design & ad on the back, paper lightly browned with age. Nice gift for a medical doctor who has just added a child to the family. Ready to frame! $10.00 ambd NEW / NOVA / NOWY

    "BOSNIA / (AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.)" with art showing man in costume & sewing machine, from Singer Manufacturing in 1892, 4 spots of toning along right front edge, corner wear & rounding. Blue in lower right is signature of J. Ottman & word "OVER". $5.00 (abs)

    "BROWN'S IRON BITTERS / CURES / MALARIA / DYSPEPSIA / & FEMALE / INFIRMITIES / THE BEST TONIC" with woman looking through shattered pane of glass, ad from Brown Chemical Company of Baltimore Maryland on back, fairly fresh. $15.00 amm

    "BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS / Presented At / WILLETT'S PHARMACY / MONROE MICH" with woman in low-cut dress out-of-doors; back continues "Invalid ladies / This is for you…" from Foster, Milburn & Co. of Buffalo New York, fresh appearance. $15.00 (ammp)

"Burdock / Blood Bitters" with girl using brush & dustpan, back continues appeal to invalid ladies, ad of Willett's Pharmacy in Monroe Michigan boldly handstamped over back text, product name on front overlapped the next card. $10.00

"C-750" art with 2 girls in winter scene, Lion Coffee from Woolson Spice of Toledo Ohio ad on back, fresh appearance. $7.50

    "Celluloid Collars & Cuffs / WARRANTED WATERPROOF." advertising card from the Donaldson Brothers in New York (Celluloid Novelty Company) including a full-color US map locating major cities, postman & flag; back handstamped by John Peschko, merchant tailor in East Stroudsburg Pennsylvania. Minor corner rounding. $12.00 mpfga NEW / NOVA / NOWY

"CHARTER / OAK / STOVES / Excelsior Manufacturing co. / ST. LOUIS" with girl forming a large snowball, stuck to album remnant, wavy paper. $2.50

    "CHINA" Arbuckle Bros. Coffee advertising card, pre-1900, shows child with doll & musician & board game, small spot on back. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 (ac)

"CLARK'S / SPOOL COTTON" in shape of a spool, art showing woman with small child, stuck to album remnant. $3.00

 "Come Home! The Owl of Ye's" with perched owl and several owls flying, ad for Boraxine dish washing product, Buffalo New York company name in script, fresh appearance. $7.50

"COMPLIMENTS OF / BOOS & HOLBROOK / USE / Anchor Coffee" with art showing pink & white & blue flowers, circa 1890 advertising card, rubber band mark on back, small light spot of toning on back. The merchant was in Toledo Ohio. $8.00 afo

"COMPLIMENTS OF / BOOS & HOLBROOK / USE / Anchor Coffee" with embossed art showing white & yellow flowers with acorns, circa 1890 advertising card, one corner with minor wear & a little toning. The merchant was in Toledo Ohio. $8.00 ao

"Compliments of / E. BURNHAM / HAIR GOODS // TWO STORES // 71 and 73 STATE ST. // CENTRAL MUSIC HALL. // 180 WABASH AVE. //  THE IDEAL HAIR BAZAAR." showing a young woman with watering can & rake outdoors, back is blank & browning with age, one corner has a tiny split, The addresses are in Chicago Illinois. $7.50 ai

    "Compliments of / Geo. W. Boos. / BUY / ANCHOR COFFEE / AND / Get one of these Beautiful Cards" with a boy in sailor suit smoking near a fishing boat, circa 1890 trad card for a Toledo Ohio merchant, good edges, back paper browning with age. $10.00 absgo

"Compliments of Nowlen & Secord" with ice skaters & ice boat under sail & ice fishing, browning paper shows age, faint crease. $3.00

"Compliments of the / Domestic Sewing Machine Co." with four children playing with various toys, stuck to album remnant, WP. $2.50

    "Compliments of the / Domestic Sewing Machine Co." advertising card with goat eating a black man's finery while black women & children listen to him, brief ad of Henry J. Mann of Monroe Michigan on the back. $18.00 (abms)

"Compliments of / The West Toledo Shoe Store, / Boots, shoes and Gents Furnishings / West Toledo, O. / C. C. LEWIS" with spring agricultural scene bordered by flowers, fresh appearance. $6.50

    "Compliments of / T. W. PERRY. / THE ONE-PRICED CLOTHIER…" circa 1890 Rome New York trade card showing a rose & horseshoe, blank back. $5.00 na

"Compliments of W. M. EMERT & SON, DEALERS IN / CHOICE GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS, / FINE TEAS AND COFFEES A SPECIALTY. / 33 Locust, cor. Walnut St., LOCKPORT, N. Y." with ice skating scene bordered by a lily & other flowers, stuck to album remnant, WP. $3.00 (na)%

    "CONSTANTINOPLE, TURKEY" with art depicting Sophia Church, ships in the Bosphorus, a street scene, man & woman in costume; from Arbuckle coffee, 1891 copyright, Detailed information about the city & the coffee on the back. Ad card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 aft

    "COPYRIGHT 1895 BY WOOLSON SPICE CO." beautiful photos of girls in gilded & embossed borders, postcard-sized, but offers (with 1896 expiration dates) from the company fill the back of each. (8 different available) $15.00 each Another with small corner crease. $11.50 Another with two nicks out of left edge & spots of toning on back. $6.75

"CORTICELLLI SPOOL SILK / Is Full Length, Smooth and…" with aproned lady in rural setting picking flowers & thread, some lettering hard to read, from Armitage Company of Monroe Michigan, brownish paper. $3.00

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"CORTICELLLI SPOOL SILK / Is Full Length, Smooth and…" with elegantly dressed lady in rural setting & thread, some lettering hard to read, from Armitage Company of Monroe Michigan, brownish paper. $3.00

    "C. SIEBERT, / Manufacturer and Importer of / GUNS, RIFLES / Breech-Loading Short Guns, Revolvers, Pistols, &c. / Also, FISHING TACKLE, / ..." illustrated circa 1890 advertising card promoting its ready-acting dog-tail and gun-barrel attachment on back, slight adherence at right front edge obscures nothing. The shop was in Columbus Ohio. $12.50 adggfo NEW / NOVA / NOWY

"DOMESTIC PATTERNS" with 3 women sewing & wearing dresses the patterns for which are advertised on the backside, from the Domestic Sewing Machine Co. of New York City via merchant Henry Mann in Monroe Michigan, fresh appearance, small corner bend. $14.00

    "DOUGHERTY'S / NEW ENGLAND CONDENSED MINCE MEAT" with girl in red dress & wide-brimmed hat eating some, circa 1890 trade card with 2 corners worn. $4.50 (agf)+

"ECUADOR" map on 1889 advertising card of Arbuckle Bros. Coffee Co. Depicts tapping of India rubber trees & the volcano Mt. Cotopaxi. $3.75 eamt

"EGYPT" with interesting map & art depicting the Sphinx, cotton barge, etc., Arbuckle Coffee No. 65, corner wear & rounding, lightly toned back, lacks freshness. $2.75

"Electric Lustre Starch, / BEST LAUNDRY STARCH IN THE WORLD." with art showing winter scene, stuck to album remnant, WP. $2.50

"ECUADOR" map on 1889 advertising card of Arbuckle Bros. Coffee Co. Depicts tapping of India rubber trees & the volcano Mt. Cotopaxi. $3.75 eam

"Electric Lustre Starch, / BEST LAUNDRY STARCH IN THE WORLD" with winter scene, stuck to album remnant, WP, toned near right edge. $2.00

"F. E. Myers & Bro. // ASHLAND / OHIO // Force / AND / Lift Pumps / AND / Hay Tools // WORLDS / FAIR" with wonderful art in full color depicting elves around a globe, informative agricultural product list in ornate green & red on the back. Just a little toning near the back edges. Large size trade card: a little longer than a continental postcard, but not quite as tall. $20.00 oaafg& NEW / NOVA / NOWY

"'FLORENCE' / THE SOFT FINISH, PEERLESS KNITTING SILK" with lady knitting in rocker by the fireplace with cat, James Armatage dealers in dry goods in Monroe Michigan ad on back, fresh appearance. $10.00

"F. L. SOMMER & CO. / ST. JOSEPH / Mo. / CRACKERS & BISCUITS" with chick breaking out of egg, stuck to album remnant, wavy paper, toned near 2 corners. $2.00 (am)%

    "Friends / ROLLED KILN DRIED / Oats // Muscatine Oat Meal Co. / MUSCATINE, IOWA" art including a girl, box of White Oats & the company itself; back also in full color depicts William Penn Making Friends with the Indians by presenting them with a box of oats. Noticeable edge wear & light toning both sides. This advertising card is the size of a regular postcard. $14.00 aiifg NEW / NOVA / NOWY

"Garland Stove & Ranges" showing child with extensive lace on clothes, backstamped Finzel of Monroe Michigan, fresh appearance. $12.00

"Garland Stove & Ranges" showing girl with pink bonnet, backstamped Finzel of Monroe Michigan, fresh appearance. $12.00

"Gent. I can support anything / I use Mennen's Sure Corn Killer" with irritated woman standing on a man's foot (because he would not yield his seat on a streetcar), stuck to album remnant, WP. $3.00

"Gilt Edge / (IN LARGE BOTTLES) / Is the ONLY Gloss / dressing for Ladies' shoes that Contains / OIL to SOFTEN... / SOLE MANUFACTURERS / WHITTEMORE BROS. & CO., / ... / Boston, Mass." with signed Bufford art showing a young boy & girl gathering flowers, violet handstamp on back of Robert D. Smith who was in the shoe business in Philadelphia. Circa 1880 - 1895, when they had their own job printing business in Providence Rhode Island. $8.50 amcp

    "GOING TO THE SEWING SOCIETY / WITH WILLIMANTIC THREAD" showing children with umbrella riding a spool of thread, heavily toned back. $8.50

"Gold Coin" with young women in monochromatic gold, ad for Bussey & McLeod Stove Co. (Troy New York) square-base burner on back, hand-stamped in violet Finzel of Monroe Michigan, fresh appearance. (2 different) $15.00 each

    "HALL'S VEGETABLE SICILIAN / HAIR RENEWER / Prevents gray hairs and baldness" with several angels surrounding a lady looking in mirror, stuck to album remnant, great artwork. $4.50

"Hampden / Watches // SEEING AND HEARING, / GRANDMAS SAYS, WE LITTLE WITCHES / MADE HER DROP A DOZEN STITCHES ..." with 6 more lines of poetry on a circa-1890 advertising card from M. V. Moore in Carson City Michigan, small tiny light spot of toning on back, otherwise quite fresh for its age. Back continues with accuracy, durability, beauty claims. $15.00 ackm&

"HARTSHORN'S / SELF ACTING / SHADE ROLLER // ... A SUGGESTION TO THE Word's Fair / LINDNER, EDDY & CLAUSS. LITH. N. Y." 1893 trade card for Stewart Hartshorn Company of East Newark New Jersey, faint small corner crease. From the inventor of one of the most useful household devices ever made. $15.00 naeg& NEW / NOVA / NOWY

"Hasn't scratched yet!!! // Bon / Ami // The Best Scouring Soap Made // ...Registered 1907..." showing 6 cute chicks in various colors, product illustrated on reverse, light toning on front. Product was a scouring soap, metal polish & glass cleaner. $6.00 ab

"HAVE YOU TRIED / THURBERS / No34 / COFFEE?" ad card shaped like a cup & saucer, most of ad on back readable but a few thins there from album removal, browning paper on back. H. K. & F. B. Thurber were importers & wholesale grocers and coffee roasters in New York City. In 1879 Francis B. Thurber of this firm promoted a pure food statute throughout the US. The law was later enacted in New York State, Massachusetts & New Jersey, and helped to publicize his firm's commitment to quality. $7.00 afn(n)%

"HEATH & HALLETT, CARSON CITY, MICH" with art showing 2 angels regarding a round oak stove, circa 1890 advertising card, detailed list of features on back from maker P. D. Beckwith in Dowagiac Michigan, corners worn & rounded, one corner crease. About the size of a regular postcard. $15.00 m(c)m(d)aa& NEW / NOVA / NOWY

"Here's the best Soda! / Established 1852 / De Land & Co's / 'Gap Sheaf Brand Soda / Fairport, N. Y." with a boy holding a package of baking soda, blank back, small corner crease, tiny tear in top margin. $5.00

"HIBBARD'S / Rheumatic Syrup / and Plasters" with gorgeous monochromatic blue woman playing the harp, ad of druggist S. M. Sackett of Monroe Michigan on the back. $20.00

    "Hood's Latest / 1884 / ...HOOD'S TOOTH POWER WHITENS AND BEAUTIFIES THE TEETH, SWEETENS / THE BREATH, AND HARDENS THE GUMS..." with woman's face breaking through newspaper, stuck to album remnant, attractive. C. I. Hood & Company was located in Lowell Massachusetts. $4.25 admn+

"Horsfords Acid Phosphate / for mental & physical / Exhaustion, dyspepsia &c." showing a little girl in a lacy bonnet, remnant from album, LTG, one badly rounded corner. $2.00

"If a body meet a body, Comin' tho' the rye, / If a body kiss a body, Need a body cry!…" and 2 more lines from the song, art shows kilted man strolls with lady friend, ad for DR. D. Yayne & SON Sanative Pills on back, 22^nd Series, copyright 1890, brownish paper. $12.00

"INDIANA" showing interesting map & art depicting coal mining & farm products, misprinted with Texas information on the back. $5.00

    "IRELAND" with art depicting bobbing for apples & men boxing & children playing & young lady with apron, ad for Arbuckle Bros. Coffee, copyright 1893 advertising card, fresh appearance. The top center & bottom center illustrations show the Hallowe'en customs of 'apple & candle' & 'bobbing for apples' respectively, both described in the text on the back. Why boxing on this card? John L. Sullivan & Gentleman Jim Corbett fought in 1892 for the world title, and both had Irish roots $30.00 aihs(b)+

    "Ithaca Organ" with view of the plant in Ithaca New York on the back, lightly toned back, lightly toned front. $15.00

"J. & P. COATS 200 YARDS / BEST SIX CORD / WE BEAT THEM ALL" with boy riding locomotive towards viewer, interesting table of needle & thread numbers on back, copyright 1881. $7.75

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    "J. A. Larkins Co's. / 'BORAXINE" / IS CHEAPER THAN SOAP" with boy & girl in pretend wedding attire, copyright 1882, blank back, light toning on back. $15.00 ac!

    "J. A. Larkins Co's. / 'BORAXINE" / MAKES HOME SWEET & CLEAN" with girl in ruffled dress carrying a small flower basket at her side, copyright 1882, blank back, light toning on back, faint tiny corner crease. $15.00 ag!

    "J. A. Larkins Co's. / 'BORAXINE" / MAKES HOUSEKEEPERS HAPPY" with boy spinning a top on his hand, copyright 1882, blank back, light toning on back. $15.00 abt!

    "J. A. Larkins Co's. / 'BORAXINE" / USE IT FOR CLEANING HOUSE" with girl in polka-dot dress picking a flower, copyright 1882, blank back, light toning on back, light toning on front. $14.50 ag!

    "J. A. Larkins Co's. / 'BORAXINE" / WILL NOT INJURE THE FABRIC" with two rosy-cheeked wading girls beset by a breeze, copyright 1882, blank back, fresh appearance. $20.00 (n(b)ag)

    "J. S. & M. PECKHAM UTICA, N. Y. / ROSEDALE" with young lady, flowers & stove, merchant's ad on back from George F. Finzell of Monroe Michigan. $10.00 (amn)%

"Ladies Perfumed Calendar / 1894 / Compliments / of / E. W. Hoyt & Co., Lowell, Mass." showing a girl with flower basket with 2 blue & white birds. Hoyt's German Cologne advertising both sides. Dry goods & grocer dealer ad on back: W. Hildreth (Washington Hildreth 1829 - 1908) of Lock Ohio. Back also has full calendar for the year. Toning is noticeable both sides. $15.00 acgomp& NEW / NOVA / NOWY

"Lead, but never / Follow" with boy riding running rabbit, ad for Henry J. Mann of Monroe Michigan on the back, fresh appearance. $10.00

"Lydia E. Pinkham's / Vegetable Compound / B310" showing two small children seated separately, detailed curative claims on back including 'constipation, bilousness & torpidity of the liver', violet handstamp on back of Dr. Lew Bush (a druggist in East Stroudsberg Pennsylvania), corner crease, paper browning with age. Blood Purifier ad, also on the back, claims cure for diseases 'arising from impurities of the blood, such as...Cancerous Humor". $10.00 amp

"MARYLAND" with interesting map & art depicting canned goods & oyster dredging, 1889 Arbuckle Coffee No. 56, corner wear & rounding, lightly toned back. $3.50

"MERICK THREAD CO. 90" with angel riding spool of thread drawn by butterflies, message on back dates to New York 1879, fresh appearance. Nice! $20.00

"MISSOURI" with interesting map & art depicting Missouri steamboat & mule roundup, 1899 Arbuckle Coffee No. 83. corner wear & rounding, corner crease, long crease. $2.50

"MRS. MURPHY, DID I NOT TELL YOU IF YOU USED / THE RISING SUN POLISH TO KEEP OUT THE GOAT" goat chases cat through house causing spill on stove, ad for stove polish on back. $7.50

"Mrs. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND" showing her in a high-necked dress, 2 color ad for The Best Tonic for Philip Best on the back, couple tiny toning spots do not detract. $10.00

"NEEDLES AND PINS, NEEDLES AND PINS, WHEN A MAN MARRIES HIS TROUBLE BEGINS…" wonderful bi-fold showing flowers on one panel & children in a kitchen scene on the other, illustrated ad for Michigan Stoves & Ranges, edge wear & a little separation at the crease. $15.00

"NEW YORK" with interesting map & art depicting shipping, grain & Niagra Falls, Arbuckle Bros. Coffee, minor edge wear. $4.00 ^

"North Lake, Orange, Mass. / Compliments / of New Home / Sewing Machine Co. / ORANGE MASS..." stuck to album remnant, lightly toned front. $2.50

"PECKHAM'S CROUP REMEDY / For Children's Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness… / S. M. Sackett, Monroe, Mich." hand & flowers & winter scene, detailed claims on back. $3.75

    "PEKIN, CHINA" Arbuckle Bros. Coffee advertising card, pre-1900, shows the port & a Mandarin pavilion & a distant view. Advertising card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50

"Perfumed with Hoyt's / German / Cologne / Trial Size 15 Cents" with a baptismal scene, from Hoyt in Lowell Massachusetts, ad of Channing T. Gage Detroit Michigan druggist handstamped in violet, lightly toned front, lightly toned back. Much corner wear & rounding. $4.75

    "Perfumed / with / 'FOREST FLOWERS'" a cologne from W. J. Austen in Oswego New York, offered by J. F. Colburn in Newport Michigan, toning both sides, worn corners. $5.00 Another on paper with more browning, offered by W. H. Thayer a dealer in drugs, medicines & chemicals in Carson City Michigan. $5.00 acp

    "POLLYWOGS / CIGARS // NO BUTTONS / 'Vexation'" color circa 1890 trade card in vertical format showing a frog family. Backstamped by Failing & Dun, Columbus wholesale dealers in Cigars and tobaccos. $12.00 ftoa

"Presented by JOHN T. SULLIVAN, / DEALER IN / Groceries, Provisions, Vegetables, Fruits, Etc. / FRESH FISH, OYSTERS AND CLMAS IN SEASON / 18 Main Street, LOCKPORT, N.Y." view in a border of pansies, stuck to album remnant, WP, lightly toned front. $2.50 Similar, but another view in a border of roses. $2.50 Similar, but three different flowers & heavily toned front. $2.00 (na)%

    "Rising Sun / Stove Polish / 'I SAY SNOW FLAKE, DAT STOVE WAS BLACKED WITH RISING SUN. DID YOU EBER SEE DE LIKE?'" circa 1888 ad card showing a black couple admiring their image reflected on a stove, attached to album remnant. Advertising card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 !

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"R. W. BELL MFG. CO. / TO INTRODUCE / 'FRENCH VILLA SOAP" with young boy chasing a girl down a path leading from church, ad from the maker in Buffalo New York, brownish paper. $12.50

"SCOURENE" with delicately colored seated baby and small roses, ad from The Simonds Soap Co. of New York on back. $8.50

"SEE PREMIUM OFFER ON OTHER SIDE, COPYRIGHT 1894 BY WOOLSON SPICE CO…" with girl in drapery & baby nearby, postcard-sized but offer entitled Meditation fills the back, fresh appearance, small ink spot on back can be seen through. $12.50

"SEE PREMIUM OFFER ON OTHER SIDE, COPYRIGHT 1894 BY WOOLSON SPICE CO…" with girl in wide-brim hat & pink flowers, fresh appearance, postcard-sized but offer entitled Meditation fills the back, fresh appearance. $20.00

   "SEE PREMIUM OFFER ON OTHER SIDE, COPYRIGHT 1894 BY WOOLSON SPICE CO…" with girl in green dress rolling a hoop with her stick while boy watches, postcard-sized but offer entitled Meditation fills the back, light toning along the left front edge & lower right front corner from album contact. $17.50 (tga)

"SEE PREMIUM OFFER ON OTHER SIDE, COPYRIGHT 1894 BY WOOLSON SPICE CO…" with young girl playing jacks with baby watching, fresh appearance, postcard-sized but offer entitled Meditation fills the back, a little toning near the lower right corner. $15.00

"SEE PREMIUM OFFER ON OTHER SIDE, COPYRIGHT 1894 BY WOOLSON SPICE CO…" with kneeling boy spinning a top on his hand while a girl watches, fresh appearance, postcard-sized but offer entitled Meditation fills the back, fresh appearance. $20.00

"SEE PREMIUM OFFER ON OTHER SIDE, COPYRIGHT 1894 BY WOOLSON SPICE CO…" with child in sailor cap & yellow flowers, fresh appearance, postcard-sized but offer entitled Meditation fills the back, fresh appearance, couple of tiny toning spots on back. $17.50

"SHE'S GOT HIM NOW BOYS!  THAT LE PAGE'S GLUE IS STRONGER THAN IRON..." art shows courting man glued to his chair in parlour scene, stuck to album remnant, WP. $3.00

    "St. JACOBS OIL / THE GREAT GERMAN REMEDY" lithographed trade card shows a seated man in red robe holding a bottle in the woods, back continues IT CONQUERS PAIN… with ad from Sly & Blanchard of Monroe Michigan, front has fresh appearance. Back contains detailed claims on paper browned evenly with age. $15.00 amm

    "Standard Screw Fastened / Boots & Shoes / Have no Equal / TRY / THEM…" circa 1890 advertising card, art in sepia-tone colors depicts young girl waiting, illustrated ad on back from dealer F. S. Sill of Monroe Michigan. $15.00 (aggm)

    "Standard / Sewing Machine Co. / 66 Euclid Avenue, / CLEVELAND, O." circa 1890 trade card with a bluebird & indigo bunting perched under an umbrella, embossed border with other birds, ad of Henry J. Mann a Monroe Michigan dealer of organs & pianos handstamped on the back, corner & edge wear. $11.50 aboms

    "Standard / Sewing Machine Co. / 66 Euclid Avenue, / CLEVELAND, O." with two cats playing with fishing gear, embossed, ad of Henry J. Mann a Monroe Michigan dealer of organs & pianos handstamped on the back, minor corner wear. $15.00

"Standard / Sewing / Machine / Co. / CLEVELAND, O." monochromatic green showing a girl being kissed by a baby she holds, circa 1890 ad card / trade card, ad of T. F. Sullivan of Lewiston Maine handstamped on back, lightly toned back. $12.00

"Stollwerck's // STOLLWERCK / COLOGNE NEW YORK // Mad of / 30,000 lbs / Chocolate. // Standing / 38 feet / high // Statue of Germania / World's Fair  Chicago 1893" advertising card for the German maker of chocolates and confectioneries, detailed description of the sculpture on the back, minor wear at one bottom corner. $19.00 fgesa& NEW / NOVA / NOWY

    "The bloom of health again rests on the cheeks / of our darling thanks to PARKER'S TONIC" with dog guarding sleeping girl, stuck to album remnant, wavy paper with uneven edges. $2.50 adg+%

"The / Capital City / Dairy Co., / Columbus, Ohio. / 'PURITY' BUTTERINE" with art showing 2 young girls with a parasol encountering a deer, circa 1890 advertising card for a butter substitute (Does anything ever change?) for sale by George S. Massar at 62 South Grant Avenue.  Four names written on back. A little longer than a regular-size postcard. $12.00 fggoa& NEW / NOVA / NOWY

"The Fighting Cocks and the Eagle" as captioned on the back, numbered 12, with an offer from Lion Coffee, triangular piece (about 1 / 2-inch each side) gone from one corner. $2.00

    "THE MAIL IN GERMAN SOUTH-WEST AFRICA" showing a mailman riding an ox, with another ox at his side & showing images of 4 cancelled stamps at the corners, bearing the advertising of The Best Light Company of Canton Ohio on its back, exceptionally colorful, trivial corner & edge wear. Circa 1905. Advertising card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 gpa-g

"The Michigan / Stove Company / GARLAND STOVES AND RANGES / …" bi-fold in M(Green) showing two youngsters one dozing at a table, two-color illustrated range ad on the back. Fairly fresh. $20.00

"THE STANDARD SEWING MACHINE CO. / 66 Euclid Ave., CLEVELAND OHIO / BUY A / 'Standard' Rotary Shuttle Sewing Machine." With hand outstretched toward small birds, ad of Henry J. Mann of Monroe Michigan on the back, faint corner crease. $12.00

"The / Downs / Patent Improved / Self / Adjusting / Corset" with fantasy art including a giant iris, from Hoffman Millinery & Fancy Goods of Monroe Michigan. $7.00 !

"The Old Battles Place / near Orange, Mass. / Compliments / of New Home / Sewing Machine Co. / ORANGE, MASS..." stuck to album remnant, WP, lightly toned back. $2.50

"THERE IS NO DANGER / THIS IS PAGE FENCE" with buffalo charging an elegant lady & child, from Page Woven Wire Fence Company in Adrian Michigan, fresh appearance. $10.00 %

"THIS CARD / IS PERFUMED WITH / HOYT'S GERMAN / COLGNE / FRAGRANT 7 LASTING / Trial Size 25 Cts…" with youngsters painting a fence in shade of an umbrella, copyrighted 1887, lightly toned front, lightly toned back. $6.75

    "'TOO LATE'" reproduction of a Heywood Hardy painting on a premium card from Honest Long Cut & Seal of North Carolina tobacco, brownish paper, album marks on back, corner crease. Scene explained on back: young couple leaving church where they were married are met by her distraught father and brother who have arrived too late to prevent the union. $3.50 tah!

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Uncaptioned, art showing 2 bonneted young girls looking at a book while seated, embossed floral border, circa 1894, postcard-sized but offer entitled Meditation fills the back, fresh appearance. $20.00

Uncaptioned, art showing a boy & girl seated in chairs outdoors, ad on back for Anchor Coffee from George W. Boos, toning along one back edge, also 2 small dark spots on back. $7.00

Uncaptioned, art showing a girl in pink & white dress standing at a fence, ad for Anchor Coffee from Boos & Holbrook of Toledo Ohio on back, fresh appearance. $6.00

Uncaptioned, art showing a lady in Japanese outfit with large fan, no ad or writing on either side, on tiny spot on front margin, several small spots on back. $5.00

Uncaptioned, art showing a large embossed red rose & some white berries, regular postcard size but ad for Boos & Holbrook's Anchor Coffee fills back, fresh appearance. $8.00

Uncaptioned, art showing a songbird & winter scene, ad for Lion Coffee from Woolson Spice Co. of Toledo Ohio on the back, brownish paper, heavily toned back. $4.50

Uncaptioned, art showing a whole & sliced apple, Arbuckle's Ariosa Coffee ad on back, card 47 from a series of 50 bearing recipes, fresh appearance. $15.00

Uncaptioned, art showing baby by a large basket of flowers, ad on back for Lion Coffe from Woolson Spice Co. of Toledo Ohio, spot of toning on back, minor edge wear. $6.50

Uncaptioned, art showing barefoot girl with driftwood by the sea, ad on back from Woolson Spice Co. of Toledo Ohio. $10.00

    Uncaptioned, art showing boy & girl decorating a small Christmas tree, ad for Boos & Holbrook & Anchor Coffee on back, lightly toned back. $15.00

Uncaptioned, art showing boy and girl playing with a plate of cherries while seated, embossed floral border, circa 1894, postcard-sized but offer entitled Meditation fills the back, fresh appearance. $20.00

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Uncaptioned, art showing boy in sailor suit with small net by the sea, ad on back from Woolson Spice Co. of Toledo Ohio. $10.00

Uncaptioned, art showing boy moving girl in wheelbarrow in fancy embossed border of moon and flowers, circa 1894, postcard-sized but offer entitled Meditation fills the back, fresh appearance. $20.00

Uncaptioned, art showing flower & girl embracing donkey, Lion Coffee ad on back from Woolson Spice Co. of Toledo Ohio. $10.00

    Uncaptioned, art showing girl & child in baby carriage in fancy embossed border of flowers, circa 1894, postcard-sized but ad for Woolson Spice Co. of Toledo Ohio fills the back, fresh appearance. $20.00

Uncaptioned, art showing girl with small basket entering a gate, ad on back from Boos & Holbrook of Toledo Ohio for their Anchor Coffee, lightly toned back. $4.75

Uncaptioned, art showing lakeside scene with an embossed flower border, ad for German Coffee from Toledo Spice Co. of Toledo Ohio on back, fresh appearance. $6.00

Uncaptioned, art showing pink & white roses in a gold border, ad on back from Boos & Holbrook & Anchor Coffee on back. $4.75

Uncaptioned, art showing rooster & rest of his family in a box, ad for German Coffee from Toledo Spice Co. of Toledo Ohio on back, lightly toned front, government postal card. $4.50

Uncaptioned, art showing seven different birds on a branch within an embossed border, ad on back from Woolson Spice Co. of Toledo Ohio, fresh appearance. (2 different) $15.00 each

Uncaptioned, art showing star of David in an embossed floral border & 2 girls under a shawl, Lion Coffee ad from Woolson Spice Co. of Toledo Ohio on back in blue script. $15.00

Uncaptioned, art showing three different birds in an embossed border of pine & flowers, ad on back from Woolson Spice Co. of Toledo Ohio, fairly fresh. $8.00.

Uncaptioned, art showing two bluebirds & a red rose, ad on back from Woolson Spice Co. of Toledo Ohio for their Lion Coffee, fresh appearance but for a couple of tiny spots on the back. $7.00

Uncaptioned, art showing two grayish-blue songbirds & embossed branch of apple blossoms, ad on back from Woolson Spice Co. of Toledo Ohio, a little corner wear & rounding. $7.00

Uncaptioned, art showing two robins & a pink rose, ad on back from Woolson Spice Co. of Toledo Ohio for their Lion Coffee, soft corners & one very light mark on back. $7.00

Uncaptioned, art shows a girl bundled for winter bearing a garland of embossed yellow & red flowers, postcard-sized but ad over entire back for Lion Coffee from Woolson Spice Company in Toledo Ohio. $15.00

Uncaptioned, art shows a girl bundled for winter carrying a bunch of flowers, postcard-sized but ad over entire back carries illustrated pocket knife offer to drinkers of Lion Coffee from Woolson Spice Company in Toledo Ohio, fresh appearance. $15.00

    Uncaptioned circa 1890 trade card, art shows child with rattle in a weighing scale, embossed, postcard-sized but ad for Lion Coffee from Woolson Spice Co. of Toledo Ohio covers back, very light toning on back. Circa 1890. $12.50 aoc

Uncaptioned, art shows boy & girl with large egg on cart, Anchor Coffee ad from Boos & Holbrook of Toledo Ohio on back, brownish paper. $5.00

Uncaptioned, art shows embossed flowers & a peacock & 2 little girls, with an offer to Lion Coffee drinkers from Woolson Spice Co. of Toledo Ohio, fresh appearance. $15.00

Uncaptioned, art shows embossed violet & yellow floral arrangement, Anchor Coffee ad from Boos & Holbrook of Toledo Ohio on back, minor wear to one corner. $8.00

Uncaptioned, art shows embossed white & blue & pink floral arrangement, Anchor Coffee ad from Boos & Holbrook of Toledo Ohio on back, couple of toned spots on back. $7.00

Uncaptioned, art shows girl feeding chickens, Anchor Coffee ad from Boos & Holbrook of Toledo Ohio on back, fresh appearance. $7.00

Uncaptioned, art shows girl going to well with a pitcher, Anchor Coffee ad from Boos & Holbrook of Toledo Ohio on back, lightly toned back. $5.00

Uncaptioned, art shows girl in red bonnet in an elaborate border that includes blue flowers, ad on back for Lion Coffee from Woolson Spice Company of Toledo Ohio. $10.00

Uncaptioned, art shows girl in yellow dress playing a small drum, ad on back from Mrs. May L. Hoffman in Monroe Michigan for Millinery, embroidery, filling silks, etc., fresh appearance. $10.00

Uncaptioned, art shows seated boy with butterfly net and bottle, embossed, postcard-sized but ad for Lion Coffee from Woolson Spice Co. of Toledo covers back, small corner crease. $12.50

Uncaptioned, art shows well dressed woman & the flower she examines in a field, large (like a continental postcard in size), fresh appearance. $10.00

Uncaptioned, art shows young boy helping girl don her ice skates, Anchor Coffee ad from Boos & Holbrook of Toledo Ohio on back, fresh color, three small toning spots on back. $12.00

Uncaptioned, art shows young boy in sailor's suit with pipe & net, Anchor Coffee ad from Boos & Holbrook of Toledo Ohio on back, small spot in sky. $6.00

Uncaptioned, art shows young woman with apron out-of-doors, Anchor Coffee ad from Boos & Holbrook of Toledo Ohio on back, fresh appearance. $7.00

Uncaptioned, art with princess speaking to a small frog, overall having the appearance of a book, from Hubinger Bros. in New Haven Connecticut, advertising their starch in 2 colors on the back, fresh appearance. $10.00 %

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Uncaptioned, art with yellow bird perched in a winter scene, ad on back from Woolson spice Co. of Toledo Ohio for their Lion Coffee, fairly fresh. $6.00

    Uncaptioned, embossed art showing girl and simulated handwritten message, also embossed "stamp" & simulated 1891 Toledo Ohio cancel, ad for Lion Coffee from Woolson Spice Co. of Toledo on back, corner crease, couple tiny spots on back. $12.50

Uncaptioned trade card, embossed art showing girl and simulated handwritten message, also embossed "stamp" & simulated 1891 Toledo Ohio cancel, ad for Lion Coffee from Woolson Spice Co. of Toledo on back, fairly fresh. $15.00

    Uncaptioned trade card, art shows seated child in sailor's hat holding a small basket of flowers, embossed, postcard-sized but ad for Lion Coffee from Woolson Spice Co. of Toledo covers back, trivial corner wear. $12.50 aco

"UNIVERSAL / FASHION COMPANY / LONDON, PARIS / & NEW YORK" with seated lady holding an umbrella, stuck to album remnant, toned at top. $2.00 Seated lady about to stroke a cat, lightly toned front. $2.50

"Use Acme (CUT FULL POUNDS) BEST BAR SOAP MADE" with four girls & a baby & a parasol, blank back, fresh appearance. $6.50

    "USE Lautz Bros & Co's / Pure and Healthy / Soaps / Best in the Market" with three Caucasian women in kimono-like outfits, fresh appearance. Newport Michigan dealer was John F. Colburn. $12.00 amg+

"USE LAUTZ BROS. & CO.'s Acme Soap. (CUT FULL POUND) / BEST BAR SOAP MADE" with boy & girl roller skating with arms entwined. $9.00

"USE LAUTZ BROS. & CO's / ACME SOAP (CUT FULL POUNDS) / BEST BAR SOAP MADE" with girl sledding while standing, fresh appearance. $10.00

"USE LAUTZ BROS. & CO's / Acme SOAP (CUT FULL POUNDS) / BEST BAR SOAP MADE" with boy whittling a stick, lightly toned back. $8.50

"USE MICA AXLE GREASE / --BEST AND CHEAPEST-- / THE GARFILED MONUMENT / AT / LAKE VIEW CEMETERY CLEVELAND, O." black & white, Georrge F. Finzel of Monroe Michigan ad on back, bent corner, minor corner wear. $6.00

"Use Niagara Corn Starch / --SUPERIOR TO ALL--" with a bunch of small flowers, stuck to album remnant. $2.50

    "Use SCHIFFMANN'S / GERMAN ASTHMA CURE / (see other side)" with horseshoe and flowers, ad for R. Schiffmann MD in Saint Paul Minnesota. Claimed on back to cure asthma, hay fever & croup. $12.00 (ammg)

"USE / GOWANS & STOVER'S / ABSOLUTELY PURE & HEALTHFUL / SOAPS" with girl in bonnet, ad for F. X. Soleau dealer in choice family groceries in Monroe Michigan. $12.00

"Use / LAUTZ BROS. & CO'S / 'PURE and HEALTHY SOAPS. / BEST IN THE / MARKET" with young boy kissing girl, fresh appearance. $10.00

"USE / Lautz Bros. & Co's / Pure and Healthy Soaps / Best in the market" with man in oriental attire holding a knife & wearing a sword, ad of John F. Colburn a dealer in Newport Michigan on the back, fresh appearance. $12.00

"Use / Lautz Bros. & Co's / Pure and Healthy / Soaps / Best in the / Market" with Japanes man holding fan and long sword, ad of dealer John Colburn in Newport Michigan on back, fresh appearance but printed with uneven margins. $8.50

Wanted to buy--advertising cards from these Saint Joseph Missouri companies:  Townsend and Lowell; Townsend and Wood; and Townsend, Wyatt & Company. Please offer us some, priced in US dollars or Euros! *c

    "WASHINGTON" with interesting map of the state & art depicting lumbering, corner wear & rounding, 1889 copyright (when its population was about 75,000). Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 (awlm)+%^

"WE HAVE AN / A. B. CHASE / PIANO // COPYRIGHT 1890. THE GAST. LITH. & ENG. CO. N.Y." with image of a smiling baby in color, trade card with testimonials quoted on back for the Norwalk Ohio firm, tiny corner crease not into image, other corner wear is minor, small spots of light toning along right back edge. Size is that of a regular postcard. $14.00 amco& NEW / NOVA / NOWY

"WEST VIRGINIA" with interesting map & oil refinery art, Arbuckle Bros. Coffee, 2 faint corner crease. Dated 1889. $4.00 !

"White, Black & Colors / for / Hand / and / Machine" with little girl & autumn leaves & spool of J&P Coats  thread, stuck to album remnant, wavy paper, lightly toned front. $2.25

    "WISE'S / AXLE / GREASE / IS YER GWINE TO DE BALL DIS EBEN NIN / NOT DIS EBE NIN S'M OUDER EBE NIN" circa 1888 ad card showing showing well dressed black suitor & lady friend with flower he gave her, attached to album remnant. Advertising card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50

    "WM. STUART. / Furniture, Carpets, Stoves / 57 E. Tuscarawas St. / CANTON" advertising card with embossed border treatment, unusually detailed & interesting pricelist all over the back, corner creases, small tear in the upper edge closes well, small toning spots on both sides, as is. A little larger than a continental postcard. $4.25 o(c)fga

"WONDERS OF THE WORLD / HOUSES OF CONGRESS IN BRASILIA" advertising card number 24 in a series of 24 from National Biscuit Company, 1960 copyright, much pertinent information all over the back, slightly smaller than a regular postcard, no postcard back, tiny spot of toning at one back corner. $1.00 ba

"Words of Comfort" with 3 women listening to a man reading at a table, ad on back for Dr. Jaynes Expectorant from merchant John F. Colburn, Newport (Monroe County) Michigan, fresh appearance. $6.00

"YES ON CONDITION THAT YOU BUY / ME A 'DOMESTIC' WITH NEW WOOD / WORK AND ATTACHMENTS" showing suitor on bent knee getting his answer & cupid starting to call for them, ad of Henry L. Mann who sold musical instruments in Monroe Michigan, brownish paper. $5.00

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