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- Trade Card for Garland Stoves and Ranges, Michigan Stove Co., 1882 - As color printing gained momentum in the late 19th century, trade cards became a major means of advertising goods and services. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. The Michigan Stove Company's trade cards often featured children, animals, and images of its stoves, with its "Garland Stoves and Ranges" brand logo prominently displayed.
- 1882
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Garland Stoves and Ranges, Michigan Stove Co., 1882
As color printing gained momentum in the late 19th century, trade cards became a major means of advertising goods and services. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. The Michigan Stove Company's trade cards often featured children, animals, and images of its stoves, with its "Garland Stoves and Ranges" brand logo prominently displayed.
- Trade Card for Round Oak Stoves, P. D. Beckwith, 1880-1889 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- 1880-1889
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Round Oak Stoves, P. D. Beckwith, 1880-1889
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.