Here are a few more old advertising cards from the collection that was given to me by my great aunt
These advertising trade cards were some of the first examples of color lithograph printing.... Prior to this time everything was printed in black and white. The advertisements were handed out before magazine advertisements were common. People enjoyed the color artwork and often collected the cards and put them in scrapbooks.
This image is an old advertising trade card featuring a young boy. The child is holding a fishing rod.
The background depicts a fishing scene and it appears to have been a successful fishing trip
- The overall setting suggests a pleasant, sunny day by a lake or stream.
The text reads:
"THE WOOSON SPICE COMPANY
MIDSUMMER GREETING"
Below that, very faintly, it says "JOSEPH H. WARE."
This 19th or early 20th-century card served as a promotional item for "The Wooson Spice Company."
This image shows two sides of a vintage advertisement for "Willimantic Six Cord Spool Cotton."
The illustration is of a young girl kissing her reflection in a mirror. You can see the text "Six Cord Spool Cotton" in the mirror.
The text on the right side explains the benefits of the thread:
"Will the lady receiving this card buy and use the celebrated, Willimantic, Six Cord Spool Cotton, for the following reasons ----
First. It is particularly adapted for use on sewing machines, being the softest finish, smoothest and most elastic cotton on the market.
Second. As it is made from combed Sea Island Cotton, and is purely an American production, an opportunity is offered to patronize and sustain Home Industries.
Please ask your merchant for Willimantic Spool Cotton. 'The Best Thread for Sewing Machines.'"
This image displays a vintage advertisement for "Hood's Sarsaparilla."
On the left, there's a cutout of a woman's head superimposed on what appears to be a newspaper (to me it is made to look like she is wearing a witches hat) from "Hood's Latest," published by C.I. Hood & Co. in Lowell, Mass. The year "1884" is visible. Text surrounding the woman's head includes phrases like "Purifies the Blood," "Sick Headache," and "Hood's Sarsaparilla." There's also a mention of "Hood's Tooth Powder Whitens and Beautifies the Teeth. Sweetens the Breath. And Hardens the Gums. Only Twenty-Five Cents A Bottle."
On the right, there's a detailed description of "Hood's Sarsaparilla." It states that the product is "prepared in the most careful manner by men fully conversant with all the details of practical pharmacy." Its ingredients are listed as "Sarsaparilla, dandelion, mandrake, yellow dock, and other remedial agents."
It claims it "Purifies the Blood," "strengthens the digestion," "gives strength to the whole body," "effecting remarkable cures of scrofula, salt rheum, all humors, dyspepsia, biliousness, headache, kidney and liver complaints, catarrh, rheumatism, and that tired feeling caused by change of climate, season or life." It also "Creates an Appetite."
The price is stated as "100 Doses One Dollar." The bottom of the ad states "C.I. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass. $1; six for $5. Sold by W. F. SAXTON, LISLE, N. Y."
I have a few more that I will share. I hope you enjoyed seeing these
