Trade cards
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Two scanned pages of Victorian-era advertising trade cards for Brainerd & Armstrong spool silk and knitting silk. Page 1 shows four cards with engraved and illustrated scenes, including children playing tug-of-war with silk thread, and slogans such as "This Silk won't break!" and "For Good Luck use the Brainerd & Armstrong Spool Silk." Page 2 shows a chromolithographed card with a Statue of Liberty-like figure holding a red can labeled "Best in the World", standing on a blue can.
- Type
- Ephemera
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 2
- Archive notes
- Updated April 16, 2003
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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