Newton photographs collection : advertising trade cards - Advertising trade cards - Auburndale trade cards - F. E. Thayer, Fish Dealer, Haskins' Block, Auburndale, Mass. -
Newton photographs collection : advertising trade cards - Advertising trade cards - Auburndale trade cards - F. E. Thayer, Fish Dealer, Haskins Block, Auburndale, Mass. -
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Newton photographs collection : advertising trade cards - Advertising trade cards - Auburndale trade cards - F. E. Thayer, Fish Dealer, Haskins' Block, Auburndale, Mass. -
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Newton Free Library trade card collection - Note Title from container. Handwritten title on CD-ROM: Trade cards database. Bound in mylar sleeves in three boxes. A collection of trade cards. - In the late 1800's advanced industrial technology meant major reduction in the cost of printing and producing advertising. Trade cards were given away by shopkeepers with the purchase of a product. Consumers collected trade cards, accumulating the cards in scrapbooks or boxes. This collection of Auburndale, Mass. company cards was donated to the Newton Free Library - Text on front: F. E. Thayer, Fish Dealer, Haskins' Block, Auburndale, Mass. - Scene of naked toddler with whip and reins in hand, riding on the back of a tortoise along a flower-bordered path -
