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 handwritten on back: Drake and Rice Printers. Auburndale, Mass. - Scene of toddler wearing dress and socks in high chair writing with a quill pen, ink bottle attached to chair with string -
