Trade card for The Improved Union Carpet Sweeper, Union Carpet Sweeper Company, Providence, Rhode Island, ca.1877

Item Information

Title:
Trade card for The Improved Union Carpet Sweeper, Union Carpet Sweeper Company, Providence, Rhode Island, ca.1877
Description:
The image is the "Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe" surrounded by all her children. The carpet sweeper was patented August 14, 1877.
Date:
1872–1882
Format:
Postcards/Cards
Ephemera
Genre:
trade cards
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
EP001: Ephemera collection
Subjects:
advertising
business (commercial function)
carpets
nursery rhymes
Sweepers (Cleaning equipment)
Sweeping and dusting
Places:
Rhode Island > Providence (county) > Providence
Extent:
1 trade card : color illustration ; 2 3/4 x 4 inches
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/243302
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
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Identifier:
243302
Call #:
EP001.01.021.01.01.003