Newton photographs collection : advertising trade cards - Advertising trade cards - Newton trade cards - E. S. Farnsworth, Auctioneer, Real Estate & Insurance Agent, Newtonville, Mass. -
Newton photographs collection : advertising trade cards - Advertising trade cards - Newton trade cards - E. S. Farnsworth, Auctioneer, Real Estate & Insurance Agent, Newtonville, Mass. -
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Newton photographs collection : advertising trade cards - Advertising trade cards - Newton trade cards - E. S. Farnsworth, Auctioneer, Real Estate & Insurance Agent, Newtonville, 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 them in scrapbooks or boxes. This collection of Newton, Mass. company cards was donated to the Newton Free Library - Text on front: E. S. Farnsworth, Auctioneer, Real Estate & Insurance Agent, Newtonville, Mass. Dec. 25th 1880. January 1st 1881. - Spray of flowers resting over the advertising text -
