"A Merry Christmas"
Stock trade card, used here as a Christmas card. John A. Lowell & Company
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Trade card, John A. Lowell & Company. Text on the back describes the Lowell firm as "Engravers and Art Publishers."
View ArticleCharles A. Baker
1879 design on trade card folder for a Fall River, Massachusetts druggist (detail), John A. Lowell & Company.
View ArticleWoolson Spice Company / Lion Coffee
One of a series of large cards packaged in one pound packages of Lion Coffee, this one an Easter greeting. Design copyrighted in the 1890s by Knapp of New York.
View ArticleGeorge A. Clark & Brothers / Clark's ONT Spool Cotton
One of a series of five large cards featuring national flowers, available from merchants or from the company. Copyrighted 1893.
View Article"An Old Monarch"
Engraving/etching on cardstock by John A. Lowell & Company, after a painting by French artist Rosa Bonheur.
View ArticleClark's ONT Spool Cotton
Trade card, one in a series. Although not engraved, this card is an example of a similar soft, watercolor-like style found in some color cards of the period.
View ArticleJ. Fegely and Son
Trade card, chromolithography. Although not engraved, this card is an example of a similar soft, watercolor-like style found in some color cards of the period.
View ArticlePiercy Company
Stock trade card, chromolithography. Although not engraved, this card is an example of a similar soft, watercolor-like style found in some color cards of the period.
View ArticleLydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Trade card, chromolithography. Although not engraved, this card is an example of a similar soft, watercolor-like style found in some color cards of the period.
View ArticleStory & Clark Organ Company
Trade card, chromolithography. Although not engraved, this card is an example of a similar soft, watercolor-like style found in some color cards of the period.
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