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- Trade Card for Lee's Drug Store, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1885 - Trade cards were advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. This card advertises textbooks and other school supplies at Lee's Drug Store. Textbooks were not provided by schools, even in large cities like Detroit. Books were passed down as students advanced and students often shared books. Note that these prices are in cents, not dollars.
- circa 1885
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Lee's Drug Store, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1885
Trade cards were advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. This card advertises textbooks and other school supplies at Lee's Drug Store. Textbooks were not provided by schools, even in large cities like Detroit. Books were passed down as students advanced and students often shared books. Note that these prices are in cents, not dollars.
- Trade Card for Lee's Drug Store, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1885 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- circa 1885
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Lee's Drug Store, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1885
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- Trade Card for Nixon & Son's Booksellers and Stationers, 1880-1900 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods flooded the American market. Some enterprising advertisers sought to distinguish their products from the competition, distributing trade cards that doubled as a bookmark. Americans enjoyed and often saved the popular little advertisements, which survive as historical records of consumerism in the United States.
- 1880-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Nixon & Son's Booksellers and Stationers, 1880-1900
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods flooded the American market. Some enterprising advertisers sought to distinguish their products from the competition, distributing trade cards that doubled as a bookmark. Americans enjoyed and often saved the popular little advertisements, which survive as historical records of consumerism in the United States.
- McDonald's "The Magic School Bus" Ruler and Game, 1994 - McDonald's Happy Meals include toys that draw from popular culture. <em>The Magic School Bus</em>, a popular children's educational show that ran from 1994 to 1997, featured the zany Ms. Frizzle and her students going on field trips in their magic bus, which on this ruler and tracing toy has transformed into a spaceship for solar system-themed fun.
- 1994
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McDonald's "The Magic School Bus" Ruler and Game, 1994
McDonald's Happy Meals include toys that draw from popular culture. The Magic School Bus, a popular children's educational show that ran from 1994 to 1997, featured the zany Ms. Frizzle and her students going on field trips in their magic bus, which on this ruler and tracing toy has transformed into a spaceship for solar system-themed fun.
- Hallmark "Teacher" Christmas Ornament, 2007 - Already known for greeting cards, Hallmark introduced a line of Christmas ornaments in 1973. The company's annual release of an increasing array of ornaments revolutionized Christmas decorating, appealing to customers' interest in marking memories and milestones as well as expressing one's personality and unique tastes.
- 2007
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Hallmark "Teacher" Christmas Ornament, 2007
Already known for greeting cards, Hallmark introduced a line of Christmas ornaments in 1973. The company's annual release of an increasing array of ornaments revolutionized Christmas decorating, appealing to customers' interest in marking memories and milestones as well as expressing one's personality and unique tastes.
- Milton Bradley Company Trade Catalog, "Bradley's School Aids and Kindergarten Material," 1892 -
- 1892
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Milton Bradley Company Trade Catalog, "Bradley's School Aids and Kindergarten Material," 1892
- Milton Bradley Company Trade Catalog, "Bradley's Kindergarten Material and School Supplies," 1910 -
- 1910
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Milton Bradley Company Trade Catalog, "Bradley's Kindergarten Material and School Supplies," 1910
- Trade Card for Nixon & Son's Booksellers and Stationers, 1880-1900 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods flooded the American market. Some enterprising advertisers sought to distinguish their products from the competition, distributing trade cards that doubled as a bookmark. Americans enjoyed and often saved the popular little advertisements, which survive as historical records of consumerism in the United States.
- 1880-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Nixon & Son's Booksellers and Stationers, 1880-1900
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods flooded the American market. Some enterprising advertisers sought to distinguish their products from the competition, distributing trade cards that doubled as a bookmark. Americans enjoyed and often saved the popular little advertisements, which survive as historical records of consumerism in the United States.