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Category: Bufford

Passing Bell Buoy, Boston Harbor

Trade card. Copyright, Bufford, Boston, Massachusetts. Circa 1890s. Price:  $4.00 Nellie Lee’s Card An illustration of a paddle wheel steamer passing a bell buoy in Boston Harbor:  This trade card was never printed with any particular company information. It’s just…Read More…

E. K. Reynolds, Norwich CT Trade Card

Trade card, lithograph by Bufford, Boston, Mass. Circa 1878 – 1890. Price:  $15.00 “After the race – off City Point, Boston Harbor.” “E. K. Reynolds, French China, Grockery, Glass Ware & House Furnishing Goods.  Norwich, Conn.” Yep, that’s a typo…Read More…

Brown & Dawson, Druggists

Trade Card, circa 1887. Syracuse, New York. Price:  $15.00     Size:  About 2 and 5/8 x 4 and 3/8″ “I use Toilet No. 13 Cologne. Made by Brown & Dawson, Druggists, No. 13 South Salina Street, Syracuse, N. Y.    Fragrant!    Delicious!”…Read More…

Page & Nunn, Brockton, Mass

Trade Card, circa 1882, Brockton, Massachusetts. Price:  $15.00             Size:  About 2 and 5/8 x 4 and 3/8″ “Page & Nunn, Manufacturers of the Purest and Finest Confectionery, 427 Main St., Brockton, Mass.        D. L. Page.     F. T. Nunn.” A trade…Read More…

J. I. Case Threshing Machine Co.

“Compliments of J. I. Case Threshing Machine Co. Racine Wis. Send for Catalogue.” Two travelers crossing a stone bridge in wintertime. The lithography company is Bufford, whose name shows halfway cutoff at the bottom left. This trade card is probably…Read More…

Corey & Stewart, Newark, NJ

“Corey & Stewart, Fashionable Hatters and Furriers. 711 & 713 Broad Street. Newark, N. J.” As of the date of this post, no other trade cards were found online for Corey & Stewart, which is a little surprising because they…Read More…

I. Rice Sons, Rochester, NY

“Established in 1852. I. Rice Sons, Dealers in Men’s and Boys’ Ready-Made Clothing, Cloths, Cassimeres, Vestings, &c., 29 East Main Street, Rochester, N. Y.” At first glance, you might wonder if the  “I. Rice Sons”  without “&” printed on this…Read More…

Princess Louise

Nellie H. Bonney trade card showing a beautiful print of Her Royal Highness, the Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll. Miss Bonney can be found in various Haverhill, Massachusetts city directories and also on the 1880 Federal Census taken in Haverhill,…Read More…