Box 8

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"Genuine New Haven Rolling Spring Bed! Sold Only by Barker & Gaines…." Two different designs featuring humorous old men.

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"New Home Sewing Machine Co. Orange, Mass. 30 Union Sq. New York." Two cards with different designs each featuring a woman on a path in front of a house."

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Trade card in the shape of a book

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"New Home Sewing Machine!" Two different designs: "What are the Wild Waves Saying" and "The Monkey and the Cat's Paw."

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Two different designs

Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection contains different forms of printed paper items produced by Hartford businesses beginning in the 1840s and continuing through the present. Many types of ephemera, such as trade cards and catalogs, functioned solely as advertising. Others, such as bookmarks, calendars, and blank books, might serve a useful purpose as well as providing advertising for a firm. Much of the ephemera, especially the earliest items, were printed locally by Hartford’s many printing firms. Later items...

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Three different designs featuring birds and birdcages

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Four different designs featuring cupids

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One design featuring butterflies

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Twelve cards representing the twelve months. Text in French.