Box 8

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.

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Six cards depicting dancing children in costume entitled "Bal d'Enfant."

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Six cards, with four different designs depicting costumed frogs

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Five cards featuring children

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"Dealers in Birthday, Easter and Business Cards."

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"Winter has Come! Owing to the dullness of our Wholesale Trade, we have too much clothing on hand…."