circa 1885: Vita Nasal Electric Battery / Vita Suppositories Cure, N.Y.
"Vita Suppositories - NOT a Liquid, Snuff or Salve. / Positive Cure for Cold in the Head, Hay Fever...."
"Nasal Electric Battery, $2.00. / For Sale by All Druggists."
2x Cards Sold as a Pair Together: "Vita Company, 12 & 14 Cliff St., New York." NYC
Vita advertised nationally in a newspaper blitz in December of 1885 - - see for example: Boston Globe, Dec. 13, 1885.
Historically important / Antique, Quack Medical Cure and Shoe -related Business Advertising Card
+ Over 1,000+ more fabulous antique cards are currently listed at the Dave Cheadle Card Store.
NOTE: "Electricity" and "Magnetic Force" were often
romanticized as some sort mysterious power or healing magic
in the 19th Century world of False Advertising and Steampunk Quackery.
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+ Over 1,000+ more fabulous antique & vintage cards are currently listed at the Dave Cheadle Card Store.
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Sizes - most Victorian Trade Cards are approx. 3 x 4.5 inches; = a bit smaller than the classic postcard.
For simplicity in my listings:
S / SMALL = significantly smaller than 3 x 4.5 inches.
M / MEDIUM = approx. 3 x 4.5 inches
L / LARGE = larger than a postcard - significantly bigger than 3 x 5 inches.
Condition: - Assume every card has evidence of aging, flaws and wear. My cards are old... NO reproductions!
Please ... SEE the HUGE SCANS to carefully note any and all FLAWS!
All of the Dave Cheadle Card Store cards are Authentic Antiques = 100% Guaranteed Original
After 50 years of collecting, I'm thinning my archives of thousands and thousands of pre-1900 cards.
My inventory includes items ranging from common and affordable
to one-of-a-kind rarities that I have used to illustrate
my over 150 articles that I have published, along with numerous books I've published, including
My ... now out-of-print 1996 classic book that helped establish the name for the ebay category and
helped define the hobby of Victorian Trade Card collecting:
VICTORIAN TRADE CARDS
HISTORICAL REFERENCE & VALUE GUIDE,
by Dave Cheadle.
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As a life-long collector and social historian, and
as the founding editor of the Trade Card Collectors Association's journal, "The Trade Card Quarterly,"
I
can certify that all items offered are authentic and fully guaranteed--
full refunds without question if not as represented.
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