2x Cards, ca. 1800's - "Peoria Steam Laundry... Piper City, ILLS." - 2x Antique Cards
"National Laundry Journal Press, Chicago, ILL." / "We Carry a Full Line of Laundry Specialties..." Chicago, Illinois
Sweatshop type environment has been romanticized in the color litho card image... nice dresses, ladies w/ smiles, etc.
These are NOT a postcards ... but because many researchers & local history collectors search for main street
businesses and vintage town history items like this under the Postcard category, the Dave Cheadle Card Store
is listing some GREAT 19th Century Historical Trade Cards under various Post Card categories.
I am selling these 2 cards together to illustrated an important aspect of Advertising Trade Card History.
NOTE: Check the prices and the quantities as offered on the back of the National Laundry Journal's card!
NOTE: Even a very small town like Piper City placed an order for a batch of these lovely cards.
1. "W.W. Post, Piper City, ILLS." / "Peoria Steam Laundry Office."
... this card was purchased by the Peoria Laundry firm from National Steam Laundry Press:
BLANK REVERSE ... front with purple ink advertising imprints for the Peoria firm's small Piper City branch.
2. "Address all orders to National Laundry Journal...."
... this second card was distributed to laundry businesses like Peoria / Piper City to sell the cards themselves!ALL ADVERTISING IS ON REVERSE ... front of card with sweatshop scene; no advertising imprinted on front,
but this historically important information is printed on the reverse of this 2nd card:
"Prices NOT Printed." (100 blank cards for 50¢ / 10,000 blank cards for only $32.50)
"Prices PRINTED on one Side." (500 cards for $3.25 / 10,000 blank cards for only $37.50)
The prices and quantities are historically very interesting.
Each of these two cards is Approx. 5.5 x 3.75 inches - Condition... shows age with flaws. Please study the scans.
125+ Years Old - Antique 19th Century Card: Washing, Soap and Household -related Business Advertising Card
+ Over 1,000+ more fabulous antique & vintage cards are currently listed at the Dave Cheadle Card Store.
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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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Condition: - Displays with evidence of aging, flaws and wear, as seen in HUGE scans far above.
Please ... SEE the above HUGE SCANS to note any and all FLAWS!
Size: -- see ruler in the scans.
All of the Dave Cheadle Card Store cards are Authentic Antiques = 100% Guaranteed Original
After approx. 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 cards
to one-of-a-kind rarities that I have used to illustrate
my over 150 articles that I have authored, 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,
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