Tuesday 12 October 2021

19th Century Trade Cards

Cards were inserted in dry good packaging as a form of advertisement.






1893 African Americans Picking Cotton , Fleischmann Yeast Victorian Trade Card




Trade Card for Clark's O.N.T. Spool Thread
Text in lower right of card reads:
"The thread that binds the Union North to South."
O. N. T. ("Our New Thread") is a reference to their innovative use of cotton in lieu of silk thread.

 

Student Work, Silk Painting

Kate Barker Silk Painting  2020 40" x 25' Timaree McKinney Silk Painting 2021 40" x 25'