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.