Trade Cards for Standard Screw Fastened Boots and Shoes

Lawrence, Mass. T. Jackson Whittredge, 1885. Cards. 3 trade cards: #1 (18 x 10 cm.) with front color illustration of two men comparing shoes to show the superiority of screw fastened shoes; the back contains an advertisement for T. Jackson Whittredge, dealer in boots, shoes, slippers, and rubbers in Lawrence, Mass. #2 (18 x 10 cm.) with front color illustration of boots being used as balloon baskets where the standard screw fastened boot stays aloft and the clinching screw nailed boot falls to the earth; the back contains the same advertisement for T. Jackson Whittredge. #3 (13.5 x 8.4 cm.) with front color illustration of a girl in a bonnet and text: "All us School Girls Wear Standard Screw Fastened Boots and Shoes They Are So Nice"; the back contains an advertisement for T. J. Whittredge & Son, in Lawrence, Mass. Printed by Donaldson Brothers, NY. In Good+ Condition: the fronts of #1 and #2 are lightly soiled; #2 has closed 2-cm. tear from one edge with old repair on the back; the back of #3 is scraped with some loss of text. Good +. Item #010380

Price: $18.00