Victorian Trade Cards (page 1/2)

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Cartoon: barefoot boy fishing

A boy wearing a broad-brimmed sun-hat, a shirt, ragged breeches held up with suspenders, and who has bare feet, stands on a rock by a river and holds a fishing rod. [more...]

Back of boy fishing cartoon

I scanned this, the reverse side of a cartoon about a boy fishing, because the typography somewhat dates the cartoon. [more...]

Girl in the window: Atlantic and Pascific Tea Company 1880s Trade Card

This trade card from the 1880s was made as an advert for the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company. It features a girl in a blue and white dress with blue ribbons in her hair resting her elobows on [...] [more...]

Hobo bird meets aristocrat rabbit

In this somewhat surreal Victorian trade card, or something similar, a bird, perhaps a wild turkey, meets a rabbit (or hare) walking upright on its hind legs down an inpaved road. Theres a wooden white-painted signpost in the background with a carved human face and grass for hair, a pointing hand, and a bird sitting on it. The turkey (if that’s what [...] [more...]

Bird fishing

In this 1880s trade card there’s a group of creatures at a pond. In the foreground stands a long-necked bird, a crane, wearing a hat with feathers and carrying a leather satchel. The ird has caught a lobster. In the background a frog chases a bitterfly [...] [more...]