This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/7/2024
[LITHOGRAPHY]. Group of 21 Large Trade Cards Plus One Garden Catalogue. [V.p., ca. 19th century]. Sizes range from 8 ½ x 5 ½” to 17 x 12”. Catalogue is the 1898 issue of the R. H. Shumway Illustrated Garden Guide with a lovely full color wrappers. All trade cards in full color except “Alberton Warranted Fast Colors,” which is black and white. Some general wear, soiling, some occasional creases. An excellent group. Some trade cards include Jos. Stiner & Co. Teas and Coffees, International Fire Exhibition (1903), Famous English Cricketers - 1880, Geo. W. Rich’s Patent Portable Hammock Supporter, Rainbow Fine Cottons, Pear’s Soap, The New York Edison Company, Fete Champetre, Pet Cigarettes (with portrait of Lillian Russell), John Clay & Co. The remaining trade cards have no text. From the Mark Rucker Collection.