This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/7/2024
[LITHOGRAPHY]. Group of 32 Better Advertising and Trade Card items. [V.p., ca. 19th century]. Beautiful larger group of full color lithographed items including oversized trade cards for Van Houten’s Cocoa, Levering’s Roasted Coffee, Laing’s Canned Meats (Canada), Quaker Oats foldout card, Wood’s Acme Coffee, Imperial Granum Medicinal Food, Garland Brand Stoves, Gorton’s Dessicated Cocoanut foldout, Swift and Co. Packers at the Chicago Union Stockyards, Kingsford’s Oswego Silver Gloss Corn Starch, Wm. M. Corry’s Aerated Waters oversize card from Chicago World’s Fair, Mott’s Cider and Vinegar, and assorted food products, including oysters, yeast, seltzer, fruit extracts and jellies, baked beans, Dutch cocoa, evaporated cream, Scotch oats (for brain and power), and others. Sizes range from 6 ½ x 4 ½ to 4 ½ x2 ¾”. Occasional wear, soiling, some marginal chipping, generally very good. From the Mark Rucker Collection.