This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/12/2024
Album of Arbuckle Bros. Coffee Trade Cards. New York: Arbuckle Bros./ Donaldson Brothers, ca. 1880s-1890s. Album consisting of approx. 24 pages of over 90 double-sided coffee trade card lithographs. Each card provides an “object lesson,” with an illustration on the recto, some with historical facts verso. Series include Pictorial History of the United States and Territories, States, Countries, and Trip Around the World. With many depicting American states and related historical scenes, including scenes of American settler colonization and expansion. Also, with various country and civilization cards including Brazil, Austria, Assyria, Persia, Pompeii, Spain, Russia, Ecuador, and cards featuring animals and foods. With several Lion Coffee cards. Several duplicates. Album 9 x 13 ¼”; cards 5 x 3”. Paper toned, some with dampening marks, else good.