Postcard, Trade Card Advertisement for S. A. Maxwell Wallpaper, 1909 (CH 18640823)
Summary
View of a bedroom illustrating the use of wallpaper pattern. Vanity table on left, partial view of bed on right.
Trade cards were one of the most prevalent forms of advertising in the U.S. from around 1875 to 1900. They had their origin in England in the 1700s with tradesmen advertising their wares. The advent of lithography in the 1870s made it possible to mass-produce them in color. The Philadelphia 1876 Centennial Exhibition sparked the beginning, as many were passed out at that event.
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Date
1909
Source
Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum
Copyright info
Public Domain