American Caramel Co (3 results)

No Binding. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Original trade card with a color illustration of chicks and colorful Easter eggs on the grass. No date, circa 1900s-1910s. 1 1/2" x 2 3/4." Trade card is very clean and intact except for age toning and minuscule smudges on front. A Very Good copy. Trade card for the American Caramel Company. Printed text on back: "This card is one of a set of twenty beautifully colored Easter subjects, one of which is wrapped in every Easter Caramel." The history of the American Caramel Company begins in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Peter C. Weist was a candy maker who started his business by making caramels. His caramels were a success and Weist co-founded the candy company, P. C. Weist & Company, with Daniel Lafean in 1878. The American Caramel Company was then established in 1898 when P. C. Weist & Company merged with the Breisch-Hine Company. Beginning in the early twentieth century, the company became well-known for including collectable trade cards in its candy products. The American Caramel Company also acquired the Lancaster Caramel Company in 1900, after which the former produced about 90%-95% of the caramels sold in the United States according to contemporary newspaper accounts. However, business began to decline and the American Caramel Company closed its main plant in York, Pennsylvania in 1928. It is said that the company filed for bankruptcy and officially closed its doors soon after the plant's closure. Trade cards were antique business cards that first became popular during the late seventeenth century in Paris and Lyon, France and London, England. Trade cards were often given by business owners and proprietors to patrons and customers as a way to promote their businesses. Prior to the use of street addresses, trade cards had maps so clients could locate the associated business. Many of these cards also incorporated elaborate designs, illustrations, and other decorative features. Trade cards became popular in the United States during the nineteenth century in the period after the Civil War. The late nineteenth century also saw the advent of trade card collecting as a hobby. While they are no longer in use, trade cards influenced the formation of trading cards and were the predecessors of modern-day business cards.

No Binding. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Original trade card with a color illustration of chicks in and around a shoe on the ground. Two of them are sitting in the shoe, three inspect the shoe from the outside, and one is perched on the back. No date, circa 1900s-1910s. 1 1/2" x 2 3/4." Trade card is very clean and intact except for age toning and minuscule smudges on front. A Very Good copy. Trade card for the American Caramel Company. Printed text on back: "This card is one of a set of twenty beautifully colored Easter subjects, one of which is wrapped in every Easter Caramel." The history of the American Caramel Company begins in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Peter C. Weist was a candy maker who started his business by making caramels. His caramels were a success and Weist co-founded the candy company, P. C. Weist & Company, with Daniel Lafean in 1878. The American Caramel Company was then established in 1898 when P. C. Weist & Company merged with the Breisch-Hine Company. Beginning in the early twentieth century, the company became well-known for including collectable trade cards in its candy products. The American Caramel Company also acquired the Lancaster Caramel Company in 1900, after which the former produced about 90%-95% of the caramels sold in the United States according to contemporary newspaper accounts. However, business began to decline and the American Caramel Company closed its main plant in York, Pennsylvania in 1928. It is said that the company filed for bankruptcy and officially closed its doors soon after the plant's closure. Trade cards were antique business cards that first became popular during the late seventeenth century in Paris and Lyon, France and London, England. Trade cards were often given by business owners and proprietors to patrons and customers as a way to promote their businesses. Prior to the use of street addresses, trade cards had maps so clients could locate the associated business. Many of these cards also incorporated elaborate designs, illustrations, and other decorative features. Trade cards became popular in the United States during the nineteenth century in the period after the Civil War. The late nineteenth century also saw the advent of trade card collecting as a hobby. While they are no longer in use, trade cards influenced the formation of trading cards and were the predecessors of modern-day business cards.

No Binding. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Original trade card with a color illustration of two anthropomorphized chicks at leisure. One of the chicks tries to catch a butterfly in her net, while the other walks in the background, carrying what may be a golf club and caddy. No date, circa 1900s-1910s. 2 3/4" x 1 1/2." Trade card is very clean and intact except for age toning and minuscule smudges on front. A Very Good copy. Trade card for the American Caramel Company. Printed text on back: "This card is one of a set of twenty beautifully colored Easter subjects, one of which is wrapped in every Easter Caramel." The history of the American Caramel Company begins in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Peter C. Weist was a candy maker who started his business by making caramels. His caramels were a success and Weist co-founded the candy company, P. C. Weist & Company, with Daniel Lafean in 1878. The American Caramel Company was then established in 1898 when P. C. Weist & Company merged with the Breisch-Hine Company. Beginning in the early twentieth century, the company became well-known for including collectable trade cards in its candy products. The American Caramel Company also acquired the Lancaster Caramel Company in 1900, after which the former produced about 90%-95% of the caramels sold in the United States according to contemporary newspaper accounts. However, business began to decline and the American Caramel Company closed its main plant in York, Pennsylvania in 1928. It is said that the company filed for bankruptcy and officially closed its doors soon after the plant's closure. Trade cards were antique business cards that first became popular during the late seventeenth century in Paris and Lyon, France and London, England. Trade cards were often given by business owners and proprietors to patrons and customers as a way to promote their businesses. Prior to the use of street addresses, trade cards had maps so clients could locate the associated business. Many of these cards also incorporated elaborate designs, illustrations, and other decorative features. Trade cards became popular in the United States during the nineteenth century in the period after the Civil War. The late nineteenth century also saw the advent of trade card collecting as a hobby. While they are no longer in use, trade cards influenced the formation of trading cards and were the predecessors of modern-day business cards.