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Published by W. B. Eerdmans, 1986
ISBN 10: 0802800998ISBN 13: 9780802800992
Seller: BookMarx Bookstore, Steubenville, OH, U.S.A.
Book
Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Family-owned bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio: BookMarx Bookstore. Books shipped within 24 hours. Previous owner's name and green mark on inside front cover. No apparent marks or writing observed in text. Binding tight and square. Appears unread.
Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
No Binding. Condition: Collectible-Near Fine (Near Fi. Original trade card with a color illustration of a young girl enjoying a piece of candy while carrying an armful of other candies. More candy is visible at her feet. No date, circa 1880s-1910s. 3" x 4 1/4." Trade card is virtually pristine and intact except for age toning on back. A Near Fine copy. Trade card for L. T. Yoder, a confectioner in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 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.