From the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village Collection, this vintage trade-card is all about INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE! The trade-card craze lasted from about 1870 until the turn of the century, when interest in trade-card collecting faded and new advertising outlets, particularly the popular press, grew in importance. Today, however, many of us vintage collectors delight in finding any and all vintage postcards and trade-cards! These are our treasures!To learn more about Alphabe-Thursday click HERE!
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Hi Coralie,
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet image. Makes you wonder whose baby posed for that image.
Have a wonderful week.
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Sissie
Wasn't it a simpler time when ads featured babies instead of pin up girls. And what a sweet baby. Stella
ReplyDeleteSo precious. I love ads with babies or pets! Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteYou're so right! All the vintage images have such a charm about them. And the colors, faded a bit over time, are unique to the period. Nice "I", Coralie!!
ReplyDeleteAny ad with a fat-cheeked baby could sell to me! :) Love me some babies!
ReplyDeleteHow adorable. I too, have a deep affection for vintage trade cards. Some of my favorite images come from them. It is easy to become addicted to buying all the pretty ones.
ReplyDeleteMaureen
I've never heard of these. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE trade cards! Often so funny, aren't they? I've never seen this one before...thanks for sharing it and the bit of history, Coralie!
ReplyDeleteHope you're having a beautiful day!
What a precious baby. Lovely trade card.
ReplyDeleteI almost forget all about them ... lovely card!
ReplyDeleteHappy Thursday!
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no idea what a baby has to do with insurance but the card is sure cute :D
ReplyDeleteSo neat! Once again I am charmed by your vintage offerings - thank you for sharing this with me, I mean us! haha
ReplyDeleteI am loving that cute little card!
ReplyDeleteDebbie
I never knew about these trade cards! The one you posted is cute! I'm looking forward to visiting greenfield village this spring - going to take my niece!
ReplyDeleteHow totally cool.
ReplyDeleteBut I must be being dense cuz I don't see anything mis-spelled here...which means...
A+ for you!
wonderful trading card ... i really enjoy all of your vintage images
ReplyDeleteWhat a neat vintage item. I love finding these in antique shops, the ads seem so sweet compared to what we are bombarded with today. Kathy
ReplyDeleteWow! What a great thing to search for.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun post for "I"! Aren't those old graphics just the best?
ReplyDeleteHi Coralie,
ReplyDeleteThis card is wonderful. I just love postcards. When I lived in Hong Kong I used to visit the Antique shops there and they had so many beautiful ones from England at the time. Since then, I am always browsing through the stacks of postcards in Antique shops.
Karen
This is a precious image and fascinating information that is new to me.
ReplyDeleteit is beautiful...Hard to believe that these trading cards inspired the whole artist trading card thing.......
ReplyDeleteOH, what a charming trading card! Aren't the colors and graphics great?
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