The Earl J. Arnold Advertising Card Collection 1885

updated 11 March 2019 There are a number of references to family in the Earl J. Arnold Advertising Card Collection. To minimize confusion, I have reproduced below a portion of my family tree (beginning with Thomas Burch b.1637 in Dorchester MA, off screen) as prepared by my mother, Faith Arnold Diver, Earl J. Arnold's daughter. The area of interest is highlighted. <PREVIOUS PAGE       ~  index  ~        NEXT PAGE> Of particular interest are these notations about Earl J. Arnold's employment: newspaper reporter : Hartford Times Courant Bristol Press public relations/publicity : New Departure Company Chamber of Commerce executive : Bristol CT Lake Worth FL Hartford CT Willimantic CT Waltham MA (1929-1961) Emma Jane Arnold (b. 1850 Bristol CT), compiler of the Arnold scrapbook, was a charter member of the Grand Army of the Republic's Women's Relief Corps. Emma Jane's husband, Robert Earle Arnold (b. 1848...

updated 8 December 2018 Earl Jerome Arnold ~1960 b1884 (Bristol CT) - d1978 (North Branford CT) Two loving parents with a steady income and a high school diploma, these were things Earl J. Arnold lacked. His father died during Earl's first year of life and his labor was needed as soon as possible to support his family. He never graduated from high school. Not everyone overcomes these obstacles to a successful life--even if they are the only ones. Yet, Earl did.What did Earl have going for him? On 18 June 1880, Hobart A. Warner, Enumerator, recorded the Arnold family for the U.S. census. Earl J. Arnold's father is recorded in family records as Robert Earle Arnold, but he was known as "Earl Arnold," and that is what is recorded on his gravestone and as part of this census. I did not see a street address for the Arnolds, but I suspect it was probably Main St. Bristol CT. 1880 Census, Bristol  CT "Arnold, Earl W,M,34 work in clock shop; Emma W,F,3...

updated 27 April 2020 Begin your adventure! "It was in the cold and bleak days of February, 1885,..." Direct from Earl J. Arnold's typewriter comes the story of Emma Jane Arnold's compilation of her scrapbook, which became The Earl J. Arnold Advertising Card Collection - 1885 .    Index      page 1 "This scrapbook is priceless in that it tells the story of the skills of the early days printing industry, the ingenuity of artists, the almost unbelievable artistry of lithographers of the 1800s and the genius of script writers." (There is no need to strain your eyes on the typewritten text below. Each panel is an image which can be enlarged by clicking on it.) "It was in the cold and bleak days of February 1885 that Robert Earl Arnold, a Civil War Veteran, Catalogue of Connecticut volunteer organizations, (infantry, cavalry, and artillery,) in the service of the United States, 1861 and a war casualty with th...

While "many" might have recalled the above firms and individuals in the 1960's  when this list was composed by Earl J. Arnold, by the 21st century most had passed from living memory. At 194 pages and "more than" 1200 cards, the Earl J. Arnold Advertising Card Collection is the largest published collection of trade cards I have seen anywhere. page xvii page 1

updated 30 November 2018 <PREVIOUS PAGE       ~  index  ~        NEXT PAGE> "copyrighted by Robert Hoyt 1882" These cards formed the series "A Policeman's Day" You may find series of cards or individual cards that are parts of series throughout the Earl J. Arnold Advertising Card Collection. Not all are numbered as this one was. Series trade cards led to something most of us have enjoyed in the 20th century--comic strips! Ben Crane focuses on this evolutionary development and gives several examples on his page, "Series Trade Cards."  Crane identifies 32 series, including "A Policeman's Day." His article is one of many listed on the Trade Card Place's page " Articles About Trade Cards ." Another card for Button's is on pages 6 of the Earl J. Arnold Advertising Card Collection .  For additional information on Button & Ottley,  see page 129 of the Earl J. Arnold Advertising Card Collection...