The Earl J. Arnold Advertising Card Collection 1885

updated 3 September 2018 <PREVIOUS PAGE       ~  index  ~        NEXT PAGE> The above image shows the restored colors on the Hoyt's card in the upper left of the original page. Image restoration was accomplished using a duplicate card. The back of the duplicate was inscribed as below: Recently, the card below was added to the Arnold Collection. "Fragrant & Lasting" was the claim. Is it my imagination, or can I still detect some slight odor to this card a century or so later? Though not in the original scrapbook, this new acquisition  would have been something to be proud of in 1890. After over a century, it still is vaguely fragrant. It must have been a spectacular "room freshener" in its day! the reverse of the previous card... Reverse of card is below: Note that this Hoyt is E.W. Hoyt & Co . of Lowell, MA. See page 191 of the Earl J. Arnold Advertising Card ...

updated 25 November 2018 <PREVIOUS PAGE       ~  index  ~        NEXT PAGE> for further information,  see next page (p.189) Sanderson Bros. was located on Bank St. in Waterbury CT,  just behind the 7-story building. From the   Library of Congress, 191 7 See page 191  for information on E.W. Hoyt Most Hoyt advertising cards were perfumed. Cliff & Linda Hoyt are the experts on E.W. Hoyt. Accoding to Cliff & Linda Hoyt , E.W. Hoyt " initially worked in the apothecary shop of E.A. Staniels at the corner of Central and Middlesex Streets. Hoyt eventually became Mr. Staniels' partner and by 1863, when Mr. Staniels died, he succeeded to the full business." Google Street View, Corner of Central and Middlesex Streets,  Lowell MA, August 2015 <PREVIOUS PAGE       ~  index  ~        NEXT PAGE> The author ...

updated  3 June 2018 < PREVIOUS PAGE       ~  index  ~        NEXT PAGE> Added to the Arnold Collection is a complete copy of the torn card in the original Arnold scrapbook. (Reverse below) The above two images are generic cut-outs. These die cuts were sometimes sold or given away to victorian scrapbook enthusiasts. The above victorian die cuts were processed in Picasa to yield very different results. These variations are fairly easy to apply once you become familiar with Picasa or a similar photo processing program. In 2016, there are several useful photo processing programs available . The variations above are provided here as a demonstration. Try this for yourself! The Arnold scrapbook contents are in the public domain. You may clip, save and manipulate images as you please for whatever purpose you have in mind.  Please credit the Collection as the source of the original image. See also...