The Earl J. Arnold Advertising Card Collection 1885

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...