The Earl J. Arnold Advertising Card Collection 1885

updated 7 May 2018 <PREVIOUS PAGE       ~  index  ~        NEXT PAGE> After all that, the frog seems unimpressed... Lautz Brothers & Company, manufacturers of Acme Soap, are listed in the Buffalo City Directory ( Google Books ): Title The Buffalo Directory Publisher Courier Company of Buffalo, 1880 p. 467 Original from the University of Michigan Digitized May 9, 2011 Buffalo's Hanover St. has been recreated without any of the buildings as it passes beneath the Buffalo Skyway ( Google Street View, Sept 2011 ): The back of an Acme card just acquired by the Diver collection: Recently acquired are these Acme cards: Reverse of the previous card. Here's what Lautz Brothers would send for 100 Acme Soap wrappers ( Wikimedia Commons, public domain ): Hailing the Ferry , oil on canvas painting by Daniel Ridgway Knight, 1888 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts For addi...

updated 29 September 2018 <PREVIOUS PAGE       ~  index  ~        NEXT PAGE> While a Google search found nothing on "Virginius Cigars," Myers, Tice and Co. information does surface on Google Books : Title The History of Dubuque County, Iowa, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, &c., Biographical Sketches of Citizens, War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion ... General and Local Statistics ... History of the Northwest, History of Iowa ... Contributor Western Historical Co Publisher Western Historical, 1880 Original from Columbia University Digitized Jun 8, 2009 Length 977 pages, p.660 Encyclopedia Dubuque has more information on this firm. That would be "S.I. Freeman's," Hartford CT. No wonder this whale was gritting its "teeth." Whale oil was one of the ingredients used by Kendall Mfg. Co. in fabricating its products. See page 147 of the Earl J. Arnold Ad...

updated 2 August 2018 <PREVIOUS PAGE      ~  index  ~        NEXT PAGE> William H. Reid, Rochester, NY  Here's some biographical information on William H. Reid from Google Books digitization of Title The Industries of the City of Rochester: A Résumé of Her Past History and Progress : Together with a Condensed Summary of Her Industrial Advantages and Her Development : and a Series of Comprehensive Sketches of Her Representative Business Enterprises : Incorporating a Condensed History of the ... Author Elstner Publishing Company Publisher Elstner Publishing Company, 1888 p.189 Original from the New York Public Library Digitized Jul 17, 2009 Length 280 pages According to Wikipedia , The American News Company was once the largest book wholesaler in the world!     The back of the card tells the tale: Advertising for Van Stan's Stratena was viewed as both effective and innovative. G...