The Earl J. Arnold Advertising Card Collection 1885

updated 8 May 2018 <PREVIOUS PAGE       ~  index  ~        NEXT PAGE> a winning hand I'm surprised there is no brand name on that bottle! Reproduced from the Digital Commonwealth , here's the back of this card: As per Google Books, Montgomery Ward offerred celluloid products in its 1895 catalog : Title Montgomery Ward Catalogue of 1895 Author Montgomery Ward & Co. Publisher Courier Corporation p.93 ISBN 0486155293, 9780486155296 The Celluloid Company, based in NY and NJ, held a number of patents associated with the design and manufacture of these products. The Wikipedia article on Celluloid is a good introduction to the process and its limitations. Not that you asked, here's what "the poets" thought of Sapolio as published in  Press, Volume XLVII, Issue 7474, 13 February 1890, Page 2 as presented by the National Library of New Zealand : Page 109 of the Earl J...