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 ...