The Earl J. Arnold Advertising Card Collection 1885

updated 17 December 2018 <PREVIOUS PAGE       ~  index  ~        NEXT PAGE> Gimp was used to enhance the faded color of this enlargement. Colors on the original scanned page above have not been changed from the original scan. The original color of the cards when new was probably somewhere in between. "That's the Kind! Bring me some more!" Google Books  source Fibre & Fabric gives on an idea of how big the J & P Coats operation was at its height: Title Fibre & Fabric: A Record of American Textile Industries in the Cotton and Woolen Trad e, Volume 43 no. 1106 p.14, 12 May 1906 Published 1906 Original from the New York Public Library Digitized Jun 6, 2006 Add caption Before: --Rampant Scotland Newsletter 31 May 2003 After:   Google Street View  captured the Paisley headquarters of J & P Coats in June of 2015: For an additional Coats card,...

updated 2 June 2018 <PREVIOUS PAGE       ~  index  ~        NEXT PAGE> J & C Fischer Pianos, 110 Fifth Ave., NY, NY You can still buy an antique Fischer piano at the  Antique Piano Shop ! The Antique Piano Shop also shows the reverse of one of these trade cards  here . "Published on Oct 1, 2015 ( YouTube ) Eric Alviani demonstrates the sound qualities of this rebuilt Fischer Grand, by playing his very own composition titled "Thunder & Lightning (Part 1)." "For any questions about this piano, you can call us at 847-775-1988 or email brendan@familypianoco.com "About the recording: Zoom Q2HD camera 1080p / 30 fps for the video 30 degree microphone angle PCM uncompressed sound sampling 48 / 24 Lo-Cut on Auto-Gain: Concert preset." According to the  Bluebook of Pianos ,  " The title of J. & C. Fischer was given the firm in 1840....