Featured Trade Card Website:

The Trade Card Place

Ben Crane pioneered with The Trade Card Place decades ago, creating a vast website to resource the hobby with informative articles, links, auctions, illustrated checklists, etc.  Bookmark this site; it’s still fabulous!

Defined:

What is a Victorian Trade Card?

An overview of 19th Century Advertising Trade Card history.

 

Soaking & Salvaging Trade Cards

   How to remove cards from scrapbooks – Page 15 from Dave Cheadle’s book:  Victorian Trade Cards – Historical Reference & Value Guide


Tips for Soaking & Salvaging begin half way down this column:

Page 15 from Dave Cheadle’s book: Victorian Trade Cards – Historical Reference & Value Guide

Artistic Printer Sackett Wilhelms & Betzig Lith New York 1884 January Soapine Soap Calendar Card

Did you see this?


Click the above image to see a whimsical 1880’s Victorian winter card image used in two very different venues.

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A helpful link:  Soon!

Coming Soon


A helpful link:  Soon!

Coming Soon


A helpful link:  Soon!