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1880. All depict children, happily engaged in household chores traditionally reserved for mother. Designed by men using children as advertising ploys to "make mother's life easier".. Twenty-five (25) advertising trade cards flyers and pamphlets with illustrations of children easily and efficiently using a product to accomplish a task. The majority are focused on women's work . They include:
Nine (9) food related cards of children preparing foods for Atmore's Mince Meat, Nestle's Milk Food, Hornby's Oats, Butterine, Chicago Processing and Provisions (canned meats), Piefilene and Ta-Ka-Kake,
Six (6) for laundry and soap products including Chief Soap, New Process Soap, Buchan's Carbolic Disinfecting Soap, Ivorine, Empire Wringer and Moore's Sheet or Book Soap --individual soap sheets in a book for all kinds of hands.
Four (4) Sewing Machine cards including Howe, New Home, Leader and the Standard Sewing Machine.
Three (3) for Stoves including Glenwood & Elmwood and Richmond Stove Co. Additionally a pamphlet with little girls baking with a Garland Stove in the background and words and verse at base for a backing song. The inside pages promote the product.
Two (2) of children cooking with Granite Iron Ware pots.
A mechanical die-cut card depicting a little girl displaying the interior of a Stone White refrigerator.
One for Chase's Liquid Glue depicting children creating a scrap book.
And finally a young girl in fine attire mowing a lawn with an Excelsior Lawn Mower (for Horse or Hand Power) while the adults play badminton. Heavy wear/repair to refrigerator card. (Inventory #: 27100653)
Nine (9) food related cards of children preparing foods for Atmore's Mince Meat, Nestle's Milk Food, Hornby's Oats, Butterine, Chicago Processing and Provisions (canned meats), Piefilene and Ta-Ka-Kake,
Six (6) for laundry and soap products including Chief Soap, New Process Soap, Buchan's Carbolic Disinfecting Soap, Ivorine, Empire Wringer and Moore's Sheet or Book Soap --individual soap sheets in a book for all kinds of hands.
Four (4) Sewing Machine cards including Howe, New Home, Leader and the Standard Sewing Machine.
Three (3) for Stoves including Glenwood & Elmwood and Richmond Stove Co. Additionally a pamphlet with little girls baking with a Garland Stove in the background and words and verse at base for a backing song. The inside pages promote the product.
Two (2) of children cooking with Granite Iron Ware pots.
A mechanical die-cut card depicting a little girl displaying the interior of a Stone White refrigerator.
One for Chase's Liquid Glue depicting children creating a scrap book.
And finally a young girl in fine attire mowing a lawn with an Excelsior Lawn Mower (for Horse or Hand Power) while the adults play badminton. Heavy wear/repair to refrigerator card. (Inventory #: 27100653)