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- Description:
- J.L. Hudson Company trade card with a color image of two birds--both with yellow breasts, brown wings, and red feathers atop the heads--perched facing each other on a branch, on the recto. Text on the verso gives the store's address as 141, 143, and 145 Woodward Avenue, and promotes the store's selection, and prices, and encourages out-of-towners visiting Detroit to come to the store.
- Date Issued:
- 1890-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- J.L. Hudson trade card advertising the company's move from the Detroit Opera House building, to their new location at 141, 143, and 145 Woodward Avenue. The recto is printed with an image of a stork walking with a bag in a bag hung from his bill, a bouquet of flowers on his back, and a white peaked hat on his head. "J.L. Hudson, Clothier, Detroit Opera House Building," is printed along the top. The verso is printed with the text, "On or about April 1st we will remove to our new stores, 141, 143 &145 Woodward Ave. where we shall be pleased to receive our Friends and Customers. J.L. Hudson." "Selma" and "Beer" are handwritten on the verso in pencil.
- Date Issued:
- 1887-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Trade card from the Michigan Stove Company, in the shape of a painter's palette, advertising Garland Stoves and Ranges. On the recto is an illustration of a two-masted ship sailing on green waters, with four daubs of paint in the upper left corner of the palette. "Garland Stoves and Ranges" is printed at the top of the recto.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- J.L. Hudson trade card bearing a color illustration of a cat with a yellow ribbon around its neck laying between a vase of flowers in the foreground, and a pot containing a cherry tomatoes in the background. "Compliments of J.L. Hudson, Clothier, Detroit Opera House Building," is printed along the pot. "Copyright 1883 By E.P. & L. Restein, Phila." is printed in the lower left corner. The card is mounted on a cardstock backing.
- Date Issued:
- 1883-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Trade card from the Michigan Stove Company advertising Garland Stoves and Ranges. A lithograph on the recto depicts three female children in dresses and chef hats carrying plates with Thanksgiving foods on them. On the verso is an advertisement for Garland Stoves and Ranges, framed by images of flowers. The interior contains an advertisement for "Bridal-Garland" model wood burning stoves, alongside an image of a Bridal-Garland stove, claiming they are "the largest and most complete line of Wood Ranges to be found in the United States."
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Trade card from the Michigan Stove Company advertising Garland Stoves and Ranges. A lithograph on the recto, credited to Gies and Company of Buffalo, New York, depicts a girl in a pink dress holding a cat out toward a boy. The boy is sitting in a seat and examining a bird in a small birdcage that he is holding in his hands. An advertisement for Garland Stoves and Ranges, stressing the importance of buying genuine Garland products is on the verso. Stamped at the bottom of the verso is text reading "Lapp & Moe, 642 Gratiot Ave."
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sixth card of a six trade card set from the Michigan Stove Company advertising Garland Stoves and Ranges, entitled "Before & After Marriage In Five Acts," drawn by Cassius M. Coolidge and copyrighted by George M. Hayes. On the recto is an image of a man in a black and white checkered shirt with a black top hat resting his head on his left arm with his back facing the viewer and his right arm resting on the back of his hip. In the lower left corner of the recto is an image of a woman in a tan dress chasing someone, of whom only a single leg in mid-run is seen, while brandishing a broom and yelling. The card's title, "Married Five Years," is printed in the bottom right corner of the recto. Printed on the verso is damaged advertising copy stating "With five years passed away, this [...] sees the mistake of a day. A s[...] lesson he has been taught, and has since a Garland bought. Those who have marriage in view, should not fail to likewise do."
- Date Issued:
- 1882-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Trade card from the Michigan Stove Company, in the shape of a painter's palette, advertising Garland Stoves and Ranges. On the recto is an illustration of a single-masted ship sailing on green waters, with four daubs of paint in the upper left corner of the palette. "Garland Stoves and Ranges" is printed at the top of the recto.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- D.M. Ferry and Company trade card advertising pansies A color illustration of the flowers, from the Calvert Lithograph Company, "painted from actual specimens," according to the caption, as well as the copyright date, 1889, are on the recto. The verso contains a description of the plant, and a price list for its different varieties.
- Date Issued:
- 1889-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- J.L. Hudson Company trade card with a color image of two birds--blue kingfishers--perched on a branch over a pond, credited to "Bufford," on the recto. Text on the verso gives the store's address as 141, 143, and 145 Woodward Avenue, and promotes the store's selection, and prices, and encourages out-of-towners visiting Detroit to come to the store.
- Date Issued:
- 1890-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
