Illustrated metamorphic trade card depicting a before and after bust portrait of a man with a long beard. With the foldout closed, the man frowns through a white beard. With the foldout open, the man smiles through his dyed brown beard., Contains advertising text for R.P. Hall & Co.'s "Buckingham's Dye" and "Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer"., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1885]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Buckingham's [1975.F.56]
Illustrated trade card depicting seven cherubs fixing the long hair of a woman who is seated outside in the grass. The cherubs carry and hold bottles, fans, and a mirror. Includes doves pulling a wagon full of hair renewer through the air and rabbits in the grass., Advertising text promoting Hall's vegetable Sicilian hair remover and Buckingham's dye for the whiskers printed on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Hall [1975.F.443]