Illustrated trade card depicting a portrait of a woman framed by roses, putti, a snow-covered tree, and a framed portrait of a girl., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
1882
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *trade card - Patton [1975.F.720]
The valentine depicts a wrinkled woman sitting in front of a mirror. In front of her is a bottled labeled "hair dye." The valentine mocks older single women who dye their hair and portrays them as desperate for matrimony., Text: Now Time has stolen all your charms, / (If any existed not sure am I,) / To win a husband to your arms / Your only resource now to dye., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Humorous illustrated trade card depicting a little girl seated on the floor proudly holding up and displaying a kitten and a doll she dipped into a bowl of Diamond Dyes. Her mother watches the scene with panic as the kitten and doll drip red dye everywhere., Contains advertising text promoting Diamond Dyes' three new colors (fast stocking black, turkey red for cotton, and brown for cotton) and advertisements for Wells, Richardson & Co. (Burlington, Vt.) and J.R. Ames, druggist, Ogdensburgh, N.Y. printed on verso., 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 - Diamond [P.9988.1]
