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Very hard to find set of advertising trade cards c 1880s with super color lithography and a theme. 1. The Invicible Base Burning Heater is the "Best On Earth" and features great lithography of a young girl on the front and advertising text on the rear with a super depiction of the heater itself- check out the size! (4.0" x 2.75"). 2. Royal Glue "Mends Broken Crockery, Furniture, Glass, Metals, Rubber, Leather, Ornaments, Toys, and Everything." Always Liquid! Always Ready! On the back there's a very early use of a puzzle diagram to play and noting Royal Glue's use on the Washington Monument where "nothing is allowed to enter into its composition until it has been rightly examined and approved by a board of U. S. Army Engineers." (4.25" x 2.75"). 3. Railroad promotional for the Rochester & Pittsburg Railway from a clothing company noting that the Union Clothing Company is offering a "Grand Half Fare, Free Dinner Excusrsion from Salamanca, Perry, Pavillion Centre, and intermediate towns" but that "no purchase required." ( 4.25" x 2.75") 4. Granite Ironware is the "Best Ware Made For The Kitchen" and is "Light, Handsome, Wholesome, Durable", sold by Hildebrand & Fugate at 35 S. Meridian St. in Indianapolis, IN. (4.0" x 2.75"). Louis Prang, a lithographer and printer, develops the idea of mass-producing small "trade cards" that could be adapted to the needs of individual advertisers at low cost in the 1870's. Illustrated trade cards reach the height of their popularity in the 1880s, not only with advertisers but also with the American public which becomes very interested in collecting them. All cards are in very good condition with near mint color lithographed images and only de minimus age wear on the rear. These early advertising cards easily go for $16 or more each, so enjoy the bargain pricing only at Collectics, part of a major estate collection and consignment of the finest advertising memorabilia and collectibles.

$48.00/ set of 4