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Three Ball Brand Household Sundries Co. trade card, c. 1890
Advertising trade card for the Three Ball Brand Household Sundries company. Image on front consists of several alligators dressed in clothing and seated around a dining table with an Egyptian obelisk and pyramids in the background.
The back of the card describes several cleaning products offered by the Ball Brand Co. -
Arbuckle Bros. advertising trade card, c. 1893
Advertising trade card for the Arbuckle Bros. Coffee Co, card No. 59. On the front is a Map of Florida and the adjoining states of Alabama and Georgia. The images around the map includes a bunch of oranges and a Florida resort. The front also gives the sq. miles of Florida as 58,680 and the population as 269,493.
On the back is an advertisement for Arbuckles' Ariosa Coffee and a description of the trading card series. -
Arbuckle Bros. advertising trade card, c. 1893
Advertising trade card for the Arbuckle Bros. Coffee Co, card No. 12. According to statement on the card "This is one of a series of fifty (50) cards giving a pictorial history of the United States and Territories." A few tidbits of Florida history on the right side of the card include the mythic tale of Ponce de Leon's search for the Fountain of Youth and a brief mention of the Seminole and Civil Wars. The left half of the card is an advertisement for Arbuckles' Ariosa Coffee.
Illustrations on the front of card titled "Fighting the Seminoles in the Swamps (1835-42)," "Spaniards in Florida" and the "Old Gate at St. Augustine."