Martin Digital History

Three Ball Brand Household Sundries Co. trade card, c. 1890

Item

Title

Three Ball Brand Household Sundries Co. trade card, c. 1890

Description

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.

Source

Scan gift of Sandra Thurlow

Publisher

C. H. Fischer & Co. (New York, NY)
Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann, Lithography Firm (New York, NY)

Contributor

Rights

No Copyright - In the United States: The Martin County Library System believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. For more information, visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Format

Color printed card; 3x5 inches

Language

English

Type

Still image

Identifier

Thurlow-2026-019-PC2-097a
2026.019

Original Format

Cards

Collection

Citation

“Three Ball Brand Household Sundries Co. trade card, c. 1890,” Martin Digital History, accessed October 5, 2026, https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/items/show/20432.