Identification Cards

Object/Artifact

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Identification Cards

Entry/Object ID

1996.49.3

Description

Deck of 30 cards, each printed with a life-like illustration of a bird with a label at the center bottom. Cards 7, 12, 28 are missing. The cards are numbered and have the logo of Arm & Hammer Co. in one corner, with the words, "Church & Co's Soda". The set is labeled, "THIRD SERIES USEFUL BIRDS OF AMERICA / Full set of cards sent on receipt of ten cents in coin or stamps / FOR THE GOOD OF ALL, DO NOT DESTROY THE BIRDS."

Context

Owned by a member of the Tyler, Fuller, or Heatherington families.

Acquisition

Accession

1996.49

Source or Donor

Heatherington, Avis Laura Brown (1914-2001)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Church & Dwight Co.

Date made

1922

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Card, Show

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Card, Advertising

Nomenclature Class

Advertising Media

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall (deck)

Height

3 in

Width

1-7/8 in

Depth

3/8 in

Material

Paperboard