Card, Trade

Name/Title

Card, Trade

Entry/Object ID

1.06.130

Description

W. H. Gillis.Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 5" Description: business or trade card; front side printed in full-color showing image of little girl sliding on a toboggan in winter landscape; bottom imprinted with "Western School Shoes" manufactaured by I. P. Farnum, 240 Madison St., Chicago; backside is stamped with "W. H. Gillis, Waseca, Minn."

Context

Waseca business: Gillis Clothing. W. H. Gillis was a Waseca mainstreet business in the 1880s and 1890s, clothiers for men, women and children, shoes, hats, etc. Several ads in newspaper index.

Cataloged By

Legacy Photo Import

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Card, Trade

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Card, Advertising

Nomenclature Class

Advertising Media

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Create Date

April 24, 2006

Update Date

November 21, 2024