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| BROMIDE Easter Greetings Trade Card |
this is an early 1900s bromide trade card/sample
with an adorable Easter scene.
the term BROMIDE refers to a photography
paper that produces a
neutral black or a "cold" blue-black
image tone, which you can see in the example above.
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| advertising details were printed over the post card graphics on the backside |
WHILE THEY LAST
Bromide
EASTER CARDS
at
$1.25 per Hundred
ASSORTED, 72 SUBJECTS
Regular $25.00 per thousand cards.
Competitors ask and get that much for them.
These cards retail at five cents.
ORDER QUICK
RAPID SELLING POST CARD
and NOVELTY CO.
15 Walker Street
New York
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I haven't found out much about the
Rapid Selling Post Card
and
Novelty Company
...what a long name! I did find them listed in the 1909 Trow Directory, within the Printing and Bookbinding section. which noted the "name was discontinued" ..maybe they shortened it?!
ASSORTED, 72 SUBJECTS
Regular $25.00 per thousand cards.
Competitors ask and get that much for them.
These cards retail at five cents.
ORDER QUICK
RAPID SELLING POST CARD
and NOVELTY CO.
15 Walker Street
New York
***********
I haven't found out much about the
Rapid Selling Post Card
and
Novelty Company
...what a long name! I did find them listed in the 1909 Trow Directory, within the Printing and Bookbinding section. which noted the "name was discontinued" ..maybe they shortened it?!
source: wiki
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