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- Trade Card for Thomson's Security Rein Holder, Babcock Buggy Co., circa 1890 - This card advertises the Thomson Security Rein Holder, which kept a horse's reins within easy reach but did not require the driver to hold them. As the number of horse-drawn vehicles sold in the U.S. grew over the 19th century, so did the variety of accessories available for them. Safety is the major selling point used in this ad.
- circa 1890
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Thomson's Security Rein Holder, Babcock Buggy Co., circa 1890
This card advertises the Thomson Security Rein Holder, which kept a horse's reins within easy reach but did not require the driver to hold them. As the number of horse-drawn vehicles sold in the U.S. grew over the 19th century, so did the variety of accessories available for them. Safety is the major selling point used in this ad.
- Trade Card for Thomson's Security Rein Holder, Babcock Buggy Co., circa 1890 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and saved the often illustrated little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- circa 1890
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Thomson's Security Rein Holder, Babcock Buggy Co., circa 1890
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and saved the often illustrated little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.