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- "Standard of the World: Raising Poultry for Profit," Trade Catalog for the Cyphers Incubator Company, circa 1920 -
- circa 1920
- Collections - Artifact
"Standard of the World: Raising Poultry for Profit," Trade Catalog for the Cyphers Incubator Company, circa 1920
- I.C.S. Reference Library: Poultry Farming, Vol. 1, 1909-1910 -
- 1909-1910
- Collections - Artifact
I.C.S. Reference Library: Poultry Farming, Vol. 1, 1909-1910
- Trade Card for Poultry Incubators, Reliable Incubator and Brooder Co., 1902-1914 - Late-nineteenth-century trade cards used colorful illustrations to promote and sell products. They also reflected the prejudices of the time. American illustrators often represented the United States through the character of Uncle Sam. The usually strong, confident white male contrasted with the stereotyped -- and sometimes degrading -- depictions of other nationalities. These depictions affirmed the discriminatory biases that many middle-class white Americans -- consumers of these advertisements -- held.
- 1902-1914
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Poultry Incubators, Reliable Incubator and Brooder Co., 1902-1914
Late-nineteenth-century trade cards used colorful illustrations to promote and sell products. They also reflected the prejudices of the time. American illustrators often represented the United States through the character of Uncle Sam. The usually strong, confident white male contrasted with the stereotyped -- and sometimes degrading -- depictions of other nationalities. These depictions affirmed the discriminatory biases that many middle-class white Americans -- consumers of these advertisements -- held.
- Trade Card for Incubators, Sure Hatch Incubator Co., circa 1910 - Writing with a quill, metal nib or fountain pen could be messy. Ink could smear or smudge with the slightest touch. In America by the late 1800s absorbent paper blotters became the preferred method to soak up wet ink. Companies produced small inexpensive blotters as advertisements and giveaways well into the twentieth century.
- circa 1910
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Incubators, Sure Hatch Incubator Co., circa 1910
Writing with a quill, metal nib or fountain pen could be messy. Ink could smear or smudge with the slightest touch. In America by the late 1800s absorbent paper blotters became the preferred method to soak up wet ink. Companies produced small inexpensive blotters as advertisements and giveaways well into the twentieth century.