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Lot 129

[LITHOGRAPHY]. [AFRICAN-AMERICANA]. Group of 50 Trade Cards...

Estimate: $1,000 - $3,000

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[LITHOGRAPHY]. [AFRICAN-AMERICANA]. Group of 50 Trade Cards. [V.p., ca. 19th century]. Color trade cards for various products, all with stereotypical depictions of African-Americans. Two are die-cut. Sizes range from 9 x 7? to 3 x 5?. Some general wear, soiling, a few occasional short tears. An excellent group. Housed in modern binder. Some of the products include: Bridge, Beach & Co. Cook Stove, Czar Baking Powder, Bremner?s Eureka Bread, Lautz Bros. Soaps, Capadura Cigars, Topsy Tobacco, Alden Fruit Vinegar, Clarence Brooks Fine Coach Varnishes, Liebig, Coon-Chicken Inn, The Weekly Detroit Free Press, St. Louis Beef Canning Co., Duchess and Princess Ladies? Hose, Dixon?s Stove Polish, Pillsbury?s Best, and more. From the Mark Rucker Collection.