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Sudsena Manufacturing Company : Original Trade Card - "Stimson's Sudsena, A Pure Washing Powder Sold by Grocers in any quantity from the Barrel, same as Sugar, Starch, &c. Costs nearly One-Half less than in small Packages."

Original trade card with a color illustration of floral bouquet with roses and daisies. No date, circa 1880s-1910s. 6 1/2" x 5." Trade card is clean and intact overall but has a few wrinkles; small, faint dampstains; and a surface chip on the illustration measuring about 1/2" x 1." A Good copy. Trade card promoting the Sudsena Manufacturing Company's signature cleaning product, "Stimson's Sudsena." Title is stamped on the back in red ink. Trade cards are antique business cards that first became popular during the late seventeenth century in Paris and Lyon, France and London, England. Trade cards were often given by business owners and proprietors to patrons and customers as a way to promote their businesses. Prior to the use of street addresses, trade cards had maps so clients could locate the associated business. Many of these cards also incorporated elaborate designs, illustrations, and other decorative features. Trade cards became popular in the United States during the nineteenth century in the period after the Civil War. The late nineteenth century also saw the advent of trade card collecting as a hobby. While they are no longer in use, trade cards influenced the formation of trading cards and were the predecessors of modern-day business cards.. Ephemera. Book Condition: Collectible-Good. Binding: No Binding

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