25 Antique Vintage Victorian Period Cards Holiday Flowers Religious Ephemera

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25 Antique Vintage Victorian Period Cards Holiday Flowers Religious Ephemera:
$7.25

ITEM: Up for sale is this vintage antique Victorian Period Card collection or lot consisting of 25 mixed cards. Mixed conditions and sizes, these are for holiday\'s, New Year, Christmas, bookmark, letters, dogs, and more. Many of the cards have paper or glue residue on the reverse side from being removed from scrapbooks over the years.

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ABOUT VICTORIAN TRADE CARDS: On many Victorian Parlor tables, a place of honor was reserved for the Bible, family album, post card album and a huge scrapbook. In the latter were lovely pasted advertising cards which were acquired by different members of the family. When members of the family went out to shop, they were given colorful trade cards with their purchases. At the local food store, many of these cards came packaged in tins of teas and coffees. Each member of the family would have been quite delighted to receive these free cards. The color cards were the most cherished. Lithography had just been introduced and any colorful bits of paper were treasured. As family members brought new cards home, everyone became excited. The family members began to go to many different stores to see if they had any cards and if they would look nice in their books. Thus we have the beginning of trade card collecting.