[PW] late nineteenth-century colored trade cards

[swguardian-wombat at yahoo.com]

Taking the link furnished by the honorable J.P. Dyson a step further, 
more information can be found regarding these cards and their history 
through the library's homepage. 
http://doyle.lib.muohio.edu/cdm4/tradecards/ 

"John P. Dyson" <dyson at indiana.edu> wrote: Quoting Craig Miller :
> I have no direct information but I've asked Rudi Franchi, an expert on paper > (posters, trading cards, etc.) who appears as an appraiser on Antiques > Roadshow.  I'll let you know if he has an answer (although I suspect that > "J. Weild, Baker." isn't actually someone who sells or bakes bread).

Sorry, Craig: former stores in Charlestown and Somerville...

http://doyle.lib.muohio.edu/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=/tradecards&CISOSTART=11,321&CISOSORT=descri%7Cf

Item 339.

John Dyson

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