[Boot and shoe card] – Antique Wall Art
![[Boot and shoe card], [no date recorded on shelflist card] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/51/51cbdc25f0ae-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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[Boot and shoe card] comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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A trade card for a boot and shoe business, the shelflist attributes this item to a firm called Gibson & Co. The record gives no date, and the shelflist entry is unverified, so the firm's identity and the card's exact age remain open questions. Trade cards like this were widely used by American merchants from the mid-1800s into the early 1900s to advertise a shop's name and goods, often printed with decorative borders and handed out to customers or slipped into packages.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on shelflist card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | B368 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Gibson & Co. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,097 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-173660 |
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