Laundry starch trade card, Gilbert S. Graves, Buffalo N.Y. – Historic Print
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This rare historic image captures Laundry starch trade card, Gilbert S. Graves, Buffalo N.Y. in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Laundry starch trade card, Gilbert S. Graves, Buffalo N.Y.
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A small printed card for laundry starch made by Gilbert S. Graves of Buffalo, New York, puts an ordinary household product front and center. Trade cards like this were advertisements that merchants handed out with goods or left in shops and homes, and they were a major form of printed promotion in the late 1800s. Starch was a staple of the weekly wash, used to stiffen fabric and make linens look crisp, so manufacturers competed for housewives' attention with bright illustration and memorable names. Graves's card offers a glimpse of how everyday cleaning supplies were sold to homemakers of the period.
| Original scan | 2,078 × 1,350 px · prints to 7 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | tif04805_LaundrystarchGilbertSGravesman |
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