The Imperial Acorn Range advertising card – Historic Reproduction
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This historic image of The Imperial Acorn Range advertising card brings a moment of history to your wall. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
The Imperial Acorn Range advertising card
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The Imperial Acorn Range advertising card belongs to the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, when stove makers competed hard for the kitchens of American homes. Trade cards like this one were handed out to shoppers and tucked into households, so they often pair a bold brand name with a cheerful scene or a promise of easier cooking. Look closely at the layout and lettering, which show how manufacturers borrowed the visual language of parlor art to make a cast-iron stove seem like something worth bringing home. Cards such as this one preserve a record of how domestic technology was sold to a public still adjusting to new kitchen fuels and designs.
| Original scan | 1,932 × 2,253 px · prints to 6 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 3b |
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