1891 Woolson Spice Lion Coffee Christmas Trade Card Three Girls Merry Christmas
Description
Front: Three girls lean on a table behind alphabet blocks spelling "A MERRY CHRISTMAS", framed in pine and mistletoe: "Woolson Spice Co's. Christmas Greeting". Printed "Copyright 1891 by Donaldson Brothers N.Y."
Back: "Don't Forget when you go to the store to buy your groceries to ask for Lion Coffee and receive with every pound a beautiful Christmas card like this", with the lion head and "The Leading Coffee for the Breakfast Table, a true mixture of Mocha, Java & Rio". Woolson Spice Co., Toledo, Ohio and Kansas City, Mo.
A large card: about 6.85 x 5.35 in.
Size approx. 6.85 x 5.35 in.
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Condition
The top-left corner is torn away (see the close-up); light toning and edge wear. Please study the images; they are part of the description.
Provenance
From my family's estate collections, built over more than 60 years by knowledgeable antiques collectors and traders. Stored in a climate-controlled environment.
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