Box 31

Scope and Contents From donor: This is a brand name, the only one given its own place in this list of categories. Thurbers', one of the leading users of handsomely designed trade cards, was the brand of H. K. & F. B. Thurber & Co., founded in 1875 and known after 1884 as Thurber, Whyland, & Co. A world-known company, with branches in London and Bordeaux, it produced and distributed a wide variety of goods, ranging from canned fruits, vegetables, and meat to soaps, coffee, dairy goods, and flavoring...

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From donor: A special design category, cutting across a wide variety of subjects. Popular from the early days of American trade cards, these caricatures employ the images of vegetables or fruit to which are added arms, legs, and facial features to portray humanlike figures. They remain a favorite of collections.