Estey Organ Trade Card

Title

Estey Organ Trade Card

Subject

Advertising cards
Business cards
Trade cards
Estey Organ Works

Description

A group of Brownies parading past a piano and an organ. Brownies are carrying banners with the letters E S T E Y on them. Text on the front: "ESTEY/Estey method organ." Stamped on the back: From W. S. Underwood,/Holden St,/North Adams, Mass" Printed by J. Ottmunn Lith. Co. NY. Introduced in 1883 by illustrator Palmer Cox, the Brownies were popular phenomenon and turned up in books, magazines, advertising and as toys.

Creator

J. Ottmunn Lith. Co.

Publisher

MCLA

Date

1880-1889

Identifier

2017.101.1

Original Format

Trade card

Files

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Citation

J. Ottmunn Lith. Co., “Estey Organ Trade Card,” North Adams Archives, accessed April 20, 2024, https://northadamsarchives.com/items/show/397.

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