Tuttle & Bryant Trade Card

Title

Tuttle & Bryant Trade Card

Subject

Advertising cards
Business cards
Trade cards

Description

A die-cut card made to look like a bank book. Text on the front: "No.42602/Bank/of the/United States/in account with/Tuttle & Bryant." Text inside: " An experiment./We wish to text the value of this kind of advertising and to do/so we make every one of these books worth at least 41.00 to the/fortunate possessor./It matters not whether you want/domestics, dry goods, dress goods or/fancy goods. Bring this book with you./And we will give you $1.00 cash if you purchase/for cash goods to the amount of $15.00 or more./We will give you the choicest and largest assortment in western Mass./Silks, velvets, plushes, dress trimmings, kid/gloves, hosiery, ladies' misses' & children's/cloaks, cotton and merino underwear./Carpets, rugs, oil cloth, linoleaum, mattings and mats, heavy/and lace drapery, upholstery goods, wall paper, win-/dow shades and shade cloth./"Butterick's reliable patterns."/Don't forget to bring this bank book./Tuttle & Bryant./2, 3 & 4 Wilson Block,/No. Adams, Mass./$1.00/keep this bank book,/it is worth one dollar to you./How?/Every cash customer buying goods of us to the/amount of $15.00 or more will receive from us/$1.00 cash. on presenting one of these books and/you can keep the book, it will/be worth another dollar to you in the future./Loan it to your friends if you wish, it will be worth a doll-/lar to them and remain just as valuable to you./Tuttle & Bryant/2, 3 & 4 Wilson Block,/North Adams, Mass." Printed by Wm. Miller, 25 Arch St., Boston, Mass. Copyright 1888. The back is blank.

Publisher

MCLA

Date

1880-1889

Identifier

20171781

Original Format

Still Image

Files

20171781.jpg
20171781-2.jpg

Citation

“Tuttle & Bryant Trade Card,” North Adams Archives, accessed May 18, 2024, https://northadamsarchives.com/items/show/500.

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