Original Trade Card - "Perfumed with Austen's Forest Flower Cologne; W. J. Austen & Co., Oswego, N.Y."
- Used
Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.Barry Cassidy Rare Books
AbeBooks seller since May 27, 2013
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 7.62
Quantity: 1 available
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Original trade card with a color illustration of a young woman wearing a blue dress and pink, ribboned hat as she picks flowers in a field. She holds a bouquet of flowers in one hand and looks down at a flower on plant, about ready to pick it with her other hand. No date, circa 1878-1885. 2 3/4" x 4 1/2." Trade card is very clean and intact except for some age toning and small spots of discoloration on front and back which may be from the perfume. A Very Good copy. A truly unique trade card that was once scented with Austen's Forest Flower Cologne as a marketing technique. However, the scent is so considerably faded by now as to be almost, if not entirely, imperceptible. Trade card for W. J. Austen & Company and its signature "Forest Flower Cologne" as sold by "G. Jeff. Cross, Dealer in Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Toilet and Fancy Articles, etc., Morrisville, N. Y." Additional text on back promotes the cologne and advertises Austen's "Swageh or Oswego Bitters, The True Tonic." "Swageh" is an Oswego word. The "Swageh" or bitters was a patent medicine with questionable claims of being able to heal a host of medical ailments. Among them, "Malaria, Dyspepsia, Nervous Prostration, all Kidney and Liver Troubles and Female Complaints." W. J. Austen & Company was founded in 1878 in Oswego, New York. W. J. Austen had previously owned a drugstore and also sold baking powder products. In 1886, the company was sold or transferred to T. Kingsford, a perfume manufacturer. Trade cards are antique business cards that first became popular during the late seventeenth century in Paris and Lyon, France and London, England. Trade cards were often given by business owners and proprietors to patrons and customers as a way to promote their businesses. Prior to the use of street addresses, some trade cards had maps so clients could locate the associated business. Many of these cards also incorporated elaborate designs, illustrations, and other decorative features. Trade cards became popular in the United States during the nineteenth century in the period after the Civil War. The late nineteenth century also saw the advent of trade card collecting as a hobby. While they are no longer in use, trade cards influenced the formation of trading cards and were the predecessors of modern-day business cards. …
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Original Trade Card - "Perfumed with Austen's Forest Flower Cologne; W. J. Austen & Co., Oswego, N.Y."
- Author
- W. J. Austen & Co.; G. Jeff. Cross
- Condition
- Collectible-Very Good
- Binding
- No Binding
- Seller catalogs
- Business and Finance, Trade Cards, U.S. History
Barry Cassidy Rare Books
Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since May 27, 2013
Shipping rates within U.S.A.
| Item | 7 to 14 business days | 5 to 8 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | £ 4.44 | £ 18.48 |
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Store description
Our store was founded in 1975 and has been in continuous operations since then. We maintain a quality selection of books, letters and manuscripts, photographs, prints and ephemera. We are open to serious collectors Monday through Friday and suggest that you call the store before coming in. We do not send pictures or scans.
Specialty
Antiquarian and collectable booksSeller's business information
Barry Cassidy Rare Books
CA, U.S.A.
Terms of sale
We guarantee the accuracy of our descriptions, our secure packaging and our timely mailing. We do not send pictures or scans. Barry Cassidy Rare Books 2005 T Street Sacramento, CA 95811-6823 bcrbooks@ix.netcom.com 916-456-6307 Barry Cassidy, Owner and Operator
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If you are a consumer you can withdraw from the contract in accordance with the following. Consumer means any natural person who is acting for purposes which are outside his trade, business, craft or profession.
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You have the right to withdraw from this contract within 14 days without giving any reason.
The withdrawal period will expire after 14 days from the day on which you acquire, or a third party other than the carrier and indicated by you acquires, physical possession of the last good or the last lot or piece.
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If you withdraw from this contract, we will reimburse to you all payments received from you, including the costs of delivery (except for the supplementary costs arising if you chose a type of delivery other than the least expensive type of standard delivery offered by us).
We may make a deduction from the reimbursement for loss in value of any goods supplied, if the loss is the result of unnecessary handling by you.
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You shall send back the goods or hand them over to Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, California, U.S.A., +1 9164566307, without undue delay and in any event not later than 14 days from the day on which you communicate your withdrawal from this contract to us. The deadline is met if you send back the goods before the period of 14 days has expired. You will have to bear the direct cost of returning the goods. You are only liable for any diminished value of the goods resulting from the handling other than what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods.
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- The delivery of newspapers, journals or magazines with the exception of subscription contracts; and
- The supply of digital content which is not supplied on a tangible medium (e.g. on a CD or DVD) if you accepted when you placed your order that we could start to deliver it, and that you could not withdraw once delivery had started.
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