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"Buy the Light Running Domestic" (sewing machine) Measures 5" wide by 3" high, circa 1885. This is the only card of its type we've come across. Though you would never know by looking at it, this is actually an advertisement for the Domestic Sewing Machine Company. Issued briefly by Domestic, these single-sided cards are extremely scarce, especially in this condition. Never folded, no tears or fading, colors are numerous and bright, one corner has a minor stain, corners are square though one corner was bent long ago and has a small piece of backing detached (virtually invisible from front - see photo). Though the illustration is pretty, we doubt it was an effective instrument to compel people to buy sewing machines, which is probably the reason it was short-lived. Quite rare, quite beautiful.
Item Number:
9910-00
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