Scrapbooks could be found in just about EVERY home... from the Wealthy, who spent a good amount of money on Albums
that were specifically designed to paste scraps, trade cards
and other paper ephemera on blank pages... to those living Less Lavishly, who used old Ledgers or Books
to paste their momentos directly over the book's text.
But, as that saying so often reminds us...
You Can't Judge A Book By It's Cover...
Since the trade cards were handed-out, FREE to All ~ Every person, small and large, had the same chance to take home the trade cards and create with a little paste and a great deal of imagination! This is the beauty of and the wonder found in the Victorian Scrapbook !
Journey Through A Scrapbook's Pages
and Discover What Is Was That People Liked Enough To Save Them!
Porter's Patent Window & Door Screen Corners |
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With/Without Inset Center Image |
The immediate appeal of the above card for Porter's Patent Window & Door Screen Corners, is the COLOR! Although the lithographer is not known, great details were tended to as shown in all three inset depictions of their wares. The center image shows a home using the product on the left-hand side -- and to it's right... a shambles of a home without them!
Metamorphic AND Before & After |
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See What Buckingham's Dye Can Do - Just Flip the Flap |
This Card Shows How Well The Dye Works! |
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Buckingham's Dye is a wonderful example of a METAMORPHIC/Before and After trade card. By merely un-folding the paper stock, the image is transformed to show what one will look like after using the dye. Metamorphic cards show a change of some kind.
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Tarrant's Seltzer Apertient, is another example of a Metamorphic, or Before and After, trade card.
Tarrant's Seltzer Aperient |
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Donaldson Brothers, Five Points, New York |
Above is the BEFORE taking the patent medicine. |
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This is the AFTER having taken it... No More Headache! |
Peytona Cigar - stock images |
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