Harriet Beecher Stowe 1895 Shadow Picture Woolson Spice Toledo Coffee Trade Card

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"Shadow Picture ... Harriet Beecher Stowe...." - 19th Century Business Card / 1800's Victorian Advertising Trade Card.Silhouette of Harriet Beecher Stowe's famous profile 1895 Shadow Picture / Antique Victorian Advertising Trade CardFor more - Author / Theater / Stage / etc. - Cards For more - WOMEN - Cards For more - African-American Black / Ethnic - Cards For more - See Through / Hold-to-the-Light / Metamorphic / etc. -- Cards * * MORE GREAT pre-1900 food / women / coffee / Uncle Tom's Cabin / etc. = Visit my store:Hot Link Old Cards - Daves Great Cards GaloreCopyright 1895: Silhouette of Harriet Beecher Stowe / FlowersDesigned as a Hold-to-Light / HTL novelty card."With a pair of scissors cut out this head..." etc. "Offer Expires Jan. 1, 1896."--- Woolson Spice Co., Toledo - Lion Coffee"... By holding the cut out figure between a lamp or gas jet and the wall,a shadow picture of ..."Harriet Beecher Stowe"will be seen. A little practice will secure good resultsand a life-like profile..."DATES to 1895!NOTE: DIRECTIONS are given for cutting this card up!No wonder so few examples survived... and why you've probablynever seen one of these period Wild West Show artifacts before! Reverse: -- as shown Below .Condition : Evidence of aging, flaws and wear, as seen in HUGE scans.Obverse: -- as shown Above .Condition : NOTE: edge damage tears, read more