Today we have a handsome Victorian trade card which boasts a peaceful chromolithograph of a scene of an attractive couple being shuttled in a boat on a calm lake. This sort of stock card with a fashionable scene would have been purchased in bulk from a catalog by a retailer who had his own information printed on the reverse.
In this instance, the card was used by The Great China and Japan Tea Company of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
The reverse reads:
FROM
35 NORTH THIRD ST.,
Opera House Building, Harrisburg, Pa.
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If you wish to taste a TEA in perfection
TRY OUR 50-CENT MIXED!
It is a blend of several Teas, each one in such proportion as not to destroy the flavor of either.
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OUR DELICIOUS COFFEES!
At 20 and 25 cents per pound, beat anything in the market
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Please give us a call, as we consider it not only a pleasure, but a privilege to serve you. DON’T MISS THE PLACE.
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The Great China and Japan Tea Co.
35 NORTH THIRD STREET
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