Check out all the gorgeous vintage Singer Sewing Machine litho advertising tradecards featured on The Daily Heller graphic design blog.
Singer made dozens of colorful ad cards, and they are pretty, as well as pretty available to collectors. You can often find the whole set for less than $100 on ebay. (Link to ebay search Trade Cards: Singer)
See even more Singer Sewing Machine National Costumes Series card images on the Wisconsin Historical Society's website.
Box lid the set of cards came in as a Souvenir of the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893
Victorian lithographed tradecards are a fascinating branch of ephemera collecting, with about every imaginable image subject portrayed in vivid colors by a million companies. A great place to start your exploration of the genre is Collectors Weekly's Trade Cards page with links, articles, images, and ebay completed prices.
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