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Crescent Wash Board Trade Card

1 folder (0.1 linear feet)

(circa 1890)

Edward H. Nabb Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury, University, Salisbury, Maryland

Identifier SC2014.033
Creator(s) Calvert Lithograph Company
Acquisition

Acquired by Dr. Beatriz Hardy (Dean of SU Libraries and Instructional Resources) in 2014.

SC2014.033
Language(s) English
Use Records are open for research. Copyright, including literary rights, belongs to the author(s) or their legal heirs. Permission to publish or reproduce must be obtained from the Nabb Research Center which extends beyond "fair use."
Preferred Citation "Item, collection title and identifier, box # and folder # (if applicable), Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland."
Attribution Finding aid written by Ian Post.
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Abstract

This Victorian trade card was created by the Calvert Lithograph Company and was an advertisement for Crescent Wash Board. While the back contains a description of the zinc wash boards, the front depicts a bandaged Irishman with his wife telling another Irishmen, in Irish vernacular, why he bought his wife a Crescent wash board.

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