Hiscox Company (4 results)

Card. Condition: Fine. Victorian-era Medicinal Trade Card - circa 1880s. 'Everybody needs at times the invigorating help of.'. Attractive young child leaning against a wall. Printed back with full details, testimonials etc. Near mint. No creases, marks, rounded corners, album marks, not trimmed, etc. From a group recently found in top, fresh condition NOT in an album. Postage at cost. Size: 2 7/8" by 4". Book.

No Binding. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Original trade card featuring a color illustration of a man who appears under the weather with a friend who recommends that he try Parker's Tonic. No date, circa 1880s-1890s. 4 1/2" x 3. " Trade card is very clean and intact except for slight age toning and a few faint spots of discoloration. A Very Good copy. Trade card advertising Parker's Tonic, a panacea that has "[w]onderful cures of Rheumatism, Nervousness and Kidney Complaint ." Text on the back further promotes the tonic and also advertises another product, Parker's Hair Balsam. Parker's Tonic and Parker's Hair Balsam were exclusively manufactured by Hiscox & Company which was founded by David Hiscox in New York. The tonic is an example of a patent medicine, a medicinal product with questionable health benefits and curative properties at best, which proliferated during the late nineteenth century. Trade cards were antique business cards that first became popular during the late seventeenth century in Paris and Lyon, France and London, England. Trade cards were often given by business owners and proprietors to patrons and customers as a way to promote their businesses. Prior to the use of street addresses, trade cards had maps so clients could locate the associated business. Many of these cards also incorporated elaborate designs, illustrations, and other decorative features. Trade cards became popular in the United States during the nineteenth century in the period after the Civil War. The late nineteenth century also saw the advent of trade card collecting as a hobby. While they are no longer in use, trade cards influenced the formation of trading cards and were the predecessors of modern-day business cards.

No Binding. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Original trade card on gray paper with an illustration printed in purple ink on front and text printed in black ink on back. No date, circa 1880s-1910s. 4 1/2" x 3. " Trade card is very clean and intact except for minuscule corner and edge wear and a couple microscopic stains. A Very Good copy. Trade card advertising Parker's Hair Balsam, a hair "dressing" that supposedly restores the color of graying hair. The illustration shows a couple sitting in front of a mantle, the portrait of an older-looking man being the focal point. The wife says to her husband, Gus, that she would have never married him had he looked like the man in the portrait. The portrait is of Gus. Gus sits besides her, having used Parker's Hair Balsam, and looks noticeably younger. He comments on how the balsam saved him from looking like "that venerable-looking old man on the wall." Text on the back further promotes the balsam and also advertises another product, Floreston Cologne. Parker's Hair Balsam and Floreston Cologne were exclusively manufactured by Hiscox & Company which was founded by David Hiscox in New York. The balsam is an example of a patent medicine, a medicinal product with questionable health benefits and curative properties at best, which proliferated during the late nineteenth century. Trade cards were antique business cards that first became popular during the late seventeenth century in Paris and Lyon, France and London, England. Trade cards were often given by business owners and proprietors to patrons and customers as a way to promote their businesses. Prior to the use of street addresses, trade cards had maps so clients could locate the associated business. Many of these cards also incorporated elaborate designs, illustrations, and other decorative features. Trade cards became popular in the United States during the nineteenth century in the period after the Civil War. The late nineteenth century also saw the advent of trade card collecting as a hobby. While they are no longer in use, trade cards influenced the formation of trading cards and were the predecessors of modern-day business cards.

Card. Condition: Fine. Victorian-era Medicinal Trade Card - circa 1880s. 'Rescued from a bed of suffering - brings the bloom of health to the cheek and delight to the heart'. Attractive young woman wearing a large bonnet. Printed back with full details, testimonials etc. Near mint. No creases, marks, rounded corners, album marks, not trimmed, etc. From a group recently found in top, fresh condition NOT in an album. Postage at cost. Size: 2 7/8" by 4". Book.