Trade card for Household Sewing Machine Co.

trade card

Trade card for Household Sewing Machine Co., Providence, RI [general offices New York, Boston, Chicago]; color lithograph of 2 children carrying child and net in fish basket on the beach, sailboat at right; printed upper left "Presented by/ Household/ Sewing Machine/ Co./ PROVIDENCE, R.I."; printed lower right "COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY DONALDSON BROTHERS, N.Y." (printed by); rubberstamped on back "CHASTIN & CO,/ ROACHDALE, I[N]D"; handwritten in pencil "Gladys" and "LA169" and "[$]8.00". F. Calabretta notes: A fisherman's net trails behind as children enjoy a walk, and one of them a ride, at the seashore.