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A Corn-et Dance Victorian Trade Card Bufford 1887
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Victorian Trade Card · 1887

A Corn-et Dance Victorian Trade Card Bufford 1887

Troy, New York1887Victorian Trade CardGood

Victorian chromolithograph trade card titled "A Corn-et Dance," featuring a whimsical anthropomorphic figure dressed as an ear of corn — husks as a skirt, silk tassels, playing a cornet while dancing in a cornfield. A visual pun on "cornet." Published by J. H. Bufford Sons, Boston, copyright 1887. The reverse carries advertising for S. B. Thing & Co., sole agents for "Double Thick Ball and Protection Toe Rubber Boots," at 328–330 River Street, Troy, NY.

  • Caption: "A Corn-et Dance"
  • Publisher: Copyright 1887 by J. H. Bufford Sons
  • Advertiser: S. B. Thing & Co., 328–330 River Street, Troy, NY — Rubber Boots
  • Status: Unposted
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PC-00589 · J. H. Bufford Sons, Boston — Copyright 1887
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