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Trade card: Bryan & Lutkins, 176 Washington St.(old no.), Hoboken, N.J., Christmas 1881.
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Trade card: Bryan & Lutkins, 176 Washington Street, Hoboken, N.J., Christmas 1881. Copyright A.B. Seeley 1881. Chromolithographed card, 2-11/16" wide x 4-3/16" high. Reverse is blank.
The street address is an old number, the current street address is 422 Washington St. A holiday advertising card for the business; type of business not stated and not yet researched.
Captioned at top "Well, Sir, what are you going to [do] about it?" A vignette of two cats about to fight over a female cat who watches over them and awaits the outcome; she wears a neck bow plus ones on her ears while holding a bouquet or nosegay as if to be a bride. A courtship / marriage situation; while amusing, its relationship to the holiday is not apparent.
2011.005.0016
2011.005
Lukacs, Claire
Gift
Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.
1881 - 1881
Date(s) Created: 1881 Date(s): 1881-1881
Good
Notes: The card was printed by A.B. Seeley with that company's copyright dated 1881 at lower left. (Augustus B. Seeley was a Boston printer at 4 Pearl St.) Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2011-03-08