[Engraver:] Paris: P. L. Morin, [ca. 1885?]. Engraved trade card on white card stock, printed recto only, 3 x 4.5 inches. Larochelle appears in the columns of both the Telegraphic Journal and Electrical Review (May 23, 1885) and the Bulletin de la Société internationale des électriciens, vol. II (Paris, 1885)..... More
[Louisville]: L. Bergman, Photo, [between 1872-1878]. Original albumen portrait of Monsch (3.5 x 2.25 inches) on a CDV mount with a printed caption. An occupational-promotional photo card—Monsch sits on a beer keg in Louis Bergman’s photo studio and leans against two more stacked kegs. Trade directories have Louis Bergman setting..... More
(Indianapolis: Gordon & Wilson Photographers, 36-1/2 East Washington St.), [ca. 1869]. Original vignette portrait of Rupp (approx. 2 inches high) on a typographically elaborate CDV mount printed in red, green, and black inks. An attractive photographic-typographic Gilded Age trade card for this German-born merchant-tailor, in business in Indianapolis from 1861..... More
