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This is a nineteenth-century advertising trade card for John P. Schaum, gas fitter and plumber, whose business was located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The other side of the card features an illustration with a rabbit and flowers.

Chandeliers, Coal Oil Lamps, and Gas Fixtures.
Stoves, Heaters, and Ranges.
Gas Fitting and Plumbing.
John P. Schaum,
No. 24 South Queen Street, Lancaster, Pa.

The featured typefaces include Belgian (Bruce, 1867) and Fashion (Farmer, 1876). Most of the typefaces come from the catalog of MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan in Philadelphia. This includes Broadgauge (a foundry version of a design previously seen in wood as Antique Tuscan Extended, 1869) French Clarendon Shaded (1871), Cloister (1873), Glyptic Shaded, Caxtonian (both 1878), and Kitcat (1883). The grot on the back is a version of a design that was known in Germany as Moderne Steinschrift.

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The business card of Sylvester A. Mitchell (1828–1915), who was a mica miner and farmer in Alstead, New Hampshire.

S. A. Mitchell,
Miner of & Dealer in Mica,
Alstead, New Hampshire

The first two lines appear to be set in two widths of a Celtic. “MICA” is in caps from Antique Tuscan Extended. The place name combines Antique Extended (light) (precursor of Hellenic Wide) with what looks like a less wide variant of the big type, that is Antique Tuscan (see also Antique Pointed).

The card is undated. Judging from the typefaces and Mitchell’s life span, it might be from the 1870s or 1880s.

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The red cover features the band’s iconic winged A logo. Based on an earlier version drawn by the band’s former guitarist and founding member Raymond Tabano in 1974, it first appeared in this form around 1976. The title at the top is set in caps from Antique Tuscan Extended. Design concept by Janet Perr, cover design by John Berg.

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From Ohio History Connection:

Dated 1885, this broadside advertises dry goods and other items, such as hats, caps, boots and shoes, overalls, ladies’ and children’s hose, notions of all kinds, glass and queensware, crockery, wooden-ware, iron-ware, etc., sold at discounted prices from February 1, 1885–March 4, 1885, in honor of President-elect Grover Cleveland, at Calvin & Frazier in Lena, Ohio.

The typographic design opens with a big “LOOK HERE!”, printed from a wood type version of French Clarendon. The other larger lines are set in Antique Tuscan Extended (“Cash or Trade“, “DRY GOODS”), Gothic Round (“COME AND SEE”), and Bailey Shaded (“OUR WELL SELECTED STOCK!”). Most text is set in a sans of narrow proportions, possibly Gothic Condensed No. 5. There’s also a Clarendon/Ionic and a few more unidentified typefaces.