Antique Delusion Mouse Trap 1870's Rat Catcher poem RARE Advertising Trade Card - $149 - (Englewood, CO)

Delusion Mouse Trap, Lovell Manufacturing Company Limited, Erie, Pennsylvania / Patented 1876 / 1877 (poem) "The Folding Wire Rat Trap" / "See other side." - Authentic Original Antique Victorian Business Advertising Trade Card "The Delusion" Lovell Mfg Co. Ltd, Erie, PA .... ? also related to Claudius Jones & Co., Proprietors, Bridgeport, CT ? EARLY ! -- with humorous epic advertising poetry rhyme poem about a "Great Mouse Meeting" on one side. For more - Hunting - Cards Click Here: Hunting Cards For more - FARM -related - Cards Click Here: Farm Cards For more - Rhyme / Fable / etc. - Cards Click Here: Literary Cards * * MORE GREAT pre-1900 farm / animal / literary / hunter & sporting / etc. = Visit my store: Hot Link Old Cards - Daves Great Cards Galore 19th Century American Victorian era -- This card is printed on paper stock, but was NOT a label: "See other side. / "For Sale By...." Historically Important EARLY Farm / Vintage Hunting -related Advertising Trade Card REVERSE: Illustrated Graphic Advertising - as shown above. Condition: - Evidence of aging, flaws and wear, as seen in HUGE scans. Please... SEE these HUGE SCANS for any and all FLAWS! Size: -- Approx. 5.75 x 3.25 inches. As indicated by ruler in scans. After over 30 years of collecting, I'm thinning my archives of thousands and thousands of pre-1900 cards. My inventory includes items ranging from common and affordable to one-of-a-kind rarities that I have used to illustrate my over 150 articles that I have published, along with numerous books I've published, including My now out-of-print 1996 classic that helped define the hobby of Victorian Trade Card collecting: VICTORIAN TRADE CARDS HISTORICAL REFERENCE & VALUE GUIDE, by Dave Cheadle. Be sure to subscribe to my STORE NEWSLETTER and to add me to your favorites list! As a life-long collector and social historian, and as the founding editor of the Trade Card Collectors Association's journal, "The Trade Card Quarterly," I can certify that all items o…

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