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Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company recruiting poster
Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company recruiting poster


  1878 Forbes Company Advertising Trade Cards
 
1878 Forbes Company Trade Cards
1878 Forbes Company Trade Cards
Item Details
  • CIRCA - 1878
  • MANUFACTURER - Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Co.
  • SIZE -  3" x 4 3/4"
  • PRICE GUIDE - $150.00 - $250.00
    Complete Set of 6 VG-EX Condition
    Common Card - $25.-$50. VG-EX


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NOTES:
 
   This set of six cards copyrighted in 1878 by the Forbes Company of Boston were used to produced advertising trade cards for merchants to use as promotional items. The cards were sold by agents across the county that would print the advertisement on stock cards  provided by the Forbes co. that featured colorfully illustrated baseball themed lithographs. Established in 1862 the Forbes Lithograph Company became a leader in multicolored packing and advertising materials. During World War I, it's artists designed patriotic recruiting posters, and in the 1940's produced maps of Europe used for the military.

  The set is of special significance as it is among the earliest of all baseball related card sets. Each of the trade cards features the title at the top in red or black ink as follows: A Fly, Foul, Home Run, Judgment, Muff, and Twist. The merchants advertisement is printed at the bottom, with "Forbes of Boston - Copyright 1879" below. Some are found with the advertisement at the top. The 3" x 4 3/4" blank back cards were printed on thin card stock.


 
 
1878 Forbes Company Trade Card Checklist

  1878 Forbes Company A Fly Baseball Card    1878 Forbes Company Foul Baseball Card    1878 Forbes Company Home Run Baseball Card 
 
A Fly
 
Foul
 
Home Run

  878 Forbes Company Judgment Baseball Card    1878 Forbes Company Muff Baseball Card    1878 Forbes Company Twist Baseball card 
 
Judgment
 
Muff
 
Twist

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