Subject: Fruit industry

This trade card advertises A. B. Springsteen, a grocery and provision merchant located at 447 East Broadway, Albany, New York. [This card was at the Library of Congress exhibit in Cincinnati in 2005.] The card features a girl dressed in white, a girl dressed in yellow, and a girl dressed in red, all holding jars of preserved fruit or pickles. [These are likely images of Lucca's Italian preserved fruit, one of the major brands A.B. Springsteen carried.] The card has a blue border.

This trade card advertises Cohen, Steinkeller & Nathan, wholesale commission merchants of fruits and vegetables, in Chicago, Illinois. The card is printed in black and white, featuring a simple design with the company name, address, and services printed in a decorative font. The front of the card lists their address as 944 Randolph Street, Chicago, Illinois. It also notes that they specialize in carload shipments. The back of the card is blank.

This trade card features an illustration of a boy with a baseball bat attempting to hit apples on a tree. The card has a pink flower border around the edge. The background is green and the sky is blue. There are three other cards associated with this card in the collection. [The back of the card has an advertisement, but the details of the business are not clear.]

This trade card advertises H. M. Strauss & Co., fruit dealers located at 116-117 Sheriff Street in Cleveland, Ohio. The card features a large watermelon as its central image. The watermelon is depicted in full color, with a green rind and a red interior. The card also has a telephone number, 476, printed on the front. The back of the card is blank.

This trade card advertises Myers, Weil & Co., a fruit and produce merchant located at 670 Broadway S.E., Cleveland, Ohio. The front of the card features a lithograph of fruits, depicting a wide variety of colorful and enticing produce. The back of the card includes a photograph of the business owners. The card is printed on blue card stock.