Two Paper Doll Advertising Trade Cards, Compliments of the Western and Southern Life Insurance Company, Cincinnati, Ohio

No place noted: No publisher or printer listed, No date [c. 1890s]. Ephemera no binding. [PAPER DOLLS] [ADVERTISING PREMIUM]. 5 3/16” x 2 7/8”; stiff paper stock; chromolithograph uncut paper doll with directions for play on recto, verso advertising text; abrasion to verso of one card in upper right corner; boy card fine, girl card very good plus. Bajorek p.147. Very good +. Item #1314

The boy paper doll advertising card features a 3 ¾” uncut doll dressed in white undergarments with red stockings and black button shoes. Included are a navy military style costume with a sword and hat, and a white sailor suit featuring a red collar and neckerchief, and a hat. The girl doll is 3 9/16” tall wearing white undergarments and blue stockings and black strap shoes. Included are two coats, one a pale blue coat trimmed in white fur with a muff, and a straw bonnet with a blue bow, the second is a red coat trimmed with brown fur and tied with a large blue and white sash with a white fur bonnet.

The Western & Southern Life Insurance Company was established in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1888 and continues to operate today.

Price: $85.00