Round Oak Collection : The museum's Round Oak Collection online
Collection:
Round Oak
Description:
Rectangular trade card, in Victorian style; trade card features parlor setting with Round Oak stove as the center piece with girl playing with toy horse and boy talking to his mother; bottom has space for dealers and this one is stamped "Curtis & Barber/ Vermontville, Mich"; backside has advertisement for Round Oak stoves and was made prior to P.D. Beckwith's death in 1889
Dimensions:
W—3.5 L—5.5 inches
Date:
1880s, c.
Notes:
Donor is owner of Days of Yore antique shop in St. Joseph and is mother of Megan Yore, former director of Public Information at SMC
Object ID:
2000—0020.0001
Object Name:
Card, trade
Search Terms:
Round Oak
Year Range from:
1880
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