Object Record
| Object Name | Card, Trade |
| Date | ca. 1890 |
| Description | Trade card. Chromolithograph on paper in the shape of a spool of thread. Illustration of a woman and a young child, with a crib in the background at right. A large spool of "CLARK'S / O.N.T. / SPOOL COTTON" thread is on the floor, and the woman is using a piece of thread from the spool to assist the child in standing. Printed at bottom: "NOTHING STRONGER CAN THERE BE, THAN MOTHER'S LOVE AND O.N.T." Printed on reverse: "If the Lady who reads this card / will buy / CLARK'S / O.N.T. / SPOOL COTTON / SHE WILL GET THE / BEST THREAD FOR HAND& MACHINE SEWING. / IT IS WOUND ON / WHITE SPOOLS /..." Stamped mark on reverse: "FOR SALE AT / DRAKE'S EMPORIUM / SUMMERVILLE, S.I." |
| Acquisition | Collection of the Staten Island Historical Society |
| Earliest Date | 1885 |
| Latest Date | 1900 |
| Material | Paper |
| Subjects |
Advertising Trade cards Sewing Ephemera |
| Lexicon Sub-category | Advertising Medium |
| Associated People |
Drake, J. Sterling |
| Catalog Number | X12.0025 |
| Support Acknowledgment | Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, December 2012. |
| Legal Status | Items represented here are from the collections of the Staten Island Historical Society. Materials reproduced for personal non-commercial use must credit the Staten Island Historical Society. Commercial licensing is available. |