American Historical Ephemera & Photography

3 1/2 x 6 in. printed cards (some with edge and corner wear, light chipping and loss). Each with copyright of Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati, Ohio.

Highlights include:

31 calendar cards for January-December 1904, produced for the Bullock Electric Manufacturing Company, featuring Nos. 25-36 from the series "Great Men of Science & Engineering." A complete set of 12 is included as well as some duplicates from the 1904 series. The following subjects are offered here (with number of cards noted): Sir Oliver L. Lodge (3), Thomas A. Edison (3), William Spottiswoode (3), Andre E. Blondel (3), Charles Proteus Steinmetz (4), Sir William Siemens (2), Alexander Graham Bell (4), Dr. Michael Idvorski Pupin (3), Frank J. Sprague (1), Joseph Henry (2), Sir William Crookes (2), and Nikola Tesla (1). Each card includes a portrait of the subject surrounded by arts and crafts designs, with biographical information printed on reverse. Accompanied by partial box

[With:] 2 printed calendar cards for 1897, including January and March (poor condition, major surface loss to illustrated side of each card). -- Printed calendar card for 1899, January (poor condition, major surface loss to illustrated side of card). -- 3 printed calendar cards for 1902, including November and December (2). -- Printed calendar card for 1904, January (scattered surface abrasions to illustrated side). -- 2 printed calendar cards for 1908, including February and August. -- Printed calendar card for 1909, December. -- 5 printed calendar cards for 1911, including January, March, June, July, and November. -- 6 printed calendar cards for 1910, including April, June, July, August, November, and December (vertical crease through November). -- 6 printed calendar cards for 1912, including January, February March, May, August, and September. -- Undated card issued by Strobridge Lith. Co, stating, "We do Embossing."