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J. M. Trout
Owner and operator of fire sand quarries. Also loam beds. Landisville, Penna.
G. H. Thomas, western sales agt., Latrobe, Penna.
Pluck Print.
David Bachman Landis, who designed and printed this business card, wrote about J. M. (Jacob M.) Trout (1858-1935) and his father, Jacob S. Trout, in "Mineral Deposits and Works of the Hempfields," an artilce that appeared in the Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, v. 8, no. 8 (June 3, 1904), p. 247:
" . . . Jacob S. Trout discovered a valuable bed of silica or 'fire' sand, in 1870. Experiments with this sand demonstrated its superior value in the construction of furnaces and the manufacture of steel and iron. Mr. Trout shortly after opened a large trade for his sand, and regularly shipped from Landisville station many carloads of it to the great works of the Pennsylvania Steel Company, at Steelton, and other steel and iron works in Central Pennsylvania. . . . Since the death of Jacob S. Trout, in the year 1893, his son, J. M. Trout (who resides in the village of Landisville at the present time) has taken up the silica sand business and has been shipping thousands of tons to different iron workers, as far West as Chicago, Ill., and East to Massachusetts."
Compare the wiry borders in the design of this card with those used in the return address on an envelope for Charles S. Frantz, Graduate Ophthalmic Optician, Watchmaker, and Jeweler, Lancaster, Pa.
Doll I was commissioned for by a customer on Etsy. She came up with the concept, I made the doll.
"Ephemera smiles a lot and likes to people watch. Curious but shy, she will follow those who get lost in the woods and secretly guide them back to the right path. She is waiting for the day when someone will notice her."
Doll: Spectra, rerooted in white
Clothes: Cloak by Catzilerella (you can find her on Etsy here: www.etsy.com/shop/catzilerella)
Dress by Melovegrangles and altered by me. Vest-Spectra altered by me. Shoes customized by me.
Herbert Bayer (1900 – 1985)
Carte postale / Postcard © 1988 Gebr. König Postkartenverlag Serie 142 Bauhaus Utopien
Wills's Cigarettes "Heraldic Signs & Their Origin" series of 25 large sized cards issued in 1925
#23 The Gauntlet
I love sharing vintage ephemera, especially children’s art. Please feel free to copy, cut and paste any of these vintage images. I would also love to see any finished work that you have done. Best Wishes, Shelece
This arrived in a tattered old geography school book. The little hand drawn gem you see here appears to be a student assignment, hand drawn with compass and pen.