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Title
Trade card of manufacturer of umbrellas, canes, and related objects [descriptive]
Alternative Title
C. Verdier, fabrique de parapluies ...
Date Created and/or Issued
[between 1870 and 1906?]
1870/1906
Publication Information
Brussels (Belgium)
Verdier, C
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Medicine and Science
Collection
History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Original trade card forms part of: Collection no. 311, History & Special Collections for the Sciences, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, UCLA.
Card image: Fanciful seascape, with a person riding astride a floating barrel and using a parasol as a sail. The person appears to have a rifle slung across his back and is wearing a broad-brimmed, conical straw hat. There is a crescent moon with a face in the upper left corner, and a junk sailing in the right background. To the left in the background is a small strip of land with pagodas on it.
Card text: A[u Louvr]e. Maison de confiance. C. Verdier. Fabrique de parapluies, cannes, ombrelles et encas en tous genres. Fait les raccommodages. 30--Rue de Midi--30. Derrière la Bourse. Bruxelles.
Type

Identifier
https://search.library.ucla.edu/permalink/01UCS_LAL/17p22dp/alma9960994033606533
ark:/21198/zz0002hkcs
Language
French
Subject
Junks
Hats
Ocean travel
Seascapes
Sailors
Moon
Pagodas
Umbrellas
Barrels
Rifles
Source
Patent Medicine Trade Cards
History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection

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