Parker and Wood Seeds and Tools Victorian Watermelon Man Trade Card floating leaves floating faces which expanded to include 314

which expanded to include 314 colors

I think they're just so beautiful

Cards measure approx 2 1/2" x 1 1/2" each

Unemployed in 1935

likely mid-20th century

Parker and Wood Seeds and Tools Victorian Watermelon Man Trade Card floating leaves floating faces which expanded to include 314This is my favorite trade card I've found, c. 1890 or so I believe, and a pretty rare one the only other copy I can find of it out there is held int he Cornell University Library Rare and Manuscript Collection. What a face, and what a watermelon, and how much fun I think it would have been to visit Parker & Wood's Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Store (with celebrated ice tools!) in Boston, located just a few steps from historic Faneuil Hall. 5 1 8" x