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1870-1880's Old Frontier Kansas Trade & Expo Cards
1881 Kansas Fair Pass
$30.00
Do you realize how few documented items have survived from this era in this old west state? "Western National Fair..2nd Annual Expo...Sept. 5-10, 1881". Issued to a small town newspaper owner. Also 6 individual day tear-off stubs.
(Cat. #12997) Sale: Was $50.00, now 30.00
(Cat. #12997) Sale: Was $50.00, now 30.00
Kansas Cowtown Horse Related Trade Card
$50.00
Card from a stable, livery & feed store in Wichita. Some soiling. Could be dated with some research. (Cat. #14134)
Sale: Was $80.00, now $50.00
Sale: Was $80.00, now $50.00
1881 Kansas District Fair Complimentary Pass
$30.00
Black on blue & stamped with an embossed seal. "Sept. 26th to October 1st, 1881, Neosho Valley District Fair, Neosho Falls, Kansas". Inked-in to J.S. Gilmore who was a newspaper editor. (Cat. #13031)
Sale: Was $50.00, now $30.00
Sale: Was $50.00, now $30.00
1881 Atchison, Kansas Expo Pass
$24.00
Green on green complimentary pass from " Atchison Industrial Expo & Agricultural Fair". Also, 6 daily admission stubs dated Sept. 26 to Oct. 1, 1881. (Cat. #12982) $40.00, now $24.00
Olden Kansas Newspaper Ephemera
$14.00
This trade card from the man who owned all the wonderful cards in this hoard "Jno. S. Gilmore" . He owned several newspapers. This card from "Neodesha, Kansas...Best Advertising Medium in the Verdigris Valley...Sub $2.00 per year". (Cat. #13029)
Sale: Was $25.00, now $14.00
Sale: Was $25.00, now $14.00
Lawrence, KS Trade Card
$14.00
This town marked in time by Missouri pro-slavery troops attacking it and killing many. "The Democratic Standard (newspaper) Lawrence, Kansas". Also, a list of officers. Back: Advertising rates, and "Circulation 5,000 copies". (Cat. #13027)
Sale: Was $25.00, now $14.00
Sale: Was $25.00, now $14.00
1872 Complimentary County Fair Pass
$24.00
1872 Complimentary County Fair Pass - From Southeast Kansas "Allen County Agricultural & Mechanical Association 1st Annual Fair, Iola (KS), October 2-5, 1872". Very early.
(Cat. #13026) Was $40.00, Papermania Sale, now $24.00
(Cat. #13026) Was $40.00, Papermania Sale, now $24.00
1884 KS Agricultural Fair
$22.00
"1884 Montgomery County Agricultural Society Sept 30th & Oct. 1-3". Issued & signed by assoc. secretary. No mention of the state but 90% of these card were issued in KS & there is a Montgomery country there. (Cat. #13000)
Sale: Was $30.00, now $20.00
Sale: Was $30.00, now $20.00
Old West Kansas Grocer's Biz Card
$12.00
Offered by "Ald. A. Baker / Wholesale Grocers / Emporia, Kansas". Lovely condition. (Cat. 12989)
Sale: Was $20.00, now $12.00
Sale: Was $20.00, now $12.00
Vintage Kansas Fair Pass
$24.00
"1881, Ninth Annual...Montgomery County Agricultural Fair Assn., Independence (KS)." Pretty multicolor pass. Probably, one-of-a-kind. (Cat. #13025) Sale: Was $40.00, now $24.00
Pass for 1st Fair in Wilson County, KS
$22.00
"1890 1st Annual Fair / Wilson County Agricultural Assn. Held at Fredonia, Kansas". Serrated edge. (Cat. #13010)
Sale: Was $35.00, now $22.00
Sale: Was $35.00, now $22.00
Black & White Trade Card
$12.00
Proves there were specialty food companies in the old west, even in tiny hamlets such as this. (Cat. #12981)
Sale: Was $20.00, now $12.00
Sale: Was $20.00, now $12.00
Tiny Western Town Trade Card
$12.00
"J.S. McMillan & Co...Groceries & Provisions...Florence, Kansas. Highest prices paid for country produce". (Cat. #13005)
Sale: Was $20.00, now $12.00
Sale: Was $20.00, now $12.00
