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Proprietors are K. C. Kingsley and H. G. O. Miller

"Perfected Spectacles and Eye-Glasses, Opera Glasses, Optical Instruments and Drawing Materials."

"Examine the Ivers & Pond Pianos. Matchless in Tone." Two different designs featuring children.

Dealers in Pharmaceutical Preparations, Toilet Articles, Wines for Medicinal Use, Mineral Waters, Etc.

Dealers in Pharmaceutical Preparations, Toilet Articles, Wines for Medicinal Use, Mineral Waters, Etc.

Two different floral designs

"Pen - Brush & Crayon." 2 copies of same card.

Three different designs

"Dealer in Drugs, Medicines, Toilet Articles, etc. Choice Brands of Cigars a Specialty."

When held to light, cards reveal advertisement for "Union Club Coffee."

"Assortment the Largest, Prices the Lowest."

Printed by Clay & Richmond, Buffalo, N.Y.

"Shawls, Silks, Satins, Bombazines, Alpacas, &c."

"Choice Butter and Fresh Eggs a Specialty."

"Scenes of Childhood" copyrighted, Bufford, Boston.

"Keystone Improved Silver Watch Cases, Fine Jewelry, Sold Silverware, Silver Plated Ware, Clocks, &c."

"Climax Mowing Machine Oil, for Mowers, Threshers, Reapers, &c., Little Giant Lubricator for Lawn Mowers, Fine Engine Oils, Light and Dark Axle Oils, Harness Oil."

Partners are C. A. Lovell and S. G. Tracy. Successors to C. A. Lovell and Company.

Image depicts the Main Exhibition Building at the 1876 International Exhibition in Philadelphia.

"Established 1841. Incorporated 1879. Telephone 21-2."

"C.B.D. Clothing House" Six different comic designs

One card depicting a boy with a basket and a flowering branch

"Established 1841. Incorporated 1879. Telephone 21-2."

Partners are F. A. Marcy and C. W. Haynes

"Clocks put in order in any part of the City."

Four floral designs

Four different designs, one advertising "Singing, Talking, and Fancy Birds."

Seventeen different designs

"Gray Hair A Specialty." "Ladies' and Children's Bang Cutting, Curling, and Shampooing."

Two different designs: "North side of the New Post Office"

Printed by Steam Press of A. W. Lang, 96 Asylum Street.

Card shows man and woman in motorette in mountains. In 1911 a motorette took part in a cross-country race.

Two different floral designs

"I have a full assortment of the latest styles and novelties in Millinery, which I offer at lowest living prices…" Printed by Bufford, Boston.

"Books and Stationery, Toys and Fancy Good, Cigars, Tobacco, Confectionery, Circulating Library, Employment Office…. Collars, Cuffs and Gents Furnishing Goods, and other articles too numerous to mention."

One floral design

"Opening of Fall Styles, Saturday, Sept. 18th and Monday, Sept. 20th."

"Blue Store. Custom Tailoring a Specialty. All Goods Can be Returned if not Soiled and Money Cheerfully Refunded. Look for the Blue Building."

"Klothing, Hats, Trunks and Furnishings."

"I also inform my friends that I buy all my live stock and vegetables for cash."

One design featuring monkeys

Three designs featuring dogs and birds

Two different designs each featuring a woman surrounded by patchwork

Back of card lists other Hartford businesses

"Headquarters for Trusses, Abdominal Supports, Elastic Stockings, Anklets, Knee Caps, Etc."

Four different designs

"Compliments of J. Samuels & Co.'s New England Boot and Shoe House."

"Compliments of E. A. Perry." Three different designs featuring couples

Partners are Hirschberg and Samuels

Two different designs

"Hot Meals, 25c. Ice Cream all Flavors."

One floral design

Two different designs printed by Charles Shields Sons, New York

Two different designs printed by Charles Shields Sons, New York

Five humorous designs

Eleven miscellaneous designs

One humorous design featuring a large man on a small polo pony

Three designs illustrating "Jack and Jill," printed by Charles Shields Sons, New York

"Oysters delivered to any part of the city free of charge."

"Delicious and Fragrant Tassa Cures Sore Throats in 3 or 4 Hours, Prevents Dipththeria, and all Throat Troubles such as Bronchitis, Hoarseness, Loss of Voice, Tickling of Throat, Sudden Colds, &C. &c. and for the relief of Consumption."

Partners are O. D. Woodruff and J. E. Woodruff. Two different romantic designs.

"Breakfast Cocoa" "Caramels" "Imported Chocolate" "Fine Bon-Bons." Three different designs

Also "Cocoa, Chocolate, Broma, &c."

"Extra Family Flour, Crockery, Stone, Wood and Willow Ware, Brass and Wood Clocks."

W. Ketchum, Proprietor. Note on back: "Park Central blown to pieces Feb 18, 1889. / Monday morning."

Card in the shape of an artist's pallette. "The White Sewing Machine / The Best in the World."

"All Kinds of Paper Made to Order at Manufacturers' Prices."

Manuscript notes with prices of engines and boilers on back.

"This Man bought a Carriage of Pomroy… Sold by Geo. H. Olmsted, Jr."

C. V. Chapin, Manager. "First Class Accommodations for Regular and Transient Boarders. Special Rates for Commercial Travelers."

Printed by A. W. Lang, Steam Printer, 96 Asylum.

"We use and recommend the Paints manufactured by the Acme White Lead and Color Works, Detroit, Mich."

"All Kinds of Carriages and Wheel Work, from the Connecticut Oak & Hickory."

Five comic designs featuring vegetables

Nine floral designs

Location of Fire Alarm Boxes on back of card

"New Files on Hand and Made to Order."

"Bennett & Moulton's Comic Opera Company… will present the following Operas… "

Four different designs featuring cats. "First Annual Celebration of the present management."

One Oriental design

Four different designs

Two different designs

Two different designs

One design featuring a bird and butterfly

"Pure No. 1 Pervian Guano; Coe's Super Phosphate of Lime; Pure Bone Dust; Land Plaster; Genuine Lodi Poudrette; Castor Pummace; Ag'l Lime; Fish Guano."

"Eating That's Our Specialty… Try one of our 20 cent dinners…." "10345 People were served by us in our first year just ended."

Card features portraits of Dwight L. Moody and Ira D. Sankey

Two images of boys in uniform

Two different cards, each with a profile portrait of a woman, one signed "Anderson" and one signed "Favart."

"Plated Ware, Fine Jewelry, Boss Pat. Cases."

"I bought my spectacles of R. S. Eldridge." Two designs featuring cats wearing eyeglasses

Lester S. Hills, Proprietor. "Renovated, Refitted and Refurnished… Fine Billiard Hall in the House."

"Also a Fine Assortment of Jewelry."

Advertisement on back of carte-de-visite photograph of a woman: "We also present free of charge with each and every Dollar's worth of goods bought of us, an elegant Chromo, Engraving or Lithorgraph, which retails from 50 Cents to $1.50."

Two copies of card featuring butterflies. "A full line of Drugs, Patent Medicines and Necessities, at Lowest Prices."

"Call and see what a dollar will buy." Card with photograph: "Learning A.B.C."