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Two different designs: "Imported Goods in Ready Made Clothing."

Six cards with comic figures playing musical instruments (three the same)

One card with a portrait of George Washington

Two cards featuring women in canoes

Postcard with collision of two high wheel bicycles

"Fine Inside Shutters and Blinds, Hard Wood Work A Specialty. Also Glass, Oils, Paints, Colors, Putty, etc., etc."

"Glass, Oils, Paints, Colors, Putty, etc., etc."

"For All Coughs, Colds, Bronchial Affections, and Troubles of the Throat and Lungs use Griswold's Pulmonary Balsam."

Four different designs

Two different floral designs: "Cottage Restaurant, Watch Hill, Westerly, R.I. Open from July 1st to September 15th."

Two different designs, one in the shape of a fan

"Carpets, Paper Hangings and Curtain Goods."

Three cards with two designs featuring children: "Send us 12 Lavine Front Labels or 30 cents in cash or postage stamps and get one of our beautiful Panel Pictures…."

Eight cards with five different designs

Two cards with heads of women in pink: "Come to our Fall Opening!"

Three different designs

"Our Sixteenth Annual Exhibition Fall and Winter Clothing, now Open to the Public."

"Overcoats! Overcoats!! Overcoats!!!"

Postcard with view of Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch printed by the Kellogg & Bulkeley Company

Business card of Joseph Hall, Principal

Five different designs. Manufactured by the Weed Sewing Machine Company.

"Everything You Can Ask for in Wire."

One comic design: "A New Jersey Lillie."

Three cards with portraits of Presidents. Partners are Charles F. Hurd and Moses Mellen.

Partners are R. M. Jones and H. B. Little. "Gear Patterns and Cogging, Wood Turning, Scroll Sawing, and Shop Jobbing."

Two images of boys in uniform

"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."

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

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

Advertisement for "Rubifoam for the Teeth." Design copyrighted 1890.

"Lately Injured on the Railroad."

"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."

"Klothing, Hats, Trunks and Furnishings."

Manuscript notes with prices of engines and boilers on back.

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.

One postcard with the printed signature "J. B. Bemis."

"Ladies' and Gents' Garments of Every Description, Dyed and Cleansed." Annie Elty, Winsted, Ct., General Agent. 3 copies of card, one with manuscript notes.

Design features a horse-shoe

Brands include Hazel Kirke, Blue Ribbon, Seal of Conn., Our Bachelors, Partegas, Old Mill, La Espanola, Sports, LaRosa

"At The Pratt & Whitney Co." Officers are R. N. Pratt and Ernest Cady.

Description of Veeder Cyclometers for bicycles

Brochure listing merchandise available

Two cards with view of Mount Hood, Oregon, with Clark's name and address added with a rubber stamp in different locations

Nine different cards with different designs in different formats

Card with picture of a woman, "Compliments of J. H. Otis…."

Card with picture of a woman, "Compliments of George O. Sawyer"

Card with picture of two Japanese women

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

Letter regarding the sale of property

"Hub" Clothing House

"The Pomroy Handy Wagon. The Best Wagon in the World for the Money."

Receipt for shirt, vest, netting, etc. purchased by W. N. Kirtland

Receipt or sugar puchased by Foster & Co.

Invoice for vests, mittens, braid, corsets, thread, etc. made out Warner & Clark

Invoice for borders, embroideries, etc. purchased by Warner & Clark

Invoice for shades, etc. made out to F. D. Worth

Large card with portrait of the opera singer Adeline Patt

"Startling Sacrifice! All Mark-Down Sales Insignificant compared to this Wondrous Chance."

"Dear Sir:--Below find to-day's value of Grass, Clover and other Seeds…."

R. N. Pratt, President; Ernest Cady, Secretary and Treasurer

Invoice for fabric purchased by Warner & Clark

Full-page advertisement for the book "Guarding the Mails, or Secret Service in the United States Post-office Department" by P. H. Woodward

Form letter to newspaper seeking to place advertisement for "Secret Service of the Post-Office Department" by P.H. Woodward in exchange for a copy of the book

Advertising brochure with poem "The Music Household."

Letter to the administrator of the I. W. Strong estate enclosing statement of account

"Presented by the Bee Hive" a magnificent Emporium…." Printed by The Kellogg & Bulkeley Co. Two copies.

Includes calendar for 1887

"We quote New Norfolk Potatoes…. Send us your orders…"

Two copies. Includes price list

Three designs showing children at play. "Why Not Save Money When You Can?"

Three designs featuring birds. "Save Your Money!" "Boots & Shoes at prices hitherto unknown in Hartford."

Two copies of card depicting a boy and a girl on roller skates. One copy stamped "Jas. Mooney & Co. / Bangor, Me."

Card with picture of a young woman, inscribed "Given away with shoes at Fisk's Popular Shoe Store."

Sheet music issued by the Bee Hive printed with advertisement for holiday goods and useful presents

Invoice for overalls, pants, boots, suit for a boy, shirt, socks, hat, wrapper, etc. purchased by I. W. Strong

Two different designs, one with a horse, the other with a courting couple

Card listing assets and naming Origen S. Acee, Agent, Gainesville, Fla - 3 copies

Four-page flier with advertisements for clothing and brief history of firm

"New Home Sewing Machine Co. Orange, Mass. 30 Union Sq. New York." Two cards with different designs each featuring a woman on a path in front of a house."

"New Home Sewing Machine!" Two different designs: "What are the Wild Waves Saying" and "The Monkey and the Cat's Paw."

"Nobby and Attractive Styles in New Fall Hats." Two designs featuring children and flowers. Printed by Charles Taber & Co., New Bedford, Mass.

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

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

Lists assests, capital, outstanding claims

Invoice for tobacco purchased from the Buckeye Tobacco Works

"Genuine New Haven Rolling Spring Bed! Sold Only by Barker & Gaines…." Two different designs featuring humorous old men.

Hotel was located in Niantic, but address on card is "Hartford, Conn.", where there was apparently an office.

"Henry Ensign & Son, Clothiers, Have Removed from 174 to 68 State Street, Courant Building, Hartford, March 1st, 1881."

Two different cards with 1881 calendars and views depicting Summer and Autumn

Seven cards with 1881 calendars on the back

Advertisements for Pond's Extract products on front and back of card

Two humorous designs copyrighted by the Calvert Lith. Co. Detroit in 1881.

Design with child and flowers

Four different designs

One comic design: "Searching for Tulips."

"I could live in a desert, if only with thee."

"The Hartford Milliners": Design featuring a moth

"The Hartford Milliners": Design featuring a moth