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Been rummaging again....in an old letter box... the stuff in it is about 1888 up to around WWI....my first question is why would they put the "Ladies" card ads in with Tobacco??? The other 5 cards are 4 1/2" x 3 1/8", look to be hand cut, have the words "Post Card" stamped on the back and a small box for a stamp....they also look trimmed....but not sure about that part.....

So, now they ARE all posting as full images.....they weren't before....

 

WOW! NICE!!! Love them all!!!
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Well women smoked then too so... Right?

 

Poem cards are WWI vintage - at least the language and political references make me think that. Same with the last (the one attached but not inserted.) Since all of those verses are attributed to the same author, they're probably all that age, although I don't really "get" the one about Texas.

I would guess that the fashion dolls were something the "father" could give to the children (to justify the purchase of this particular brand?)

 

Yikes, I suppose!!! And thanks.....This stuff I have to think about selling or selling with the whole letter box.....I just don't see the younger relatives having the interest...........

 

Here is a sale of a large set of the Blackwell's Durham Fashion Dolls. I don't have a subscription so don't know the final price:

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/35490947_blackwells-durham-fashion-dolls

 

Googled E. Fisk and didn't get this guy.

 

I had not thought to look for Fisk! I looked for "slacker's excuse" and "fisk" and found a copyright date of 1917, and that his first name was Elmer. He lived in San Antonio, Texas.

From the Catalog of Copyright Entries:
https://books.google.com/books?id=Y...v=onepage&q="slacker's excuse" "fisk"&f=false

 

That lot went for $170....I think + 20% buyers premium........forgot that I DO belong!!!! Thanks Fig!!!!

 

@Bakersgma I found the following similar poem by E. Fisk on this link....it's alphabetical....scroll most of the way down the page http://www.cowboysong.com/cards/cardsa1.html doesn't really impress me though!!!

 

Thank you Fig!!!

So it looks like he got 4 of the 5 I have copyrighted...the 5th one he got was "Then I'm coming back to you" which I don't have, but I have instead "A Soldier's Prayer".....All Seem to be for 1917....very cool....now if I can figure out a value!!!! Thank you all for your HELP!!!!!

 

I wonder how many little girls begged their papas to buy Blackwell's...

This is interesting to me, because my parents insisted upon buying cigarettes that had coupons they could collect and trade for stuff. By the time they were doing this, it required thousands of coupons to redeem for anything worth having.