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06 May 2018
10:56:12pm
I am starting a thread for anyone who would like to share the clever uses of postal cards by businesses and salesmen to "peddle their wares." They can be from any country, postal card or picture post card, used to promote a product or service. I will start with two that I have in my collection.

Always smile,
Linus

A salesman's postal card from Waterloo, Iowa to Dike Hardware in Dike, Iowa, 1925...

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07 May 2018
12:34:12am
re: Peddler Postal Cards

How interesting!

I had to see if I could find any references to F.O.K. & Co.

A catalog listing from the Smithsonian (although the actual document does not appear to be viewable online):

http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/SILNMAHTL_14559

And a catalog listed on eBay (no date specified, but there are a couple of interior pics):

https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-FARWELL-OZMUN-KIRK-CO-SPIRAL-BOUND-MAIL-ORDER-WANT-BOOK-ADVERTISING-/361355121663?autorefresh=true

Looks like they were wholesalers of household and automotive goods to hardware stores.

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07 May 2018
12:51:15am
re: Peddler Postal Cards

At first, I was going to also going to upload the images from the eBay listing directly, because it'll disappear in a few weeks.

I downloaded the images to my computer, with the intention of quickly uploading them to this post, but it turns out they exceed the size restrictions of the board, so I'll have to get back to that at some point in the hopefully not-too-distant future when I can open up Photoshop and perform the transformations.

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07 May 2018
01:06:06am
re: Peddler Postal Cards

I figured out how to do it quickly with Irfanview Batch.

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07 May 2018
01:08:14am
re: Peddler Postal Cards

I'm wondering if this item is just an order book, and not a catalog.

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edited to add:

Definitely an order book! Just found a listing for a 1948 catalog, 4800 pages.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1948-Farwell-Ozmun-Kirk-Co-Catalog-4800-Pages-Index-Hunt-Fish-Tools-Guns/142415055720?hash=item2128994b68:g:Id0AAOSwwzhZQZda

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Linus

06 May 2018
10:56:12pm

I am starting a thread for anyone who would like to share the clever uses of postal cards by businesses and salesmen to "peddle their wares." They can be from any country, postal card or picture post card, used to promote a product or service. I will start with two that I have in my collection.

Always smile,
Linus

A salesman's postal card from Waterloo, Iowa to Dike Hardware in Dike, Iowa, 1925...

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A cake mix coupon gives you 10 cents off in 1949...

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APS #187980
07 May 2018
12:34:12am

re: Peddler Postal Cards

How interesting!

I had to see if I could find any references to F.O.K. & Co.

A catalog listing from the Smithsonian (although the actual document does not appear to be viewable online):

http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/SILNMAHTL_14559

And a catalog listed on eBay (no date specified, but there are a couple of interior pics):

https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-FARWELL-OZMUN-KIRK-CO-SPIRAL-BOUND-MAIL-ORDER-WANT-BOOK-ADVERTISING-/361355121663?autorefresh=true

Looks like they were wholesalers of household and automotive goods to hardware stores.

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"You gotta put down the duckie if you wanna play the saxophone. (Hoots the Owl -- Sesame Street)"

www.hipstamp.com/sto ...
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APS #187980
07 May 2018
12:51:15am

re: Peddler Postal Cards

At first, I was going to also going to upload the images from the eBay listing directly, because it'll disappear in a few weeks.

I downloaded the images to my computer, with the intention of quickly uploading them to this post, but it turns out they exceed the size restrictions of the board, so I'll have to get back to that at some point in the hopefully not-too-distant future when I can open up Photoshop and perform the transformations.

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"You gotta put down the duckie if you wanna play the saxophone. (Hoots the Owl -- Sesame Street)"

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APS #187980
07 May 2018
01:06:06am

re: Peddler Postal Cards

I figured out how to do it quickly with Irfanview Batch.

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"You gotta put down the duckie if you wanna play the saxophone. (Hoots the Owl -- Sesame Street)"

www.hipstamp.com/sto ...
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APS #187980
07 May 2018
01:08:14am

re: Peddler Postal Cards

I'm wondering if this item is just an order book, and not a catalog.

- - - - -

edited to add:

Definitely an order book! Just found a listing for a 1948 catalog, 4800 pages.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1948-Farwell-Ozmun-Kirk-Co-Catalog-4800-Pages-Index-Hunt-Fish-Tools-Guns/142415055720?hash=item2128994b68:g:Id0AAOSwwzhZQZda

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