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Atmore's Mince Meat & Plum Pudding Trade Cards

 

by Ben Crane

 

 The 48 trade Cards shown below at 25 percent of actual size advertise Atmore's Mince Meat and Genuine English Plum Pudding. Atmore & Son were established in 1842, and were located at 141 South Front Street, Philadelphia, PA. Their main distributors were Jones & Eaton of Boston, MA.

These cards have been grouped into seven sets, based on their printer, date and other properties. Click on a card for a larger view, and click here for more about these cards.

 

   1. Early Stock Cards by Clay & Cosack


1.1


1.2

   2. Clay & Cosack, Dated 1876


2.1


2.2


2.3


2.4

   3. Thos. Hunter, Dated 1877


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3.2


3.3


3.4


3.5


3.6


3.7


3.8


3.9


3.10 

 

 

 


 

 

 

    4. Ketterlinus, Signed at Right

4.1

4.2

4.3

4.4

4.5

4.6

4.7

4.8


4.9


4.10

    5. Ketterlinus, Signed at Left

5.1

5.2

5.3

5.4

5.5

5.6

5.7

5.8

   6. Unknown Printer, Similar Graphics


6.1


6.2


6.3


6.4


6.5


6.6


6.7


6.8


6.9


6.10


6.11



   7. Miscellaneous


7.1


7.2


7.3



 
Set 1 consists of early stock cards printed by Clay, Cosack & Co, Buffalo. Some are dated as early as 1870 and others bear no date. The cards in set 2 were also printed by Clay & Cosack and are dated 1876. Set 3 was printed by Thos. Hunter, Phila and dated 1877. Sets 4 and 5 were printed by Ketterlinus, Phila. Set 6 bears no printer's mark but the cards have similar graphics. Set 7 currently consists of cards that don't seem to fit anywhere else. Ketterlinus printed card 7.1 and G. S. Harris, Philda. printed card 7.2.

It's interesting to see that some images appear in more than one set. The French Cook seems to have been the most popular, appearing in cards 2.3, 3.3 and 5.4, and eight other images appear in two sets each.

This listing is very likely incomplete, and the author would appreciate hearing about any cards not shown here. Cards 1.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.3, 3.5 - 3.8, 4.1 - 4.3, 4.7, 4.10 and 6.11 were reported by John Kemler and are in his collection. Card 1.2 was reported by Dave Cheadle and is in his collection. Cards 3.4, 3.10 and 7.2 were reported by Ron Schieber, and are in his collection. Card 7.3 was reported by Joe Atmore, and is in his collection (he avidly collects Atmore's memorabilia and can be contacted at atmore@attglobal.net). The other cards are in the author's collection.

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