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- Circa - 1940s
- Advertiser - J.M. Secord
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- Size - 3.75" x 6.25"
- Price Guide - $10.00- $15.00 (EX-NM)
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Joseph
Parker & Son of New Haven, Conn., made
the first modern blotting paper in the
late 1850s. Blotters with advertising
on the back started appearing in the
United States around 1876. Ink blotters, like trade cards, were a
good way to attract potential
customers. Because people kept them on
their desks, the advertiser’s message
would always be in front of them, and
generate way more advertising
‘impressions’ than many of the
conventional trade cards. Ink blotters
were popular in the days of fountain
pens. They are typically thicker than
your standard trade card as they were
used to help wipe the excess ink from
the tips of the pen.
J.M Secord, an entrepreneur in the Buffalo, NY area, published "Calendars
and Advertising Novelties of All
kinds." - "Fine Merchandise for
Re-Sale" included items such as ink
blotters. Advertising novelty companies
would take out ads in the classified
section of newspapers across the
country looking for salesmen to sell
their products. The "Get This"
baseball themed ink
blotter was a sales tool, issued by J.M
Secord of Ebenezer N.Y., to attract
potential advertisers.
In 1914, J. M. Secord publisher, offered boys and girls the chance to earn
extra money during their spare time by
selling 16"x 20" etched copies of the
Declaration of Independence.
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J.M. Secord Baseball Themed Get
This Ink Blotter Back |
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