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Ben Z Swanson, Theodore P Croll1
1Clinic Director, Cavity Busters Doylestown, Doylestown, PA Adjunct Professor, Pediatric Dentistry, University of Texas HSC at San Antonio (Dental School). Clinical Professor, Pediatric Dentistry, Case Western Reserve School of Dental Medicine.
Abstract:
Merchants, trade and service people, professionals, and others sometimes used logos related to their businesses on advertising trade cards. Dr. Harry William Sale used a stock advertising trade card with his message on the reverse, containing a bright red detailed dentistry logo displaying a maxillary denture, extracted teeth, and multiple tools of the trade. This remarkably preserved card by Milton Wolf, copyrighted 1882, offers a perfect example of a Victorian Era trade/business card featuring an occupational logo.
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