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- United States
- trade card, Hoyt's German Cologne, 1883
- Where object was made: United States
- chromolithograph
- Object Height/Width: 118 x 84 mm
Object Height/Width: 4 5/8 x 3 5/16 in - William Bridges Thayer Memorial
- Not on display
- 1928.8071
- United States
- Open page with bookmarkable url
- Multimedia
- Description
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Women and children wearing robes stand around a fountain. One of the women holds a naked baby, preparing to wash it in the fountain. Text at the top and bottom of the card reads, “Perfumed with Hoyt’s German Cologne. Fragrant & Lasting. Trial Size 25 Cts. Medium Size 50 Cts. Large Bottles $1.00. E. W. Hoyt & Co. Proprietors, Lowell, Mass.”
The verso is a text advertisement for the product and the seller J. G. Northcraft of Abilene, Kansas.