5 Nice Clark's ONT England Thread Color Ads 1893 World's Columbian Exposition

Description

5 Clark's Spool Cotton Thread WCE Series Large Cards Showing the 1893 Chicago WCE
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4 WCE Buildings:
5 x 7.5 inches
stiff buff card
with blue logo print and color graphic of the
Administration Building, Horticultural, Machinery, and Electrical at night
(fronts shown). Paisley, England:
Clark's
, 1893. Single card printed both sides. The reverse describes their
spool thread
and other products (all 4 backs the same: shown). Also on the back, a purple stamp of sponsor (shown).
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4 Pre-Fair NYC Regatta:
5 x 7.5 inches
stiff buff card
with blue logo print and color graphic of the
Spanish Replica of the Santa Maria
(front shown). Paisley, England:
Clark's
, 1893. Single card printed both sides. Front with purple sponsor stamp (shown). The reverse describes their
spool thread
and other products (brown printed back shown).
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Supplemental Information:
Clark's
is a very old
English company
which made a name for itself by inventing a smooth
twisted cotton thread
in the early 1800s that was easy to hand sew as well as use in the new fangled sewing machine, and
wood spools
to hold a convenient quantity for most home projects. They used the catch abbreviation
"O.N.T."
for decades which simply stands for
"Our New Thread."
They were a revered
world class company
but I could not find that they had their own WCE exhibit space but perhaps shared space with another like J. P. Coats. Nostalgic sewing history and still very collectible! Still available today: the picture of a spool from my wife's sewing kit (shown).
- Condition:
Excellent:
Vivid colors (shown). Perfect navy blue print on reverse; purple stamp of store (shown). No bends. No tears or stains. Lower right corner wear (shown). Nostalgic WCE supporter from a world class manufacturer.
**Buyer
pays
.95 First Class Package shipping in a stiff package with tracking number.