Maine Bicentennial: Bath
Maine Bicentennial: Bath Collections of Patten Free Library. Order a copy at vintagemaineimages.com, item #29004. This trade card advertising Walter G. Webber’s Drugstore was probably made in the late 1890s. Trade cards were small advertisements used by businesses to remind customers to shop at their stores again. Trade cards evolved into modern business cards in the 1900s. Many Bath businesses used this form of advertising in the late 19th century. Walter G. Webber (1848-1906), a prominent local druggist, owned Webber’s Drugstore from 1875-1906. From 1875 to 1883, his first store was loc...
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