Alan Mays' photos with the keyword: M. F. Tobin

A woman uses an umbrella to protect herself and her daughter from the menacing approaches of a giraffe and seal in this nineteenth-century advertising trade card by M. F. Tobin for Hayward's, a dry goods store in New York City. Hayward's 131 Eighth Avenue, bet. 16th & 17th Sts., New York. Silk umbrellas, $1.00 & $1.50 a specialty. Repairing & recovering. Copyrighted 1881, M. F. Tobin, N.Y.

A colorful Victorian-era advertising trade card for the Standard Sewing Machine Company. Stamped on the other side: "Horace Brillinger, Emigsville, Pa." Standard Rotary Shuttle Sewing Machine The highest priced lock stitch machine made. But the cheapest, because the best. The nation's pride. Compliments of the Standard Sewing Machine Co., Cleveland, O., U.S.A. Pansies' Playtime. M. F. Tobin, N.Y.

One in a series of baseball-themed advertising trade cards published in 1887 by Tobin, this card featured a caricature of Charlie Ferguson, who was a well-regarded pitcher for the Philadelphia Quakers team. Sadly, it turned out that 1887 was the final season that Ferguson played--he died from typhoid fever in April 1888. -------- "Philadelphia. 'Not Onto It.' (Ferguson.) Tobin N.Y." "A. W. Schrader, manufacturer of all kinds of mineral waters, also bottler of lager and porter. Private families supplied at short notice. 726 and 728 Adams Ave., Scranton, Pa. Telephone connection."

"Backus, the Clothing Row hatter and gent's furnishing goods, 799 Broad St., Newark, N.J."

"Henry Felix & Co., manufacturers and dealers in fine confections, ice cream, cakes, and fruits, 10 N. Market Square, Harrisburg. . . . M. F. Tobin, N.Y. Scheffer, job printer, Harrisburg." A stock Victorian-era advertising trade card produced by New York lithographer M. F. Tobin in 1881. Theodore F. Scheffer, a local Harrisburg printer, added the information for Henry Felix and Company. See below for some other amusing and interesting trade cards.