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Simplex Litho Co. - Enlarge image
- Place of origin:
New York (printed)
- Date:
c.1912 (printed)
- Artist/Maker:
Simplex Litho Co. (printer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Colour lithography and embossing
- Museum number:
E.451-1998
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case GG, shelf 159
This show card would have been displayed in a shop or department store to advertise the Boston Garter, a men’s sock suspender made by the American manufacturer George Frost Company. The printer has used embossing and metallic ink to recreate the effect of ribbed elastic and nickel-plated fittings.