Victorian Trade Card - J. & P. Coats Thread - Children on Seesaw pennsylvania courtesy of Find-a-Grave

courtesy of Find-a-Grave

The detailed township maps indicate each land patent/warrant/survey from the Pennsylvania Land Office

He forged a wide variety of historical records and documents purportedly from an ancestor of his

The back describes details about Diamond Dyes and their many uses

Victorian Trade Card - J. & P. Coats Thread - Children on Seesaw pennsylvania courtesy of Find-a-GraveThis is an original Victorian trade card for J. & P. Coats thread. It shows several children playing on a seesaw made of a board and an enormous spool of Coats' Best Six Cord thread. The back indicates it is compliments of J. & P. Coats' and lists the "New Colors of the Season": Mexican Blue Cardinal Dark Antique Plum Ecru Olive Bronze Dark Pheasant Mastic Dark Chestnut Myrtle Silver Gray Venetian Bronze Steel Gray Copper Bronze It measures 4 x 2 3 4