19th Century Rewards of Merit - Group Two (On Card, c. 1840s-70s) knave of hearts with a few light creases

with a few light creases and small stain at upper right and stains on reverse

but completely usable still

two other pieces (one yellow one gray) that may have been first attempts or I'm not sure what

too--together a portrait of labor and expertise (and a sense of pride too I think) within a vast and iconic American corporation that built things

Framed: 7 1/8" x 5"

19th Century Rewards of Merit - Group Two (On Card, c. 1840s-70s) knave of hearts with a few light creasesThe existence of rewards of merit makes me glad, given from teachers to students to affirm their good efforts, as does the fact that people saved them. Last weekend I found a large collection of them in a box in Midcoast Maine quite a nice variety of them, which I've divided into three groups, all listed today. The ones in this group are all printed on card, are relatively early examples (c. 1840s 70s or so), and many of them are hand colored. To my