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We want agents to sell post cards of the Titanic. This is sample card. Cards sell two for five and we furnish agents at $1.00 per 100. How many can we send you? We also have complete book of Sinking of Titanic and other sea disasters. Sells for $1.00, we allow 50% commission to agents. Outfits now ready. Free. Send .10 postage.
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'THE TITANIC' S.S.; 882 ft. long; the largest boat in the world; sunk April 15, 1912, at 2:20 A.M.; on her maiden trip; with a loss of about 1,500 passengers.
We want agents to sell post cards of the Titanic. This is sample card. Cards sell two for five and we furnish agents at $1.00 per 100. How many can we send you? We also have complete book of Sinking of Titanic and other sea disasters. Sells for $1.00, we allow 50% commission to agents. Outfits now ready. Free. Send .10 postage.
American
Medium/Technique
Lithograph on card stock.
Dimensions
Horizontal: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2015.7395
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
DescriptionBack: divided. Used.
W.M. Prilay Post Card Co. Pittsfield, Maine
W.M. Prilay Post Card Co. Pittsfield, Maine
Marks
Canceled. Sent from Pittsfield, ME to Harpswell, ME.
InscriptionsYes, advertisement for postcard company.
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2015, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States; 2015, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)