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Up for sale is a beautiful antique Victorian trade card titled “The Morning Prayer,” featuring a warm, nostalgic scene of a grandmother with children in prayer—paired with a classic 19th-century medical advertisement on the reverse.
This is the kind of piece that crosses multiple collecting categories: Victorian ephemera, early advertising, religious art, and Americana.
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📜 Card Details:
* 🖼️ Title: “The Morning Prayer”
* 🎨 Artist credited: R. Epp
* 💊 Advertising: Dr. D. Jayne’s Tonic / Carminative Balsam
* 📍 Distributor: M. Shumway – Brush Creek, Fayette Co., Iowa
* 🕰️ Era: Late 1800s (Victorian period)
* 🌈 Vibrant chromolithograph color front
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📌 Condition:
* Visible age wear, staining, and spotting (as shown)
* Strong color still present on front
* No major structural damage
(Please review photos closely—authentic antique condition)
