1888 OLIVER PLOW Trade Card PROHIBITION SUFFRAGE As Is Antique Farm Advertising For Sale

Antique 1888 Oliver Chilled Plow "Practical Politics" Metamorphic Folding Farm Advertising Puzzle Trade CardAmerican political campaign and farm advertising folding puzzle trade card.6 inches by 6 inches square.Issued during the fierce 1888 US presidential election cycle. The primary display face functions as a brilliant piece of Gilded Age political satire titled "Practical Politics," showing four corner cartoons mocking the era's biggest debates: Free Trade, Protection, Prohibition (featuring a tuxedo-wearing frog drinking ice water), and early Women's Suffrage activism (categorized on the card as "Womans Rights" and depicting a woman fiercely wielding a broom). The central medallion reads: "All Parties Unite in Support of The Oliver Chilled Plow."Folding or reversing the geometric panels shifts the artwork completely, transforming the card into a large, centered portrait of industrial innovator James Oliver framed by multiple detailed illustrations of his historic patent chilled plow variants.Poor to Fair Antique Condition - Sold AS-IS. This fragile card stock puzzle has completely split along all internal factory geometric fold seams, separating the individual diamond and triangular panels. Most of these seam splits have been repaired on the reverse side with tape. The primary lithographed color inks remain remarkably bright, clear, and un-faded with excellent legibility on all satire headings and plow illustrations. Please see photos for condition.