Parker and Wood Seeds and Tools Victorian Watermelon Man Trade Card floating leaves floating faces The slate on the back

The slate on the back is blank

but might guess 1940s

While I think these are fairly minor flaws

It is very faintly stamped Sierra Leone on the bottom and I believe dates to the 1920s or so

Cards measure approx 2 1/2" x 1 1/2" each

Parker and Wood Seeds and Tools Victorian Watermelon Man Trade Card floating leaves floating faces The slate on the backThis is my favorite trade card I've found, c. 1890 or so I believe, and a pretty rare one the only other copy I can find of it out there is held int he Cornell University Library Rare and Manuscript Collection. What a face, and what a watermelon, and how much fun I think it would have been to visit Parker & Wood's Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Store (with celebrated ice tools!) in Boston, located just a few steps from historic Faneuil Hall. 5 1 8" x