Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)Alison Hight, Graduate Assistant and Kira A. Dietz, Archivist
Permission to publish material from Myers Bros. & Co. Trade Card must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Collection is open for research.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Myers Bros. & Co. Trade Card, Ms2012-046, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
This collection was purchased by Special Collections.
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Myers Bros. & Co. Trade Card was completed in September 2012.
The Myers Bros. & Co. was located in Richmond, Virginia.
The Myers Bros. and Co. Trade Card shows a Confederate soldier swapping tobacco with a Union soldier in exchange for a bag of coffee. The back includes dialogue for the scene and is imprinted by the product's Boston agent.