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Know your Lions...

Use this handy index to find your favorite Lion Coffee trade card. The "Arnold's Lions" Google+ Collection with additional materials is being moved to this location. Posts will appear as they are adjusted to the Blogger format.

Color: the principal attraction

Colorful & Elegant Christmas Card

Embossing + Calligraphy = flashy Victorian trade card!

Enticing Winter Landscapes

Just us Robins!

Lion Keepers

The Ravages of Time

Temptation on a Hot Day

Triple Play 

 A Winding Road

Your Rabbit is Here! 

A winding road

A winding road leads us down to the shore of a peaceful lake.

Such a dreamy vision from a company that wants you to "wake up and smell the coffee!"

My advice?

Daydream all you please. Wake up later.

The lithographer may have been experimenting with calligraphy on the back of this card.

Color: the principle attraction

Color was the principle attraction of Victorian advertising trade cards. Magazines and newspapers of the time were black & white. This Lion Coffee card had color for sure and it was embossed, too!

As can be seen by the creases on the back, this card was embossed so that the design on the front of the card stood out in relief. For instance, the model's elbow can be viewed on this side of the card just above the "T" of Toledo.

Enticing winter landscapes

Enticing winter landscapes appeared on many Lion Coffee cards. Almost makes one long for the winter season's return, doesn't it!

There are beautiful aspects to all seasons. Hope you can enjoy them all and, if you're somewhere in the world that does not have "seasons," here's your chance to appreciate them!

This lion's inscrutable expression makes it the "Mona Lisa" of lions.

The calligraphy on the back of this card sets a standard for Woolson Spice's Victorian rivals to match! Lion Coffee cards became known for the beauty on both sides of their cards.

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