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Collecting cards

Scope note

Use for cards issued singly or in sets since the 19th century, primarily to be collected, bearing a wide variety of types of images, such as sports figures, movie stars, or flowers. Some may include advertising and thus also be a type of "advertising cards"; some may be included with a product and thus also be a type of "premiums." For cards bearing tradesmen's advertisements, and sometimes a variety of images, produced from the 17th through the 19th century, use "trade cards."

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000192646

Broader Terms used

cards

Narrower Terms used

baseball cards

Equivalent Terms used

collecting card

Created

13yrs ago

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