Die-Cut Hot Air Balloon Buggy Advertising Columbus Buggy Co

Columbus, Ohio: Columbus Buggy Co, 1880. Very good. Toned with dust soiling.. A die-cut advertising card for the Columbus Buggy Company, die-cut with an illustration of a fanciful scene: a couple wave American flags while seated in a buggy held in the sky by a large hot air balloon. The verso pitches the product alongside the tag line "We Come by 'Special Airship' to Inform you that Columbus Buggy Co.'s vehicles are up, high up in quality yet very low in price". Sales agent printed in red in opposite direction. Die-cut, chromolithographed card measuring approx. 4.75" by 3" with pinhole at head for hanging. Although there are many advertising pieces die-cut in shapes during this period, there are only a small number that depict the actual product they are advertising.