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- Model: BK-DRUGGISTS-DISPENSERS-PRACTICAL-SHOW-1909
Cards for drugstores, as an instant download.
The Druggists and Dispensers Practical Show Card Instructor (1909) by William A. Thompson teaches show-card writing for the drugstore trade — the cards, phrases, and displays of the pharmacy counter. Pairs naturally with the hardware book for the niche-trade collector.
Inside this 1909 instructor:
The 1909 show card man earned his living with speed and consistency, and this book trains both: brush handling for card work drilled until the hand obeys. Show card writers, retail advertisers, and sign painters will recognize letterforms still in use on retail signage today. Card writers kept books like this at the counter, lettering real tickets between lessons.
Complete your shelf: See also The Art of Show Card Writing (1922 ed.) (1922), The Art of Show Card Writing (1907 ed.) (1907), A Textbook on Show-Card Writing (1903).
Details:
- Complete 1909 edition scan — 116 pages
- Show cards for druggists and dispensers
- Pharmacy-trade phrases and displays
- Alphabets and layouts sized for real card work — tickets, sale cards, window displays
- One-stroke brush technique drilled the trade-school way
- Brush control exercises from the trade schools
- Two files included: the original scan, cleaned of dust, stray marks, and handwritten notes, and a cleaned white-background edition that's easy on the eyes and the printer
- PDF format, instant download after purchase — no physical book ships
