The best pictures from educational trade cards, 69
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We have selected three of the best pictures from our large collection of 19th and early 20th century educational trade cards.
The first picture shows a quack medicine seller at a fair in a small town in Germany, 1820.
The second picture shows Odin, chief of the Norse gods.
The third picture shows Caliph Omar burning the Library at Alexandria.
High-resolution scans of all educational cards can be found in the Look and Learn picture library.