Antique Victorian Coffee Advertising Card Standard Coffee Ephemera

Beautiful antique Victorian advertising trade card featuring a charming child illustration with rich gold and earth-tone detailing. This piece advertises Standard Coffee by the Schnull-Krag Coffee Company of Indianapolis, Indiana, a well-known regional coffee roaster in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The front showcases a highly collectible Victorian-era chromolithograph style illustration, while the reverse contains period advertising copy explaining why Standard Coffee was considered superior at the time. These types of trade cards were commonly distributed in grocery stores and are now sought after by collectors of antique advertising, coffee memorabilia, and Victorian ephemera.

Condition Notes:
Visible age wear consistent with antique paper ephemera
Edge wear, surface wear, and small losses present (see photos)
No modern reproductions — original period piece