1909 Rockford Watch Santa Calendar Advertising Postcard R.F. Outcault Barre MA For Sale

The colorful front illustration is signedR. F. Outcault, the pioneering cartoonist associated withThe Yellow KidandBuster Brown. Rockford Watch advertising postcards form a known group of Outcault-designed commercial cards from this period.

The reverse carries advertising for:

J. B. Colby
Jeweler & Optician
Barre, Mass.

The printed message promotes Rockford watches as Christmas gifts and notes that customers could receive a new calendar card each month until completing the set. That makes this December example especially interesting as both an early advertising postcard and a piece of watch/jewelry-store ephemera.

• December 1909 calendar
• Santa Claus / Christmas imagery
• Rockford Watch advertising
• Signed R. F. Outcault illustration
• J. B. Colby, Jeweler & Optician, Barre, Massachusetts advertising
• Divided back
• Unposted
• Original early-20th-century postcard
• Protective sleeve included

A nice crossover collectible for postcard, antique advertising, watch, Christmas/Santa, R. F. Outcault, and Massachusetts ephemera collectors.

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