Subject: Castle in the moonlight framed with blossoms
Type: Trade card
Date: Undated
Text: “I am a pretty little picture card. Save me and my many pretty partners that you will find in the Mokaska Coffee and paste (indecipherable) all together in a Mokaska Album. You can secure the Scrap Album by saving thirty wrappers and sending with 16 cents to pay pressage or postage to the Mokaska Coffee Company, St. Joseph, Mo. Mokaska Coffee is a choice blend of one-fifth each, Mocha, Maracaibo, Santos, Rio and Java Coffees.”
This was my first trade card! I would give my right arm for the Scrap Album mentioned above. Alas, I’ve never seen one, nor have I seen other “pretty little picture cards” in this series. Guess what? Mokaska Coffee still exists! I did a Google search. It was founded in 1884.