{"product_id":"leonard-cleanable-refrigerator-1890s-victorian-trade-card-grand-rapids-3-x-5","title":"Leonard Cleanable Refrigerator 1890s Victorian Trade Card Grand Rapids 3\" x 5\"","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"87\" data-end=\"765\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThis 1890s trade card promotes the Leonard refrigerator line with strong graphic appeal, showing period typography and commercial design characteristic of Grand Rapids advertising of the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"87\" data-end=\"765\"\u003eIn the late nineteenth century, Grand Rapids was gaining national prominence not only for its furniture production but also for its growing network of innovative household-goods manufacturers. Refrigeration technology was advancing quickly in this era, with companies competing to market safer, more sanitary ice-box designs to a public increasingly aware of foodborne illness. Leonard’s “Cleanable Refrigerator” was part of this push toward improved domestic hygiene, emphasizing removable linings, tight door construction, and easy-wash interiors—features that set it apart from competing models and reflected the broader Victorian fascination with modernized home management.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"767\" data-end=\"1400\"\u003ePrinted at roughly 3\" x 5\", it remains well preserved with clear color and detail, offering both display value and historical interest. Trade cards tied to early refrigeration technology are collected not only for their charm but for the insight they provide into the evolution of household engineering and consumer marketing. A solid example for collectors of Victorian advertising, Michigan manufacturers, or early refrigeration ephemera.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Everything Ephemera","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52741230100664,"sku":"20250612","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0939\/8740\/6008\/files\/57_d6cb66b5-a774-40f4-9deb-da40c76c1bf9.jpg?v=1770667626","url":"https:\/\/everythingephemera.com\/products\/leonard-cleanable-refrigerator-1890s-victorian-trade-card-grand-rapids-3-x-5","provider":"Everything Ephemera","version":"1.0","type":"link"}