{"product_id":"millersburg-pa-john-shupe-marble-tombstone-rose-letter-1890s-trade-card-3-5-x-5","title":"Millersburg PA John Shupe Marble Tombstone Rose Letter 1890s Trade Card 3.5 x 5","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"378\" data-start=\"213\"\u003eThis nineteenth-century Pennsylvania trade card advertised John K. Shupe’s Excelsior Marble Works through an elegant Victorian letter-writing and floral composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"936\" data-start=\"380\"\u003eVictorian monument dealers and marble works businesses frequently used refined trade cards to present cemetery monuments and stonework as symbols of remembrance, permanence, and domestic respectability. Small-town marble shops supplied tombstones, cemetery enclosures, and architectural stonework during a period when elaborate memorial culture became deeply embedded in American civic and family life. Decorative rose imagery and handwritten correspondence motifs were commonly employed to soften the commercial nature of funeral and monument advertising.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1448\" data-start=\"938\"\u003eThe front features a finely printed illustration of a hand writing a letter beside a large pink rose, accompanied by the printed compliment line for John K. Shupe. The reverse advertises John K. Shupe’s Excelsior Marble Works in Market Square, Millersburg, Pennsylvania, promoting monuments, tombstones, cemetery lots, and building work. Elegant typography and restrained design give the piece strong visual appeal for collectors of funeral ephemera, Pennsylvania advertising, and Victorian floral trade cards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1739\" data-start=\"1450\"\u003eThe item shown in the listing is the exact item the collector will receive. We have tens of thousands of items to choose from. Shipping will always be combined (or refunded) to save you as much money as possible. Please contact us with any questions, or visit our store page for specifics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Everything Ephemera","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53438766448824,"sku":"20260503","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0939\/8740\/6008\/files\/57_fcef528d-4b76-4937-a8cc-1d0d20bf852b.jpg?v=1778044952","url":"https:\/\/everythingephemera.com\/products\/millersburg-pa-john-shupe-marble-tombstone-rose-letter-1890s-trade-card-3-5-x-5","provider":"Everything Ephemera","version":"1.0","type":"link"}