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Original Sample Books

Sample books were produced by both manufacturers and "jobbers" (as the distributors were called), gathering hundreds of full-scale printed paper examples to market the new patterns and palettes every year.  

Heavy and unwieldy, they served as showroom displays as well as handy tools for the travelling salesman.  Produced in the hundreds of thousands, very few survive today. We include here selections from a few of the dozens in our archive.

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Original Sample Books


Copy of 1916 Montgomery Ward, Jobber
Copy of 1916 Montgomery Ward, Jobber
1917 Sears Spring, Jobber
1917 Sears Spring, Jobber
1914 J.L. Phelps Book 2, Jobber
1914 J.L. Phelps Book 2, Jobber

1910 Richard Thibaut Book 3, Jobber
1910 Richard Thibaut Book 3, Jobber
1915 Sears, Jobber
1915 Sears, Jobber
1914 Art Wall Paper Mills Book 4, Manufacturer
1914 Art Wall Paper Mills Book 4, Manufacturer

1908 Hobbs, Benton & Heath, Manufacturer
1908 Hobbs, Benton & Heath, Manufacturer
1910s Janeway & Carpender Book J Borders, Manufacturer
1910s Janeway & Carpender Book J Borders, Manufacturer
1916 C.C. Aler Display Stand, Jobber
1916 C.C. Aler Display Stand, Jobber

1895 Aspen-Ville Art Wall Papers, Jobber
1895 Aspen-Ville Art Wall Papers, Jobber
1884 M.H. Birge & Sons Spring, Manufacturer
1884 M.H. Birge & Sons Spring, Manufacturer
c.1910 Sears, Jobber
c.1910 Sears, Jobber

1877 Christy Shepherd & Garrett, Manufacturer
1877 Christy Shepherd & Garrett, Manufacturer
1914 Nokes Findley Specials Book 7, Jobber
1914 Nokes Findley Specials Book 7, Jobber
Henry Bosch Book C, Jobber
Henry Bosch Book C, Jobber

Decorators Wall Paper Company, Jobber
Decorators Wall Paper Company, Jobber
Richard Thibaut Book 6, Jobber
Richard Thibaut Book 6, Jobber
Sears Book 2, Jobber
Sears Book 2, Jobber

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