Twenty-seven advertising cards primarily from American retailers, manufacturers and organizations, which apppear to have been distributed at the World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago World's Fair) in 1893 during the period in which Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz) was residing in Chicago. The business interests and organizations represented include the following:
The Enterprise Manufacturing Company Pennsylvania, which includes a group of fifteen cards depicting selected scenes from the history of America since its inception and scenes from the Chicago World's Fair.
Fred Kaempfer, Taxidermist, Chicago, Illinois.
The A.B.Chase Piano Company, Norwalk, Ohio.
Jubilee Soap.
Kennedy & Co., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania advertising Dr. Radcliffe's Great Remedy.
E. T. Mason, New York, New York promoting Sakai Dantsu Carpets.
The Starr Piano Company, Richmond, Indiana.
Estey Piano Company, New York, New York.
Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapp's.
National Association of Women Stenographers.
Williams Sewing Machines [Canada].