Humorous Fishermen Trading Card from Eckenbeck & Co.
Size: 4 1/2" x 2 7/8". Description: multicolored lithograph
picturing: two shoreline fishermen pulling in a huge fish on a rod mounted with a spool of thread; caption: "He can't break it, George, it's Merrick's Best Cord Thread, Best in the World."; reverse side: black printed ad for Merrick Thread Co., stamped: "S. C. Eckenbeck & Co. Dry-Goods, Carpets, Notions, & C., Waseca, Minn."