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Trade card advertises the Enterprise Manufacturing Company's Cold Handle Sad Irons, an iron with a removable handle devised by inventor Mary Potts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1880s. The card was printed by the New York-based J. Ottman Lithograph Company. (Photo by Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images)

Trade card advertises the Enterprise Manufacturing Company's Cold Handle Sad Irons, an iron with a removable handle devised by inventor Mary Potts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1880s. The card was printed by the New York-based J. Ottman Lithograph Company. (Photo by Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images)