718 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1891. 



834. Prices — t'oiitiuiu'd. 



Descriptive catalogues aud price-lists— historical ami of the present time. 



Trade jourmals — current numbers audliles of back volumes. 



Wages in different parts of America and of the world. Wages of dif- 

 ferent occupations, past and ]>resent, shown by curve diagrams, literature 

 and statistical tables. (Treatment same as for prices.) 



Cost of living iu different places as shown by comparison of prices of com- 

 modities and of labor. 



835. Capital a\d its Investment. 



Loans and their management. The broker's trade and its methods. 



The i)awnbroker's business. Curiosities of same. 



Mortgages and securities. Mortgage investment comi)anics. 



Building and loan associations. 



Stocks and stock brokerage. Methods and a^jpliances. Stock exchanges. 

 Pictures and plans. History of American stocks, and the enterprises upon 

 which they have been established. Literature and statistics. 



The real estate business. Methods of advertising and ex])loitiug. lical 

 estate affairs in the several cities of the United States. Title comjianies. 

 Examples of plats and methods of subdivisions. 



Banks and banking. Methods. Pictures of luiildings. 

 83H. Insurance. 



Fire insurance. History, literature and statistics. 



Pictures of offices and buildings. 



Marine insurance. 



Life insurance. Companies. Mutual companies and societies. 



Accident insurance. 



Live-stock insurance. 



Title insurance. 



Glass and other special insurance systems. 



Security and trust companies. 



Safe-storage systems and conqianies. 



(In every case the companies to be invited to exhibit to visitors in the ex- 

 hibition the peculiar features of their systems.) 



(Buildings to be shown by pictures and models. Literature and statistics 

 to be exhibited and, if desired, distributed. ) 



837. Safes and Treasure Storage. 



Fire-proof and burglar-proof safes of all kinds. 



Safety locks. 



Safe -storage warehouses. 



Burglar alarms, etc. 



838. The Art of Advertisinc;. 



History of advertising. Curiosities of advertising. 



Sign boards and sign syml>ols. Tobacconists', barbers', and ]>awnbrokers' 



signs, etc. Photographers' show frames. 

 Show windows, and the art of arranging them. Exanii)les and pictures. 

 Sign bills, posters, dodgers. "Sandwich men.'' 

 Delivery wagons, decorated and grotesque. 



(iift and prize systems. Cards and pictures. C'igarette cards, etc. 

 Phonograph and other announcement systems. 



Pictures and devices to be shown in public places. Actors' photographs. 

 Theatrical and amusement devices. 

 M<^chanical and other devices in cars, steanilxiats, and other public ]»lace8. 



Albums and book covers. 

 The circular systems. Mailing lists and mailiug cnmi^.-niics. 

 Th»^ agent and canvasser system. Sample s-iles, 



