Great Sweet, Orr & Company trade card printed by the Forbes Company in Boston. There is no date on the card, but I would put it somewhere in the 1880s. The Forbes Company has a history as detailed as Sweet, Orr does. They operated from 1862 to around 1968. For a detailed history of the company check out this link www.forbeslofts.com/articles/historical_forbes_site.pdf
The below image is from Sheaff-ephemera.com
sweet-orr built their newburgh plant in 1880; their chicago address listed on the card was for distribution as far as i can tell, but that was badly damaged in 1885 by a fire. i'm pretty sure they never reoccupied that address, so you're absolutely right to say the card is from the 1880's.
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