Details
Creator Theo. Leonhardt & Son.
Title [Specimen sheets for Theodore Leonhardt & Son, High Grade Lithographers 922 Locust Street Philadelphia.] [graphic]
Publisher [Philadelphia] : Theo. Leonhardt & Son
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1930
Date [ca. 1930]
Physical Description 2 prints: color lithographs, one on white cardstock, one on pink cardstock; 49 x 31 cm (19 x 12 in.)
Description Includes nine specimens of ornamented bank and commercial stationery border designs, including two with variant borders, vignette illustrations, and the text, "Theodore Leonhardt & Son, High Grade Lithographers 922 Locust Street Philadelphia. Bonds, Certificates of Stock, Diplomas, Bank and Commercial Stationery Our Specialty." Illustrations depict an exterior view of "Independence Hall. A.D. 1776" including street and pedestrian traffic and an eagle standing upon a clutch of arrows and greenery. Borders are composed of scalloped edges, and/or rosettes, and/or geometrical patterns. Leonhardt & Son was a partnership established circa 1874 between Theodore Leonhardt and his son Arno. The firm continued to operate into the early 20th century.
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Date inferred from content.
Includes registration marks in upper and lower edges.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSA 124 & 124a
Gift of David Doret.
Subject Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Theo. Leonhardt & Son.
Borders (Ornament areas)
Eagles.
Lithographers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Printers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Lithographs -- Color -- 1920-1930.
Samples -- 1920-1930.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *BW - Advertisements - L [P.2019.64.41&42]
Accession number P.2019.64.41
P.2019.64.42