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Bought of William A. Whittem, apothecary, dealer in segars, stationery &c. Opposite rail road depot.
Billhead of the Philadelphia druggist containing block lettering and pictorial details including ribbons, filigree, and flourishes., Completed in manuscript to A. W. Kelsey on October 1, 1893 for several items, including "Apollinaire's Pt," eye shade, Pears soap, camphor, rubber bands, tooth brushes, and dental floss, for $24.07., Stamped on recto: Paid Oct 3 1893 Wm. A. Whittem, per F.R., Printed above image: No toilet is complete without a bottle of Whittem's Rosemary and Catharidine Hair Tonic. It is Refreshing, Cleaning, and Invigorating., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
[Bound Brook Route trade cards]
Series of illustrated trade cards depicting a comical, theatrical scenario with two boys, a girl, a dog, and a thermometer. The boys court and fight over the girl, whose desires seem to change with the season. Additional imagery includes flowers and one of the boys reading. The Bound Brooke Route, operated by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, operated between Ninth and Green Streets in Philadelphia and New York City. Route opened about 1876 and capitalized on the Centennial celebration in Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloger., Advertising text printed on rectos: "19 trains daily, between Philadelphia and New York. Low fare, quick transit, perfect equipment. New York. Trenton. Elizabeth. Long Branch." Prints also contain tables of schedules for train stops between Philadelphia and New York on versos., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Snowbound, Wissahickon Creek, Philadelphia.
Winter view showing a snow-covered path running parallel to the Wissahickon Creek. Trees flank the creek and a wooden fence divides the creek from the trail., Additional places of publication printed on mount, including Chicago; London; Hamberg, Ger.; and Milan, Italy., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Distributor's imprint printed on mount., Manuscript note in pencil on verso: Mrs. E. B. Dorathy ; Sammy Taylor, Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
[Bouvier Street south of Columbia Avenue.]
Depicts row homes along the 1600 block of Bouvier Street., Numbered 6394 on recto., Sheet number: 156B01., Real photo. Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Boy Scout Headquarters, 22nd and Winter Streets, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Exterior view of front facade of the Boy Scout Headquarters in Philadelphia, built in 1929 after designs by Charles Zeller Klauder., Sheet number: 138B01B., Real photo. Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Boyd, Stevenson farm Oil Creek Penn[sylvania]
View photographed during the Pennsylvania oil speculation boom of the 1860s showing the James Boyd and John Stevenson farms in the Oil Creek Valley. Includes an oil derrick, a bridge over Oil Creek, several wooden structures, and the Oil Exchange Hotel. Boyd Farm served as a hub for the Oil Creek Railroad, consequently promoting the development of the speculator town, Bennenhoff City., Yellow mount with square corners., Photographer's label pasted on verso., Digitized for AMD: Global Commodities., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Mather, an English emigre, operated a photo gallery in Titusville from 1860 to 1915. His views of the oil region and its residents constitute the most comprehensive and reproduced record of the Pennsylvania petroleum industry in the mid nineteenth century.
Boyertown Burial Casket Co. funeral supplies, 1211-17 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Exterior view of the Boyertown Burial Casket Co, built in 1907 after designs by Ballinger & Perrot., Number 109500 on recto., Also known as the Boyertown Building., Sheet number: 40A02A, Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Boys' Central High School postcards.
Exterior views of front facade of Boys' High School, built in 1894 after designs by Joseph W. Anshutz. Depicts the front of the school from Brandywine Street looking north and from Green Street looking south., Contains 23 postcards printed in color and 14 printed in black and white., Built across the street from the old Central High School, constructed in 1853 and used as an annex until it was condemned in 1937., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Boys' Central High School postcards.
Exterior views of front facade of Boys' Central High School, built in 1894 after designs by Joseph W. Anshutz. Depicts the front facade of the school looking north and south., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Accession numbers: P.9076.18 and P.9490.22., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Brainard House.
Exterior view of the two-story hotel with a veranda, possibly in Philadelphia. Includes a group of men and children standing near the front steps., Title supplied by cataloguer., Attributed to John Moran., Yellow mount with square corners., Stamped on verso: West Spruce Street Presbyterian Church, Philada., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Brainerd & Armstrong Co. trade cards]
Series of illustrated trade cards depicting children pulling on a thread of silk used as kite string; spools of silk labeled "Brainerd, Armstrong & Co."; a fairie; "good luck" horseshoe; silkworms; and butterflies., Title supplied by cataloger., Two prints [1975.F.88 and 1975.F.97] printed by the National Bureau of Engraving, Phila., Advertising text printed on rectos and versos promotes Brainerd & Armstrong Co. silk by offering a beautiful chromo card to buyers; announces the company's dyeing abilities; and suggests using the silk for good luck., Stamped on recto of one print [P.2006.20.50]: Sold by Wm. Menke & Bro., 804 Arch Street., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
A bran new coon in town
Racist, satiric postcard depicting an African American family (portrayed as racist stereotypes) welcoming a “new” member, a baby. Shows the grandfather standing and weighing the infant on a hand held scale, as the grandmother, attired in a head kerchief, a floral shirt, a skirt, and an apron, cradles the baby’s head. In the right, the father smiles as he stands leaning down with both hands clutching a small table. In the center, a young boy sits at the table eating as he looks up at the baby. In the left, the mother sits smiling beside a stove as she pours water from a kettle into a cup., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Copyright, 1898, and published by Knaffl & Bro., Knoxville, Tenn., Originally published in an 1898 edition of Leslie's Weekly as part of "The Blackville Gallery" series under the title "Weighing the Christmas Baby.", RVCDC, Accessioned 1999., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Branson & Bro. trade cards]
Series of illustrated trade cards depicting a bucket labeled "2240 lbs. to the ton" filled with coal and a framed image labeled "1842-1882" of an old miner carrying a basket in his left hand and a shovel over his right shoulder. Branson & Bro.'s operated by David Branson and Jos. A. Wenderoth at 1118 Washington Avenue in Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloger., Printed on light blue paper., Advertising text printed on versos promotes Branson & Bro.'s coal, including "Old Hazleton" and "Lattimer" grades and guarantees customer satisfaction., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
The brave 3rd U.S. Cavalry. Heroes of El Caney. Peace Jubilee, Phila.
The brave 3rd U.S. Cavalry. Heroes of El Caney. Peace Jubilee, Phila.
View looking east from City Hall showing the Third United States Volunteer Cavalry in formation on the 1300 block of Market street during the celebration commemorating the end of the Spanish American War in 1898. Spectators crowd the sidewalks and flags and bunting adorn the businesses, including John Wanamaker's department store, completed in 1876 after the designs of Theophilius P. Chandler (1300-1326 Market)., Title printed on mount below image., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Printed on mount: Sold only by Berry, Kelley & Chadwick. Dallas, Tex., Chicago, Augusta, Ga., Gray curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Brennan, jeweler, 13 South Eighth St., Phila.
Illustrated trade card depicting a beach scene with a large beached ship in the background. In the foreground, two women in bathing suits mischievously hold a magnifying glass over the back of an old man's head, concentrating the sun's rays and burning his head. He sits unaware, smoking a pipe with his back to them and grasping an empty net. Birds peck at the sand nearby., Copyrighted Ketterlinus, Philada., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Brewers' Hall.
Exterior view of hall built by James B. Doyle after designs by Hermann J. Schwarzmann as an annex to Agricultural Hall. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title printed in numbered series list on verso with twenty-seven other titles (No. 1-28)., Series title repeated on printed scrollwork in red ink on mount: Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Brickeen Bridge, Killarney, Ireland.
Landscape view of a stone bridge spanning a creek. A small rowboat is docked in the foreground., Title on negative., Publisher's imprint printed on mount and on verso., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Roberts & Fellows, formed by H.L. Roberts and Charles T. Fellows, succeeded Edward L. Wilson ca. 1887 and dissolved in 1891.
Bridge at Bishop's Mills.
View of the stone arch Bells Mill Road Bridge spanning Wissahickon Creek, constructed in 1820 and named after former mill owners James and John Bell. A mill building, belonging to Bishop's Mills at the time of this photograph, is partially visible in the foreground., Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1869.
Bridges across the Wissahickon.
View showing sections of the second Norristown Railroad Bridge and the Ridge Avenue Bridge over the mouth of the Wissahickon Creek. The railroad bridge, built in 1845 by Haughey & Snyder, was razed by fire in 1862 and replaced with a temporary trestle bridge. The Ridge Avenue Bridge was rebuilt from 1888-1890. Also shows two men, one seated with a sketchbook, on the bank of the creek., Title printed on mount., Buff mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Briggs & Bro., flour and feed store, East Orthodox Street, Frankford, Philadelphia]
Exterior view of the two story brick store. Depicts fenced lot adjoining the store and barrels lined up along the side of the building and under the front awning. Briggs & Bro. was located at several locations on Orthodox Street around the time this photograph was taken. Established at 164 Orthodox in 1879; moved to 242 Orthodox around 1880, and then to 248 Orthodox around 1885., Grey mount with rounded corners., Manuscript note on verso: H.M.B.S., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Broad and Oxford Streets, Philadelphia]
View looking northeast showing the front facades of row houses and dwellings on Broad Street, just below Oxford Street (1529-1535 North Broad). Also depicts the Oxford Presbyterian Church at the northeast corner, constructed 1879-1881 after a fire destroyed the original church and chapel. Church organized in 1867., Title supplied by cataloger., Copy photograph attributed to James Cremer based on duplicate stereograph bearing his imprint., Manuscript note on verso: Broad & Oxford Sts., Orange curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Broad St.
View looking from the southwest corner of Broad and Stiles Streets showing dwellings lining the east side of Broad Street. Also shows trees spaced evenly in front of the dwellings and a lamppost in the foreground with "Stiles" etched into it., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's printed label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Broad St. east side bel. Oxford St. Phila.
View looking southeast at the fronts of residences on the 1500 block of North Broad Street below Oxford Street. Trees planted at evenly-spaced intervals partially obscure the houses., Title from manuscript note on verso., Publisher's label pasted on verso., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Broad St. from the Academy of Music.
View looking north on South Broad Street from the Academy of Music showing two horse-drawn vehicles in the foreground and buildings adjacent to the main thoroughfare, including the second building of the Academy of Natural Sciences (built 1839-1840, John Notman, architect) and La Pierre House Hotel (built 1853, John McArthur, architect) in the distant left background. Row homes are visible on the east side of the street in the foreground and a four story building with gothic-arch windows on the west side, possibly the future site of the Stratford Hotel. Construction of the Union League and City Hall has not yet begun., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Broad St. New public buildings.
View looking from City Hall under archway supported by scaffolding at vehicles on Broad Street. Shows horse-drawn carriage parked in the foreground., Title from photographer's printed series list on verso with fifty-nine other titles from "Philadelphia" (1-31) and "Washington, D.C." (32-59) series., Photographer's imprint printed on mount, Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Broad St. Theatre, Broad and Spruce Sts., Philadelphia, Pa.
Exterior view of the front facade of the Broad Street Theatre built in 1876 as Kiralfy's Alhambra Palace after designs by Frank H. Loenholdt. Intended to be a temporary space for performances during the Centennial Exhibition, but the theatre thrived long after the 100th anniversary, until 1937 when it was demolished for a parking lot., Numbered 5476 & 20050 on verso., Also identified as McCaull's Opera House, Lyceum Theatre, Haverly's Theatre and South Broad Theatre., Sheet number: 157A01., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Broad Street Presbyterian Church, Broad Street below Spruce Street, Philada. [graphic] / Bartlett & Smith.
Exterior view showing the third building of the First Reformed Presbyterian Church (i.e. Wylie Memorial Church) erected in 1854 on the 300 block of Broad Street after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. Includes partial view of adjacent building. Congregation organized in 1798. Church renamed in the early 1890s for long-term pastors T.W.J. Wylie and Samuel Wylie., Photographers' imprint embossed on mount., Title from manuscript note on mount: Broad St. Pres. Church Broad St. bel. Spruce Philada., Yellow paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Broad Street Station postcards.
Contains exterior views of the Pennsylvania Railroad Station and train shed at the northwest corner of Broad and Market Streets. Station built 1879-1882 after designs by Wilson Brothers & Company and expanded by Furness, Evans & Co. from 1892 to 1894. Train shed constructed by Wilson Brothers & Company in 1894 and destroyed in 1923. Station demolished 1952-53., Contains 42 postcards printed in color and 18 printed in black and white., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Broadbent & Phillips : photographers, 1206 Chestnut St., Philada.
Illustrated trade card and holiday card depicting a woman attired in a red shawl and green dress holding a tray with a roasted turkey outside near a shop window labeled "baker". Includes a small bird standing at her feet and a vignette of mistletoe adjacent to the title., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized., Broadbent & Phillips, the partnership between Samuel Broadbent and Henry C. Phillips, operated from 1206 Chestnut Street beginning in 1869.
Broadbent & Taylor, artists and photographers, 914 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
Illustrated trade cards depicting business cards tucked into flowers., Notice printed on versos: Concentration, the interests of Mr. Phillips, in the late firm of Broadbent & Phillips, having been purchased by the Messrs. Broadbent, they have removed the entire effects, negatives and books, to 914 Chestnut Street, where it is now combined with the old firm of Broadbent & Taylor, under the firm name of Broadbent & Taylor, 914 Chestnut Street. A lower schedule of prices., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized., Broadbent & Taylor, the partnership between Samuel Broadbent and William Curtis Taylor, was active at 914 Chestnut Street from 1877-1884. Broadbent died in 1880, leaving his interest in the business to his two sons, who bought out Taylor in 1884.
[Broadway Methodist Episcopal Church, 501-507 Broadway, Camden, NJ.]
Exterior view of front facade and flank of church built in 1898 to replace older church building constructed in 1855., Sheet number: 50B15., Undivided back. Emblem of Liberty Bell on verso., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Broadway near Broome, N.Y.
Crowded street view showing horse-drawn streetcars, carriages, coaches and pedestrians navigating the intersection of Broome Street and Broadway in New York City. Pedestrians also crowd the sidewalks near the awning-covered storefronts., Title from manuscript note on verso., Publisher's printed label pasted on verso., Green mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of M. Finkel.
Broadway, New York City.
View showing the 500 block of Broadway in Manhattan. Businesses line the block, including a hat store, photographic studio, and optician. Pedestrians crowd the sidewalks and several horse-drawn carriages and hansom cabs travel down the congested street., Green mount with rounded corners., Title annotated on negative., Gift of Saul Koltnow., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Brolasky vault, Laurel Hill Cemetery
Shows the vault of dry-goods merchant and real estate magnate Simon Brolasky in the cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. Vault adorned with two sculptures of female figures., Label on verso listing over sixty cemetery and volunteer fire department views published by the firm., Grey mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Jane Carson James., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Newell & Son, a partnership between Robert and his son Henry, was active from around 1870 until 1897 and the death of the elder Newell
Bronson's block after the fire.
View of a commercial block in Toledo, Ohio showing storefronts of several businesses including C. Bronson, tobacco; Babbitt & Herrman, furs and fancy goods; and R. & J. Cummings, wholesale boots and shoes. Foreground contains debris in an undeveloped lot. Calvin Bronson established the Bronson Tobacco Works in Toledo in 1851., Title from manuscript caption attached to bottom of stereograph., Discolored black and orange mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of American Views., Companion piece to stereoview entitled "Bronson's block after the fire" (5739.F.47a)., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Bronson's tobacco factory & office]
View of a commercial block in Toledo, Ohio showing storefronts of several businesses including C. Bronson, tobacco; Whitaker & French; and Whitaker, Phillips & Co., hardware. Foreground contains undeveloped lot., Discolored black and orange mount with square corners., Title from manuscript caption clipped from scrapbook., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of American Views., Companion piece to stereoview entitled "Bronson's block after the fire" (5739.F.47d)., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Bronze statue of General Antonio Guzman Blanco]
View showing the bronze equestrian statue of General Antonio Guzman Blanco modeled by Joseph A. Bailly from 1875-1879, cast in bronze by Robert Wood & Co., and installed in Caracas, Venezuela in 1880. The statue sits on a pedestal outdoors in a park or cemetery setting across the street from rowhomes in Philadelphia. A plaster model of the statue was displayed at the Centennial Exhibition in 1876., Title supplied by cataloger., Manuscript note on verso: Bronze statue., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Yellow curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Bronzes d'art, le Charmeur de serpents.
Shows the bronze cast statue depicting a male figure, in a loin cloth, holding a flute in his mouth with one hand and a twig in the other. The sculpture stands next to the statue of a bare-breasted female figure. Other brass works surround the pieces, including a clock, lamps, and objets d'art. The exposition held April 1-November 3, 1867 celebrated the technological and economic progress of the Second Empire, as well as originated the classification system followed by proceeding international exhibitions., Title printed on mount., Blindstamped on mount: Concession Unique., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Brook's prize medal spool cotton. Hand & machine sewing.
Illustrated trade card depicting two groups of men demonstrating the strength of Brook's cotton thread by playing tug of war with it on a dirt path near a body of water. A goat stands on its hind legs on top of a spool of cotton labeled "Brook's six cord 40" in the foreground. Another spool labeled "Brook's patent glace thread 50" sits adjacent to the first., Text printed on verso lists medals and awards won by the company in various world cities between 1851 and 1880., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Brother Gardner addresses the Lime Kiln Club on the virtues of Dixon's Stove Polish
Racist, satiric trade card promoting Joseph Dixon Crucible Company's stove polish and depicting a caricature of an African American man presenting Dixon’s Stove Polish to the African American men members of the Lime Kiln Club. Shows Brother Gardner, the white-haired, African American man, in the left with spectacles on his forehead and attired in a white collared shirt with a red bowtie, an orange jacket with a sunflower on the lapel, red and white checked pants, and black shoes. He stands holding a blue box of Dixon’s in his left hand and a gavel in his right hand. In the left is a wooden table with a blue pitcher and a top hat on top of it and a sign that reads, “Dixon’s Carburet of Iron Stove Polish.” Brother Gardner addresses the men in the vernacular, who are identified by number with the key of their names on the verso of the card. In the right, the man, attired in a striped white collared shirt, a red tie, a white and blue striped jacket, yellow and red striped pants, and black shoes, sits on a wooden chair and examines a blue box of Dixon’s in his hands. Beside him another man, balding with tufts of white hair on the sides of his head and a white beard and attired in a red jacket and blue striped pants, kneels down and carries a brush in his right hand. Behind them two men sit on chairs and an additional nine men stand and listen to Brother Gardner. In the background, the wall reads, “Lime Kiln Club, Paradise Hall.” A horseshoe and framed prints that read “Beautify your homes” and “Rules of the Lime Kiln Club” hang on the wall. In the center is a large, black stove., The African American "Lime Kiln Club" caricatures originally were devised by Charles Bertrand Lewis (i.e., M. Quad) in the Detroit Free Press. The Joseph Dixon Crucible Company, established by Joseph Dixon in Salem, Mass. in 1827, produced graphite pencils, crucibles and stove polish, and relocated to Jersey City, N.J. in 1847. In 1868, the firm name changed from Joseph Dixon & Co. to the Jos. Dixon Crucible Co. In 1870 the firm won a trademark case against a Philadelphia competitor selling J.C. Dixon Stove Polish., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Copyright 1886., Advertising text printed on verso: The Lime Kiln Club, Brother Gardner in the Chair. “Dis Club hab ebery reason to be proud of de Stove Committee. We has tried all de other stove polishes. We has been stunk out wid so-called peperahuns and seen de piping rust to pieces, till de stove-pipe wus a tumbled down disgrace to de good name of de Lime Kiln Club. De honah of dis occashun belongs to Brudder Shindig, who has made a name for hisself, by introducing Dixon’s Big cake of Stove Polish, and has covered hisself wid shine. Stand up, Brudder Shindig, and let us gaze upon your countenance. Now, my frens, let us draw a lesson from dis: Seek and find out for yerselves, and when you’s got a good ting stick to it, so dat, like DIXON’S STOVE POLISH, you may not only be a use to de community in which yer libes, but a shining example for de rest of mankind. “De club owes a vote of thanks to de Stove Committee, an’ to Brudder Shindig in particular, an’ extend de heartfelt thanks of de Lime Kiln Club to DIXONS for de valuable addition to de comfits of dis life through their CARBURET OF IRON STOVE POLISH. Wid one drawback, Brudder Shindig—you orer haf found dis outen befo’ for de DIXON’S STOVE POLISH has bin in de market SINCE 1827,--58 YEARS.” (Signed) No. 1. Bro. Gardner, 2. Old Man Jenkins, 3. Bro. Shindig, 4. Give-A-Dam Jones, 6. Sundown Davis, No. 7. Accordingly Davis, 8. Stepoff Johnson, 9. Trustee Pullback, 10. Sickles Smith, 11. Sir Isaac Walpole, 12. Layback Jones, Committee., Advertising text printed on verso: Fifty-eight years in market! The oldest, the best, the neatest, the quickest. Ask your dealer for Dixon's Stove Polish. Jos. Dixon Crucible Co., Jersey City, N.J. Illustration showing a box of "Dixon's Prepared Carburet of Iron (Trademark) For Polishing Stoves, Grates, Ranges, and Every Kind of Cast and Sheet Iron work.", Purchased with funds from the Walter J. Miller Trust for the Visual Culture Program., RVCDC, Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.

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