Augmented collection of advertisements for 19th-century Philadelphia businesses originally compiled by local Jewish socialite Emily Phillips, ca. 1860-ca. 1880s.

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[Hunter's handsome drug stores, cor. Pacific & New Jersey Aves., cor. Atlantic & Indiana Aves., Atlantic City, N.J. and cor. Fifteenth and Wharton Sts., Philadelphia]
Series of illustrated trade cards promoting Hunter's Drug Stores, and depicting white boys bowling, a large fish in a pond surrounded by flowers, and men and women laboring outside, including a white man and woman couple fetching water from a well, a white woman standing in a field carrying a staff, and a white woman watering flowers with smiling, human faces in a garden as a cupid figure with wings watches her from the other side of a fence. Two African American men, portrayed in racist caricature, haul large bundles of wheat past a milestone labeled "M. 10." In the left, the barefooted man is attired in a tunic, and in the right, the man is attired in a hat, a tunic, and shoes., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [P.9828.6173] contains advertising text printed on verso promoting the purity, quality and accuracy of Hunter's drugs and lists items available for sale at his drugstores., Date from copyright statement on six prints [P.9828.6175-6180]: Copyright 1882 by Ed. Wolf., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William Helfand., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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.
Hurrah! for Thayer's Printing House, 805 Sansom Street, above 8th, Philada.
Series of illustrated trade cards depicting patriotic imagery, including an eagle grasping an American shield and laurel wreath in its talons and group of men with their arms raised in celebration as one man holds a large American flag., Price lists printed on versos for various cards, books, circulars, tickets and other job printing items., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
I am Salisbury's Troubadours' turtle, 1874.
Illustrated trade card die-cut and shaped into a turtle., Text printed on verso: Turn me over., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
I. Oakford & Son, hatters, 28 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia.
Illustrated trade card depicting a full-length portrait of a young girl wearing boots too large for her body. I. Oakford & Son was the partnership between Isaac Oakford and his son Charles E. Oakford., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Jennifer Ambrose., Digitized.
I use celluloid eye glasses. S.O.M. Co. pat. Mar. 13, '77 on each pair.
Illustrated trade card depicting a woman wearing a large flower hat and eyeglasses., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
If dat ar fish knowd dis wor Merrick's thread, he wouldnt ha bit.
Racist trade card for the Merrick Thread Company at 248 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia and depicting Black men, attired only in loincloths, pulling a captured whale onto a beach. The five men, portrayed in racist caricature, stand on the beach and hold onto the thread coming from an oversized spool labeled, "Merrick Thread Co. Best Six Cord 8," in the right. The whale with an open mouth of sharp teeth is pulled from the ocean onto the beach. In the background, two men run, and palm trees are visible in the right. Merrick Thread Co. was founded in 1865 by Timothy Merrick, Austin Merrick, and Origen Hall in Mansfield, Connecticut. After its founding, the company established mills in Holyoke, Massachusetts. In 1898, the company merged with thirteen other independent thread and yarn manufacturers to form the American Thread Company., Title from item., Date inferred from date of operation of advertised business., Advertising text printed on verso promotes Merrick Thread Co.'s best six cord soft finish spool cotton for machine & hand sewing and offers patrons "two lithoed water-color engravings" and "Sunshine for Little Children" on receipt of twenty-five cents., Gift of Emily Phillips, 1883., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
If you want a cheap suit of clothing go to Commercial Clothing House, 822 Market St., Phila. Don't forget 822 Market Street.
Illustrated trade card depicting three anthropomorphic figures, including two flowers attacking a butterfly with spears., Price list printed on verso for men's pants and working suits., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Importers & dealers in tin plate, copper sheet, rod and hoop iron, metals, N. & G. Taylor Co. 301, 303 & 305 Branch St., between race and Vine Sts. Philadelphia.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Indian Queen perfume. Bean & Brother, 47 & 49 North Second Street, Philadelphia.
Illustrated trade card depicting a Native American woman attired in traditional dress standing outside near flowering vines. She collects fluid dripping from a flower into a shell. Bean & Brother, a partnership between Lewis U. and George W. Bean, operated a drugstore from 47 & 49 North Second Street., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Inscho, manufacturer of best 25 cent confectionery in the city. No. 1317 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
Illustrated trade card depicting a sprig of flowers., Copyrighted by Boston Frame & Chromo., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
International Exhibition. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. 1876.
Stock trade card for lithographer Potsdamer & Co. depicting buildings constructed for the International Exhibition in 1876. Includes the Main Building, Art Gallery, Horticultural Hall, Machinery Hall, and Agricultural Hall as postcards displayed in a montage on a silver platter. The Centennial Exhibition of 1876 celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Advertising text printed on verso: Fall, 1875. F.K. Womrath, will open, October 1st, his usual full assortment of Ladies' Fine Furs. F.K. Womrath, 710 Arch Street, Philadelphia. Seal skin sacques and furs a specialty., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized., Potsdamer & Co. operated from the mid 1870s until Ketterlinus acquired the firm in 1885.
Irwin Keller's sample room, N.W. cor. Fifth St. & Girard Ave., Philadelphia.
Contains "Streets of Philadelphia" list printed in two columns on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
[I.S. Custer, Son & Co. trade cards]
Series of illustrated trade cards for the millinery and fancy goods business of I.S. Custer, Son & Co. at 39, 41, & 43 North Eighth Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict a boy hanging from a tree branch by his shirt after attempting to steal apples from a fenced-in yard with a sign reading "Keep off". A boy with a basket full of apples stands below him and watches from the ground. Also shows a girl wearing a bonnet with a red, white and blue ribbon and resting her head on her hands in a field with flowers and a butterfly. Includes two cherub-like figures, one representing "Septembre" running from a rabbit with his rifle and hunting bag, and the other, "Octobre," wearing a robe and a laurel wreath on his head and spilling wine from a goblet., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [1975.F.207] die cut and shaped in an art or painting palette with advertising text for goods available within Departments A through H printed on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Is dese' your chickens miss
Racist trade card depicting an African American man, portrayed in racist caricature and attired in a torn hat and shirt, on the ground with baby chicks in front of him. In the left, a white woman with a pitchfork leans over a fence to observe the scene and surprises him. Durant & Oehlmann, the partnership between Dr. Joseph F. Durant (b. 1831) and Charles Oehlmann (1849-1921), operated in Quincy, Illinois between 1875 and 1888., Title from item., Date inferred from date of operation of advertised business., Advertising text printed on verso promotes Falke's Sulpholine Cream and Falke's Kah-Kan-Kee Hair Restorative manufactured by J. Falke & Co., 418 Elm St., St. Louis., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William Helfand., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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.
Isaac Casseres, manufacturer of suits and cloaks, and dealer in furs, N.W. cor. Eighth & Race Sts., Phila.
Illustrated stock trade card depicting a business card for Isaac Cassere's suit, cloak, and fur business inset into a bunch of flowers., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Isaac H. Cady, printer, publisher, bookseller, stationer, and blank-book manufacturer, No. 19 Market-Street, Providence.
Manuscript list of names on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
I'se a dude!
Trade card promoting New Jersey grocer H. G. Prall & Sons and depicting an African American man dandy, with a sheepish expression, and posed with his left hand to his lips and his other hand holding a white top hat at his shoulder. He is portrayed in racist caricature and attired in a ruffled white shirt, a white waistcoat adorned with a watch fob, a gold jacket with tails, and blue and white striped pants. He stands in front of a background of fauna details. H. G. Prall primarily appears as the sole proprietor of his grocery in later 19th-century directories, but is listed as H. G. Prall & Son in 1883., Title from item., Date inferred from city directory listing for business., Series no. printed on recto: 58., Advertising text printed on verso: H. G. Prall & Sons, Dealers in fine Groceries. Headquarters for Fish, Provisions, Flour, Feed, &c., 174 and 176 Main Street, Somerville, N. J., Purchased with funds from the Albert M. Greenfield Foundation., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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.
["It leads them all." The Sunday Item.]
Illustrated trade card depicting a man riding a horse. Holding a very large postcard, he winks at the viewer and points toward the "postal card" text. The Sunday Item was a Philadelphia newspaper that was active between 1847 and 1897., Title supplied by cataloger., Advertising text printed on verso contains a vignette of a man pulling on the string of a doll. Text in quotes flanking the image includes "The string not broken." and "Jumping Jack Jones did it." Also includes the "Route of Athletic Parade"., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
"It's easy to dye with Diamond Dyes"
Humorous illustrated trade card depicting a little girl seated on the floor proudly holding up and displaying a kitten and a doll she dipped into a bowl of Diamond Dyes. Her mother watches the scene with panic as the kitten and doll drip red dye everywhere., Contains advertising text promoting Diamond Dyes' three new colors (fast stocking black, turkey red for cotton, and brown for cotton) and advertisements for Wells, Richardson & Co. (Burlington, Vt.) and J.R. Ames, druggist, Ogdensburgh, N.Y. printed on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
J. & F. Cadmus, manufacturers and dealers in boots, shoes, trunks and bags, No. 734 Market Street, south side, one door below 8th St. Philadelphia.
Series of illustrated trade cards depicting a sprig of flowers, birds perched on flowering tree branches, and ducks and ducklings in a pond., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
[J. & P. Coat's thread trade cards]
Series of trade cards promoting J.&. P. Coats thread and depicting men, women and children performing a variety of activities with the thread, including a white girl swinging on a tree swing; a white man fishing in a stream while a white woman watches; and several white children pretending to be a horse team. Includes a large frog on a riverbank. "So do my sisters and my cousins and my aunts!" depicts an older white woman carrying packages. "Gulliver and the Lilliputians" based on Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" shows an oversized Gulliver being tied down with thread by the Lilliputians. "That's the kind! Bring me some more" depicts an older white woman inspecting different colored spools of thread in a box held up by a white boy. "Ef dis don't fetch you nothing will" depicts an African American man and woman, portrayed in racist caricature, trying to tame a donkey. In the left, the woman, attired in a white bonnet with a red ribbon, a red shirt, a blue scarf, a yellow shirt, a white apron, and gray shoes, uses thread from an enormous J. & P. Coats spool to pull on the bridle on the donkey, who pulls back with its mouth open. Behind the donkey, the man stands, attired in a brown, brimmed hat, a red shirt, blue plaid pants, and blue shoes, who holds a rope in his left hand and scratches his head with his left hand. "We never fade!" depicts an African American boy, portrayed in racist caricature, sitting on an oversized spool of thread in a field. Shows the boy seated and with his legs straddling a giant spool of black thread. He says “we never fade!!” and points his finger at the sun, which has a face and a concerned expression with a downward turned mouth. The boy is barefoot and attired in a white collared shirt with the sleeves rolled up to the elbows; a multi-colored tie and belt; and red pants rolled up to the knees. In the foreground, two black crows look at the thread. A house is visible in the right background., Brothers James Coats, Jr. (1803-1845) and Peter Coats (1808-1890) established the firm J.&P. Coats, a thread manufactory. Their brother Thomas Coats (1809-1883) joined the firm soon after. By 1840, three quarters of the British company’s business was with the United States. In 1896, the firm merged with thread manufacturer Clark & Co. and formed J. & P. Coats, Ltd. In 2015, the firm was renamed, “Coats Group.”, Title supplied by cataloger., Five prints printed by E. Ketterlinus & Co., Ten prints contain advertising text printed on versos, including promotions for J. & P. Coat's best six cord, soft finish spool cotton; a table of needle and thread numbers; a calendar for 1880; and a description of "Gulliver and the Lilliputians" illustration (on recto of print 1975.F.220)., Gift of Emily Phillips, 1883. Purchase 1999. Purchase 2001., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
J. Ashbrook, Jr. Successor to J. Ashbrook & Son, fine family groceries, S.W. cor. 2nd & Queen Sts., Philad'a.
Illustrated trade card showing a vignette of a rustic bridge spanning a stream inset into a larger scene of flowers., Numbered C-754 in lower left corner., Advertising text printed on recto., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
J. Holly, fine clothing, ready-made and to order, 1312 South St., Phila.
Illustrated trade card depicting flowers and other imagery wrapped around a business card for James Holly's tailor shop and clothing store in Philadelphia, including a boy with a fishing rod, a butterfly and a bee., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
J. Kift & Son, florists, choice cut flowers and blooming plants. 1721 1/2 Chestnut St., Phila.
Illustrated trade card depicting a tag or business card for J. Kift & Son (Joseph and Robert Kift) tucked into a sprig of roses., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
J. M. Cummings, boots and shoes, removed to our new store, No. 3608 Lancaster Avenue, formerly of 3624 Lancaster Ave.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
J. Mason, informs her friends and those who may favour her with their patronage, that she has removed her seminary, to an open healthy situation, with every advantage of light and air, back of No. 86 Callowhill Street, between Second and Third Streets, wh
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
[J. Peter Gohl trade cards]
Series of illustrated trade cards advertising fancy cakes, ice cream, and pastries for J. Peter Gohl's confectionery at 257 South Fifth Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict rustic landscapes including a cabin, castle, water mill, and pavillion and various animals and insects, including cattle, deer, a fox, grasshopper, dog, and stork. Also shows Santa Claus, or Saint Nicholas, looking through a book and standing in the snow with a large sack full of toys strapped to his back and a "good luck" horseshoe hanging from a ribbon., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
J. Prosser Osbourn, caterer, No. 311 North 38th Street, Philadelphia.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
J. Smith, manufacturer of fine cigars, and dealer in tobacco, snuff, pipes, &c. 720 West Dauphin Street, near 4th and 8th Sts. depot, Philadelphia.
Illustrated trade card depicting embossed vignettes of crossed tobacco pipes, a bundle of cigars, the figure of an Indigenous woman, and a man smoking a cigar., Embossed., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
J.A. Ladd & Son, booksellers and stationers. Holiday cards a specialty. 37 West Gay Street, West Chester, Pa.
Illustrated trade card depicting a black cat with a pink ribbon tied into a bow around its neck., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Jackson's old United States bounty land and pension office. E.O. Jackson, attorney-at-law and pension agent, No. 138 South Third Street, above Walnut, Philadelphia, Pa.
Illustrated trade card depicting a patriotic vignette of an eagle clutching arrows in its talons., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Jacob E. Herbert, general house furnishing goods, lamps and oils. 1114 Columbia Ave.
Illustrated stock trade card depicting a parrot perched on flowers next to a business card for Jacob E. Herbert's home furnishings store in Philadelphia., Copyrighted by J.H. Bufford's Sons, Boston., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Jacob Lorsch, dealer in gentlemen's furnishing goods, 344 South Street, Philad'a.
Illustrated trade card depicting a spray of flowers., Manuscript note on verso: B. Spatz, 2031 North 11th., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
James A. Consterdine, crystal ivorytype artist, 124 S. Ninth St., Philadelphia.
Illustrated trade card depicting the name of the business printed on a card inset into pink roses. Consterdine won a bronze medal from the Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society for his ivorytype photographs in 1881., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
James M. Vance & Co., importers & jobbers of hardware, cutlery & tools, builders' and housekeepers' hardware, 324 and 326 Market, Philadelphia.
Illegible manuscript note on recto below street address., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
James P. Wood & Co., manufacturers of improved apparatus for steam heating, (high and low pressure,) ranges, cooking apparatus, &c. Gas lighting, for public buildings, dwellings and towns. Ventilating, by automatic action, steam or power fans. 39 South Fo
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
[James S. Loag trade cards]
Series of illustrated trade cards depicting business cards for James S. Loag tucked into flowers embellished with birds and butterflies. Also depicts two boys jumping over a wooden fence or obstacle course and a woman painting on the beach under an umbrella with a male companion leaning over her shoulder., Printers and engravers include J.H. Bufford & Sons (Boston) and E. Ketterlinus & Co. (Philadelphia)., Two prints [1975.F.502 & 504] contain advertising text printed on versos: James S. Loag, dealer in ribbons, hats & millinery goods, trimmed goods a specialty, No. 1230 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. A full assortment of kid and lisle thread gloves., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
James W. Saunders, bricklayer and builder, 230 N. Twenty-second St., Philadelphia.
Stamped on verso: International Electrical Exhibition Building, 32nd & Market Sts., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Jas. K. Simon, 29 South Sixth Street, above Chestnut, old established book store.
Illustrated trade card depicting ducklings and frogs in a pond. Includes a sprig of flowers tucked into the sign inscribed with the title., Copyrighted by J.H. Bufford's Sons, Boston., Advertising text printed on verso promotes books for holiday presents, including Chambers' Encyclopaedia, Grant's Tour, Indian Summer, Pastoral Days, and other fine illustrated books., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Jas. T. Brady, packer. N.E. cor. 12th and Market Sts., Philadelphia.
Illustrated trade card depicting a woman attired in a large plumed hat pushing a young girl on a sleigh chair across the ice. The girl wears a hat similar to the woman's and warms her hands in a hand muff., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.

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