| Creator |
U.S. Stereo View Advg. Co. |
| Title |
Curiosity [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia: U.S. Stereo. View Advg. Co., 1217 Market St |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1871 |
| Date |
[ca. 1871] |
| Physical Description |
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 9 x 18 cm.(3.5 x 7 in.) |
| Description |
Promotional stereograph depicting a maid servant attending to her young mistress. The servant combs her mistress's hair and
glances at a private letter that her lady reads.
|
| Notes |
Yellow mount with rounded corners. |
|
Title from manuscript note on mount. |
|
Contains advertisements for six "Philadelphia Leading Business Houses" located on Eleventh and Second streets printed on verso.
Includes: Isaac Dixson & Son, watches; E. Paul, furniture warerooms and manufactory; P. Kayser, ladies' French boot and shoe
maker; R. Ross Baird, men's fine furnishing goods; John M. Salin, hat and cap store; and D. Jarrett Walton, manufacturer and
dealer in looking glasses, portraits and picture frames.
|
|
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
| Biographical / historical note |
U.S. Stereo. View Advertising Company was managed by Ed Trust. |
| Subject |
Curiosity. |
|
Women domestics. |
|
Business enterprises -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Genre |
Stereographs -- 1870-1880. |
|
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880. |
|
Advertisements -- 1870-1880. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - unidentified - Genre [P.9856] |
| Accession number |
P.9856 |
