Details
Contributor M'Farland & Thomson, printer.
Title Union Brass Works. M'Cambridge, Fry & Co. 525 and 527 Cherry Street, Philadelphia. [graphic] : Manufacturers of every variety of cocks for steam, gas, water, liquor, oil, etc. etc. Plumbers', steam or gas fitters', machinists', and coppersmiths' brass work. Steam whistles, globe valves, check valves, gauge cocks, oil globes & cups, couplings, &c. Brass casting and finishing generally. Over.
Publisher Philadelphia : M'Farland & Thomson, prs., 211 Walnut St
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1865
Date [ca. 1865]
Physical Description 1 print : color wood engraving ; 6.5 x 10 cm. (2.75 x 4 in.)
Description Illustrated trade card depicting the seated female figure of Liberty leaning against a large American shield. Includes in the background a pole topped by a liberty cap, the sails of a ship, a locomotive on a bridge, a large building, and a steamboat on a body of water. M'Cambridge, Fry & Co., the partnership between Richard McCambridge, John Fry and John Robinson, operated from 525 and 527 Cherry Street in the 1860s.
Notes Advertising text promoting plumbers' earthenware sold by M'Cambridge, Fry & Co. printed on verso. Text partially illegible after removal from scrapbook.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Digitized.
Subject McCambridge, Fry & Co.
Brass industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Plumbing industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Liberty.
Patriotism.
Genre Trade cards -- 1860-1870.
Wood engravings -- Color -- 1860-1870.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - M'Cambridge [(2)5786.F.161c]
Accession number (2)5786.F.161c