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Wm. Idler, 109 South Eleventh Street, watchmaker & jeweler, over 20 years experience in repairing fine watches. [graphic] : Fans, jet, shell combs, and every description of jewelry and fancy articles a specialty.
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Contributor
J.H. Bufford & Co., printer.
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Title
Wm. Idler, 109 South Eleventh Street, watchmaker & jeweler, over 20 years experience in repairing fine watches. [graphic] : Fans, jet, shell combs, and every description of jewelry and fancy articles a specialty.
Publisher
Boston : Bufford
Publisher
MASS. Boston. 1875
Date
[ca. 1875]
Physical Description
6 prints : chromolithographs ; 6.5 x 11 cm. (2.5 x 4.25 in.)
Description
Series of illustrated trade cards depicting business cards for William Idler's watch making and jewelry business surrounded by flowers and cherub figures.
Notes
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Digitized.
Subject
Idler, William.
Clock & watch industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Jewelers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Flowers.
Putti.
Genre
Trade cards -- 1870-1880.
Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880.
Provenance
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Idler [1975.F.457-460; 1975.F.463 & 464]
Accession number
1975.F.457
1975.F.458
1975.F.459
1975.F.460
1975.F.463
1975.F.464
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