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Union Transfer Co. baggage express. [graphic].
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Contributor
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Title
Union Transfer Co. baggage express. [graphic].
Publisher
[Philadelphia?]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1875
Date
[ca. 1875]
Physical Description
1 print : color wood engraving ; 7.5 x 12 cm. (3 x 4.75 in.)
Description
Illustrated trade card depicting a man driving a large horse-drawn cart loaded with trunks and luggage.
Notes
Advertising text printed on verso: Union Transfer Company. Incorporated in 1867. Baggage express, general railroad ticket agents. Railroad tickets sold and baggage checked from hotels and residences to destination. Baggage, packages, &c., transferred to and from all parts of the cities of Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, or forwarded by express and freight lines to all parts of the United States. General office: 838 Chestnut Street., Philadelphia, Pa. Lists branch offices in two columns.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Digitized.
Subject
Union Transfer Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Express service -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carts & wagons.
Luggage.
Genre
Trade cards -- 1870-1880.
Wood engraving -- Color -- 1870-1880.
Provenance
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Union [1975.F.885]
Accession number
1975.F.885
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Trade Card Collection
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