| Contributor |
Donaldson Brothers (Firm), printer. |
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Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Co., printer. |
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Graff, Frederick, 1774-1847, engineer. |
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Wilson, John Allston, 1837-1896, engineer. |
| Title |
[Green's August Flower and Boschee's German Syrup trade cards] [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
New York |
| Publisher |
N.Y. New York. 1876 |
| Date |
[ca. 1876] |
| Physical Description |
6 prints : lithographs tinted with one stone, albumen prints ; 8 x 13.5 cm. (3 x 5.25 in.) |
| Description |
Series of illustrated trade cards promoting George Gill Green's "August Flower" and "Boschee's German Syrup". Four trade cards
depict views of Fairmount Park, including one eight-page foldout advertisement containing advertising text pages. Illustrations
include the Fairmount Water Works and Resevoir, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer
Frederick Graff. Also shows horse-drawn carriages pulling men and women racing north on East River Drive under the New York
Connecting Railway Bridge, built 1866-67 after designs by Joseph A. Wilson for the Pennsylvania Railroad. The Promontory Rock
Tunnel, bored in 1871, is visible in the background. Other images include people leisurely rowing on a creek under the bridge
to Lansdown Island; park visitors standing on a pathway that overlooks the Schuylkill River from the Fairmount Water Works;
and men and women strolling, sitting, and traveling in horse-drawn carriages along Wissahickon Drive. Paragraphs of advertising
text promote George Gill Green's "August Flower" as a "natural cathartic" that "corrects the acidity of the stomach," and
"it is established fact in every town and village on this continent, that [Boschee's] German Syrup is the only remedy that
has given satisfaction in severe cases of Lung Disease." Two photographic reproductions depict inverted images of sailboats
on the ocean and an inset portrait of a woman. Green was a patent medicine entrepreneur who purchased the rights of these
two medicines from his father, Lewis M. Green.
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| Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
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Printers and engravers include Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Co. and Donaldson Brothers. |
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Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
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Two prints [P.9993.5 & 6] gift of Helen Beitler. |
|
Digitized. |
| Subject |
Green, George Gill, 1842-1925. |
|
Fairmount Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Carriages & coaches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Leisure -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Railroad bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Tunnels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Waterworks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Sailboats. |
| Geographic subject |
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Kelly Drive (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Schuylkill River (Pa.) |
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New York Connecting Railway Bridge (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
| Genre |
Trade cards -- 1870-1880. |
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Albumen prints -- 1870-1880. |
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Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1870-1880. |
|
Reproductions -- 1870-1880. |
| Associated name |
Graff, Frederick, 1774-1847, engineer. |
| Associated name |
Wilson, John Allston, 1837-1896, engineer. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Green's [111016.D; P.9490.38; P.9642.1; P.9685.2; P.9993.5 & 6] |
| Accession number |
111016.D |
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P.9490.38 |
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P.9642.1 |
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P.9685.2 |
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P.9993.5 |
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P.9993.6 |
