Details
Contributor L. Prang & Co., printer.
M'Calla & Stavely, printer.
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Title [Milliken's linen store trade cards] [graphic].
Publisher [United States]
Publisher UNITED STATES. 1877-1880
Date 1877-1880
Physical Description 2 prints : chromolithographs ; 15 x 12 cm. (6 x 4.75 in.)
Description Series of illustrated trade cards for G. Milliken & Sons at 828 Arch Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict a vignette of a loom surrounded by a garland of holly and a woman seated working at a loom. G. Milliken's linen store was established in 1846 for the importation and sale of pure linen goods of every description.
Notes One print [1975.F.637] copyrighted 1877 by L. Prang & Co. and printed by McCalla & Stavely, prs., 237-9 Dock St., Phila.
One print [1975.F.637] contains advertising text promoting G. Milliken's linen products printed on verso.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Digitized.
Subject G. Milliken & Sons.
Linen industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Holly.
Looms.
Women.
Genre Trade cards -- 1870-1880.
Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880.
Provenance Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Milliken's [1975.F.636 & 637]
Accession number 1975.F.636
1975.F.637