| Contributor |
Arms, Hiram P., Jr., printer. |
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Kendall, G.H., printer. |
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L. Prang & Co., printer. |
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Rogers & Florance, printer. |
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Goodman, E.O., copyright holder. |
|
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector. |
|
Ramsdell, O.J., copyright holder. |
| Title |
[John Wanamaker & Co., 818, 820 & 822 Chestnut Street trade cards] [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[United States] |
| Publisher |
UNITED STATES. 1878-1881 |
| Date |
[ca. 1878-ca. 1881] |
| Physical Description |
27 prints : 23 chromolithographs, 2 lithographs, 2 engravings ; 18.5 x 11.5 cm. (7.25 x 4.5 in.) or smaller. |
| Description |
Series of illustrated trade cards for John Wanamaker & Co.'s 818, 820 & 822 Chestnut Street store in Philadelphia. Illustrations
depict the eastern and western hemispheres of the world; sheep standing in the snow; striped socks; butterflies; an anthropomorphic
owl attired in a plaid coat and top hat standing in the curve of the moon observing the townscape below; a boy and a girl
standing on a path below a tree in which a large birds sits; Philadelphia's City Hall; a boy riding on a sled through the
snow pulled by two turkeys; a bird on a tree branch; a hearth with a kettle over a fire; rabbits and a grasshopper; an owl
and birds; a well-dressed boy reading a sign on a stone all for boys' clothing at John Wanamaker & Co.'s store; putti seated
in a bird's nest and playing with a Dutch clog in a pond; Japanese men assembling a paper lantern; an owl flying above two
Japanese men huddled on the ground; cricket players; a large ship at sea framed by a large horseshoe; Japanese men running
and falling from their sled in the snow; an angry merchant holding a $20.00 I.O.U. from a man attired in a new suit smoking
a cigarette; men sitting on the field of a shooting range; and children playing with wood blocks and spelling "Wanamaker".
Includes a metamorphic trade card, which when open shows an advertising board for John Wanamaker & Co. propped in a man's
crooked teeth in his wide open mouth and when closed, shows the man with his eyes open and mouth closed. In 1869, Wanamaker
established John Wanamaker & Co. on the 800 block of Chestnut Street.
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| Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
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Two prints [1975.F.940 & 1006] copyrighted 1881 by E.O. Goodman. |
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Two prints [1975.F.963 & 966] copyrighted 1878 by L. Prang & Co., Boston. |
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Two prints [1975.F.990, 991, 1000] copyrighted 1881 by O.J. Ramsdell. |
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One print [1975.F.993] copyrighted 1879 by G.H. Kendall, engraver, 285 Broadway, New York. |
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Printers and engravers include Hiram P. Arms, Jr. (Philadelphia), Rogers & Florance (Philadelphia), L. Prang & Co. (Boston),
and G.H. Kendall (New York).
|
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Four prints [1975.F.958, 979 & 980, 993] contain advertising text printed on versos promoting John Wanamaker & Co.'s quality
clothing and low prices.
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Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
|
Digitized. |
| Subject |
John Wanamaker & Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Clothing stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Dry goods stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Animals in human situations. |
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Birds. |
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Blocks (Toys) |
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Butterflies. |
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Children. |
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Clothing & dress. |
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Fireplaces. |
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Grasshoppers. |
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Hosiery. |
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Japanese -- Social life. |
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Maps. |
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Moon. |
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Nests. |
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Owls. |
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Putti. |
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Rabbits. |
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Rifle ranges. |
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Sheep. |
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Sleds & sleighs. |
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Smoking. |
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Snow. |
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Turkeys. |
| Genre |
Trade cards -- 1870-1890. |
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Chromolithographs -- 1870-1890. |
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Lithographs -- 1870-1890. |
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Engravings -- 1870-1890. |
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Metamorphic pictures -- 1870-1890. |
| Printer |
Goodman, E.O., copyright holder. |
| Printer |
Ramsdell, O.J., copyright holder. |
| Provenance |
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - John Wanamaker & Co. [1975.F.906; 1975.F.916 & 917; 1975.F.924; 1975.F.926; 1975.F.940 & 941; 1975.F.946; 1975.F.957
& 958; 1975.F.962 & 963; 1975.F.966; 1975.F.977; 1975.F.979 & 980; 1975.F.987 & 988; 1975.F.990 & 991; 1975.F.993; 1975.F.1000;
1975.F.1006; 1975.F.1009; P.9651.24; P.9728.16; P.9745]
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| Accession number |
1975.F.906 |
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1975.F.916 |
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1975.F.917 |
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1975.F.924 |
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1975.F.926 |
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1975.F.940 |
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1975.F.941 |
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1975.F.946 |
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1975.F.957 |
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1975.F.958 |
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1975.F.962 |
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1975.F.963 |
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1975.F.966 |
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1975.F.977 |
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1975.F.979 |
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1975.F.980 |
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1975.F.987 |
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1975.F.988 |
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1975.F.990 |
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1975.F.991 |
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1975.F.993 |
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1975.F.1000 |
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1975.F.1006 |
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1975.F.1009 |
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P.9651.24 |
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P.9728.16 |
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P.9745 |
