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[Louis J. Selliez trade cards] [graphic].
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Creator
E. Ketterlinus & Co.
Contributor
Johnson, J. H. (John H.), printer.
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Title
[Louis J. Selliez trade cards] [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1879-1880
Date
1879-1880
Physical Description
2 prints : chromolithographs ; 8.5 x 11.5 cm. (3.25 x 4.5 in.)
Description
Series of illustrated stock trade cards for Louis J. Selliez's hat store, formerly William Hopson's store, at the northwest corner of Eleventh and South Streets in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict two couples walking arm-in-arm in opposite directions. Includes two dogs and random items scattered on the ground including a rifle, bucket, and eyeglasses. Also shows two performers, one lying on the ground and balancing a ball on his feet and the other demonstrating his strength by lifting weights.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Advertisement on verso of one print [1975.F.832] printed by John H. Johnson.
Advertising text printed on versos promotes fall and winter styles of hats for 1879 and spring styles for 1880.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Digitized.
Subject
Selliez, Louis J.
Millinery -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Couples.
Courtship.
Dogs.
Eyeglasses.
Pails.
Performers.
Rifles.
Weight lifting.
Genre
Trade cards -- 1870-1880.
Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880.
Provenance
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Selliez [1975.F.831 & 832]
Accession number
1975.F.831
1975.F.832
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Trade Card Collection
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