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Contributor
National Bureau of Engraving, printer.
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Wm. Menke & Bro., distributor.
Title
[Brainerd & Armstrong Co. trade cards] [graphic].
Publisher
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1880
Date
[ca. 1880]
Physical Description
3 prints : 2 chromolithographs and 1 lithograph ; 7.5 x 15.5 cm. (3 x 6 in.) or smaller.
Description
Series of illustrated trade cards depicting children pulling on a thread of silk used as kite string; spools of silk labeled "Brainerd, Armstrong & Co."; a fairie; "good luck" horseshoe; silkworms; and butterflies.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Two prints [1975.F.88 and 1975.F.97] printed by the National Bureau of Engraving, Phila.
Advertising text printed on rectos and versos promotes Brainerd & Armstrong Co. silk by offering a beautiful chromo card to buyers; announces the company's dyeing abilities; and suggests using the silk for good luck.
Stamped on recto of one print [P.2006.20.50]: Sold by Wm. Menke & Bro., 804 Arch Street.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Digitized.
Subject
Brainerd & Armstrong Co.
Silk industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Thread industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Silk.
Children.
Pulling.
Kites.
Fairies.
Butterflies.
Caterpillars.
Genre
Trade cards -- 1870-1880.
Lithographs -- 1870-1880.
Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880.
Associated name
Wm. Menke & Bro., distributor.
Provenance
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Brainerd [1975.F.88; 1975.F.97; P.2006.20.50]
Accession number
1975.F.88
1975.F.97
P.2006.20.50
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
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