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Send for specimens of "orange blossom" and "rose" to Crider & Brother, York, Pa. Marriage certificates. [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A106084
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Title
Send for specimens of "orange blossom" and "rose" to Crider & Brother, York, Pa. Marriage certificates. [graphic].
Publisher
[York, Pa.]
Publisher
PA. York. 1880
Date
[ca. 1882]
Physical Description
1 print : chromolithograph ; 8 x 5 cm (3 x 2 in.)
Description
Illustrated trade card, possibly designed as an insert for the firm's photograph marriage certificates, depicting red roses tied together with a red ribbon. Founded as Kephart, Crider & Co. in 1866, the publishing business changed its name to Crider & Brother when S.L. Kephart left the firm. The publishing house sold their marriage certificates throughout the United States and internationally. The "orange blossom" certificate was copyrighted by David Crider in 1882.
Notes
Date inferred from the copyright date of the "orange blossom" certificate.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of David Doret.
Uncolored state held in the Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.13].
Digitized.
See *GC - Certificates - Marriage [P.2007.36.1].
Subject
Crider & Brother.
Marriage certificates.
Publishers -- Pennsylvania -- York.
Roses.
Genre
Trade cards -- 1870-1880.
Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Crider [P.2005.24.1]
Accession number
P.2005.24.1
In Collections
Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Trade Card Collection
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