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Title Sample of clown cards 4 designs, assorted colors. Published by Thos. S. Dando, 307 Walnut St., Philad'a. [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia] : [Thos. S. Dando]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1880
Date [ca. 1880]
Physical Description 1 print : chromolithograph ; 10 x 7 cm. (4 x 3 in.)
Description Illustrated trade card depicting two clowns performing, one walking on stilts, the other balancing on his nose a long stick topped by a bowl. Thomas S. Dando operated from 307 Walnut Street until 1885. By 1886, Dando Printing and Publishing Co. succeeded Thomas S. Dando & Co. in the building formerly occupied by Drexel & Co. at 34 South Third Street.
Notes Contains advertising text printed on verso: Thos. S. Dando, steam-power printer, No. 307 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. Steamship, railroad and mercantile printing. Headings, cards, intricate ruling and fine work a specialty.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Digitized.
Subject Dando, Thomas S. (Thomas Stotesbury), 1856-1921.
Printers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Clowns.
Stilts.
Genre Trade cards -- 1870-1880.
Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Dando [P.9820]
Accession number P.9820