Details
Contributor Donaldson Brothers (Firm), printer.
Gast Art Press, printer.
J. Ottman Lithographic Company, printer.
Title [Charles E. Hires Company trade cards] [graphic].
Publisher [New York]
Publisher N.Y. New York. 1880-1883
Date [ca. 1880-1883]
Physical Description 5 prints : chromolithographs ; 15 x 9.5 cm. (6 x 3.75 in.) or smaller.
Description Series of illustrated trade cards entitled, "Grandma's present," "His first suspender," "An uninvited guest," and "Come back! I'll tell moth-er!". Illustrations depict girls and boys posed with "Hires root beer" boxes; a dog stealing root beer from a toddler's glass; and one duckling swimming away from a sibling who stands on shore.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
One print [P.9651.11] copyrighted 1883.
Printers and engravers include Donaldson Brothers (New York), J. Ottmann Lithographic Company (New York), and Gast Art Press (New York and St. Louis).
Advertising text promoting Hires rootbeer for good health and Hires cough cure for instant relief printed on versos. One print [P.9651.11] also includes testimonials for Hires root beer from customers printed on verso.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
One print [P.9306.1] gift of Gordon Marshall.
Digitized.
Subject Charles E. Hires Company.
Soft drink industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Children.
Dogs.
Ducks.
Soft drinks.
Genre Trade cards -- 1870-1880.
Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880.
Bookmarks -- 1870-1880.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Hires [P.9306.1; P.9588.1 & 2; P.9651.11 & 12]
Accession number P.9306.1
P.9588.1
P.9588.2
P.9651.11
P.9651.12