Jump to navigation
Main menu
LCP Home
Search
Search Library Catalog
Search Digital Collections
How to Search the Collections
Access Terms Used in Our Catalogs
Finding Aids
Explore
Browse Collections
LCP News
Social Media
Exhibitions
Podcast
Academic Programs
Overview
Fellowships
Innovation Award
Biennial First Book Award
Seminars
Program in African American History
Program in Early American Economy and Society
The Davida T. Deutsch Program in Women’s History
Visual Culture Program
Research
Overview
Subject Guides
Finding Aids
Online Exhibitions
Bookbinding Research
Using the Library
Overview
Hours, Access, & Location
Rights & Reproductions
How to Search Collections
Potentially Harmful Materials and Descriptions Statement
Online Resources
Events
Upcoming Events
Seminars
LCP News
LCP Press Resources
Projects
Beyond Glass Cases
Library Company Papers Project
Hearing Voices
Imperfect History
Fireside Chats
Support the Library
Overview
Donate Online!
Join & Renew Membership Online
Support: Shareholding
Lecture in Honor of John C. Van Horne
Membership Benefits
Planned Giving
Annual Dinner
Junto
About LCP
Annual Reports
Staff
Board of Trustees
Employment
Affiliations
LCP Blog
Press Resources
LCP Privacy Policy
Overview and History
LCP FAQ Sheet
[William Y. McAllister trade cards] [graphic].
You are here
Browse Collections
›
Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Back to top
Details
Contributor
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Title
[William Y. McAllister trade cards] [graphic].
Publisher
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1880
Date
[ca. 1880]
Physical Description
5 prints : 4 chromolithographs, 1 engraving ; 8 x 13.5 cm. (3 x 5.25 in.)
Description
Series of illustrated trade cards for optician William Y. McAllister's shop at 728 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict idyllic landscape views of a forest, a stream, a cottage and ruins by a lake and anthropomorphic frogs, a stork, and an owl looking through telescopes and binoculars, reading and fishing.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Calendar for 1881 printed on verso of one print [1975.F.614].
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Digitized.
Subject
McAllister, W. Y. (William Young), 1812-1896.
Opticians' shops -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Binoculars.
Dwellings.
Forests.
Frogs.
Lakes & ponds.
Landscapes (Representations)
Owls.
Ruins.
Streams.
Storks.
Telescopes.
Genre
Trade cards -- 1870-1880.
Chromolithographs -- 1870-1800.
Engravings -- 1870-1880.
Calendars -- 1870-1880.
Provenance
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - McAllister [1975.F.610-614]
Accession number
1975.F.610
1975.F.611
1975.F.612
1975.F.613
1975.F.614
In Collections
Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Trade Card Collection
Fashioning Philadelphia: The Style of the City, 1720-1940
Log In