Details
Contributor Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Price, Thomas W., copyright holder.
Title [John Mustin trade cards] [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1880
Date [ca. 1880]
Physical Description 7 prints : chromolithographs ; 8 x 11 cm. (3 x 4.25 in.) or smaller.
Description Series of illustrated trade cards depicting a woman picking flowers; a man hanging a cloth with the title inscribed on it; a man holding an umbrella for a lady in the rain; a crane standing near flowers on the edge of a lake; ornate Japanese paddle fans; and a butterfly perched on flower stems.
Notes One print [1975.F.591] copyrighted 1881 by Thomas W. Price.
Advertising text printed on versos: Established 1815. Mustin's original trimming store, the largest [Philadelphia,] wholesale hosiery, glove, trimming, zephyr worsted, knitting yarn, and thread & needle establishment, No. 515 Arch Street, and No. 510 Cherry Street, where storekeepers only, are supplied. Retail store, 1226 Chestnut Street.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Digitized.
Subject Mustin, John.
Dry goods stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Clothing stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Butterflies.
Couples.
Cranes (Birds)
Fans (Accessories)
Flowers.
Lakes & ponds.
Rain.
Umbrellas.
Genre Trade cards -- 1870-1880.
Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880.
Printer Price, Thomas W., copyright holder.
Provenance Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Mustin [1975.F.591; 1975.F.609; 1975.F.618; 1975.F.635; 1975.F.644-646]
Accession number 1975.F.591
1975.F.609
1975.F.618
1975.F.635
1975.F.644
1975.F.645
1975.F.646