| Contributor |
U.S. Card-Label Co., Limited, printer. |
|
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector. |
| Title |
H.M.S. Pinafore. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia : U.S. Card-Label Co., Limited |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1880 |
| Date |
[ca. 1880] |
| Physical Description |
1 print : color wood engraving ; 9 x 15.5 cm. (3.5 x 6.25 in.) |
| Description |
Illustrated trade card depicting a scene from Sullivan & Gilbert's comic opera "Her Majesty's Ship Pinafore" including a captain,
his crew and women on the deck of a ship with two large spools of Willimantic's "Superior Six Cord Thread". Caption reads:
"B.--Did you ever? C.--No! Never! B.--What never? C. Positively never! used anything equal to Willimantic Six Cord Spool Cotton."
|
| Notes |
Advertising text printed on verso lists the awards won by Willimantic's Six Cord Spool Cotton, including the gold medal awarded
by Maryland Institute Fair in 1878. Includes vignettes of the obverse and reverse surfaces of the medal.
|
|
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
|
Digitized. |
| Subject |
Willimantic Linen Co. |
|
Cotton industry -- United States. |
|
Medals. |
|
Operas -- Librettos. |
|
Sailors. |
|
Ship captains. |
|
Ships. |
|
Thread. |
| Genre |
Trade cards -- 1870-1880. |
|
Wood engravings -- Color -- 1870-1880. |
| Provenance |
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Willimantic [1975.F.666] |
| Accession number |
1975.F.666 |
