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Nath'l W. Appleton, stationer, No. 7 School Street, Boston. [graphic] : Note papers, correspondence cards, Caw's black ink, visiting cards.
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Contributor
Beard, James Carter, 1837-1913, printer.
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Title
Nath'l W. Appleton, stationer, No. 7 School Street, Boston. [graphic] : Note papers, correspondence cards, Caw's black ink, visiting cards.
Publisher
[Boston] : J.C. Beard
Publisher
MASS. Boston. 1881
Date
c1881
Physical Description
1 print : chromolithograph ; 12 x 7.5 cm. (4.75 x 3 in.)
Description
Illustrated trade card depicting an anthropomorphic cat attired in human clothing including trousers, striped shirt, vest and straw hat. The cat empties a bucket of water printed with the stationer's name into a jug. An "ice wagon" is visible behind him.
Notes
Copyrighted 1881 by J.C. Beard.
Advertising text printed on recto.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Digitized.
Subject
Appleton, Nathaniel W.
Stationery trade -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
Animals in human situations.
Cats.
Ice buckets.
Genre
Trade cards -- 1880-1890.
Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Provenance
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Appleton [1975.F.22]
Accession number
1975.F.22
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Trade Card Collection
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