Details
Contributor Hunter, Thomas, printer.
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Title Burger & Co. fine furniture manufacturers, N.W. cor. Eleventh & Market Sts. [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia : Thos. Hunter, lith
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1881
Date [ca. 1881]
Physical Description 2 prints : chromolithographs ; 8 x 12.5 cm. (3.25 x 5 in.)
Description Series of illustrated trade cards depicting bedroom and parlor furniture, including beds, bed frames, backboards, bureaus, mirrors, arm chairs, and sofas. The style "Burger & Co." appears in 1881 city directories.
Notes Advertising text printed on versos: Burger & Co., manufacturers and dealers in fine furniture. All goods guaranteed. N.W. cor. of Eleventh and Market Streets, Philadelphia. Our plan of business: 1. We guarantee all goods to be perfect. 2. Will exchange all goods if not satisfactory. 3. No misrepresentation of goods. Special attention given to upholstery and drapery. Full assortment of bedding.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Digitized.
Subject Burger & Co.
Furniture stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Interiors.
Beds.
Chairs.
Clothes chests.
Mirrors.
Sofas.
Genre Trade cards -- 1880-1890.
Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Provenance Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Burger [1975.F.61; 1975.F.68]
Accession number 1975.F.61
1975.F.68