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Rowlett's star roller skate, manufactured by the Champion Roller Skate and Wagon Co.
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Contributor
Achert Company, printer.
Title
Rowlett's star roller skate, manufactured by the Champion Roller Skate and Wagon Co. [graphic] : J.F. Reeves, Prest. J.V. Rowlett, Manager. Reuben Myrick, Sec'y and Treas. Full line of skate repairs and rink supplies. Boxwood rollers, with or without metal boxing, in quantities. Send for illustrated catalogue. Office and factory: 1118 to 1124 North E Street, Richmond, Ind. [Over.]
Publisher
Cincinnati : Achert
Publisher
OHIO. Cincinnati. 1884
Date
[ca. 1884]
Physical Description
1 print : chromolithograph ; 11 x 8 cm. (4.5 x 3 in.)
Description
Illustrated trade card depicting a roller skate and a large trademark star with "Rowlett" and "1884" written across the front. Identical text and mirror image printed on verso.
Notes
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Digitized.
Subject
Champion Roller Skate and Wagon Co.
Sporting goods industry -- Indiana -- Richmond.
Roller skates.
Genre
Trade cards -- 1880-1890.
Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Champion [P.2006.20.54]
Accession number
P.2006.20.54
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Trade Card Collection
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