Details
Creator Ware Bros., engraver.
Contributor Lonabaugh, John A., printer.
Title F.G. Ford's patent support for bed slats (patented April 7th, 1885.) Manufactured and sold by Thos. Devlin & Co., American Street and Lehigh Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. [graphic] / Engravings by Ware Bros.
Publisher Philadelphia : Lonabaugh, pr., 2044 Germantown Ave
Date 1885
Physical Description 1 print : engraving ; 20.5 x 12 cm. (8 x 4.75 in.)
Description Illustrated trade card depicting a hook and socket patented by F.G. Ford, along with vignettes of a table and a person in a bed surrounded by a net.
Notes Advertising text printed below engravings on recto lists potential uses for Ford's hook and sockets, including bed slats, mattresses, wardrobes, tables, benches, shelving in stores, windows, wagons, closets, bath tubs, seats in water closets, and for use by carriage builders, cabinet makers, carpenters, paper hangers, farmers, and poultry raisers.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Digitized.
Subject Thomas Devlin & Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Hardware industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Hardware.
Beds.
Tables.
Genre Trade cards -- 1880-1890.
Engravings -- 1880-1890.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *trade card - Devlin [P.2006.20.52]
Accession number P.2006.20.52