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Thos. Brown, practical sanitary plumber, No. 221 S. 16th Street, Philad'a. [graphic].
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Contributor
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Title
Thos. Brown, practical sanitary plumber, No. 221 S. 16th Street, Philad'a. [graphic].
Publisher
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1885
Date
[ca. 1885]
Physical Description
1 print : lithograph ; 12 x 8 cm. (4.75 x 3.25 in.)
Description
Illustrated trade card depicting the name of the plumbing business superimposed on an ornate mirror surmounted by a bust figure and a cherub holding a tassel and a laurel wreath.
Notes
Advertising text printed on verso: Plumbing in all its branches. Special and personal attention is given to modernizing defective plumbing and drainage in city and country residences. Orders by mail will be promptly attended to. The best of references will be furnished if required.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Digitized.
Biographical / historical note
Thomas Brown operated his plumbing business from 221 South Sixteenth Street in 1885.
Subject
Brown, Thomas.
Plumbing industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Putti.
Mirrors.
Genre
Trade cards -- 1880-1890.
Lithographs -- 1880-1890.
Provenance
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Brown [1975.F.94]
Accession number
1975.F.94
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Trade Card Collection
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