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Compliments of R.C. Geddes, rubber goods, 316 Market St. & 716 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. Over. [graphic].
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Contributor
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Title
Compliments of R.C. Geddes, rubber goods, 316 Market St. & 716 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. Over. [graphic].
Publisher
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1885
Date
[ca. 1885]
Physical Description
1 print : chromolithograph ; 11 x 7.5 cm. (4.25 x 3 in.)
Description
Illustrated trade card depicting a cherub riding on the back of a tortoise with a whip in mid-air on a flower-lined path.
Notes
Advertising text printed on verso: Robert C. Geddes, wholesale & retail dealer in rubber goods & supplies. Wholesale agent for Gossamer Rubber Clothing Company, 316 Market Street & 716 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. We call especial attention of those wanting a good article of garden, lawn & hot-house hose, to our 3/4 3 ply red hose and white hose, which has no superior in the market--also to our patent triple steam, branch and fountain pipe, hose carriages, lawn sprinklers, etc. Globe lawn sprinklers, $1.25.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Digitized.
Subject
Geddes, Robert C.
Gossamer Rubber Clothing Company.
Rubber industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Putti.
Riding.
Turtles.
Genre
Trade cards -- 1880-1890.
Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Provenance
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Geddes [5786.F.354]
Accession number
5786.F.354
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Trade Card Collection
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