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Present in many cans of Miles' Baking Powder due bills for handsome book and 2 paintings, in some cans due bill for a watch. [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A106987
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Title
Present in many cans of Miles' Baking Powder due bills for handsome book and 2 paintings, in some cans due bill for a watch. [graphic].
Publisher
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1885
Date
[ca. 1885]
Physical Description
1 print : chromolithograph ; 15 x 10 cm. (6 x 4 in.)
Description
Illustrated trade card for Miles' Baking Powder Co. at 246 and 248 North Delaware Avenue in Philadelphia depicting a well-dressed couple standing and leaning against a stone wall near rose bushes, smelling freshly picked flowers.
Notes
Advertising text printed on verso promotes the "picture book and two elegant litho water color paintings, size 16 x 20, worth about $2.50" included in many cans of Miles' Premium Baking Powder. Also includes positive testiments from individuals and businesses that have used Miles' Premium Baking Powder, dated 1879-1883.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Digitized.
Subject
Miles' Baking Powder Company.
Baking powder.
Couples.
Courtship.
Roses.
Genre
Trade cards -- 1880-1890.
Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Miles' [P.9615.17]
Accession number
P.9615.17
In Collections
Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Trade Card Collection
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