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Compliments of Nice & Rau, varnishes, paints, oils, etc. 328 & 330 S. Second St. Philadelphia. [graphic].
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Title
Compliments of Nice & Rau, varnishes, paints, oils, etc. 328 & 330 S. Second St. Philadelphia. [graphic].
Publisher
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1885
Date
[ca. 1885]
Physical Description
1 print : chromolithograph ; 9.5 x 13 cm. (3.75 x 5 in.)
Description
Illustrated trade card depicting a vignette shaped into a leaf showing a few figures ice skating by moonlight. Includes a bare tree in the foreground and the townscape in the background.
Notes
Advertising text printed on verso: Woodhouse Excelsior Liquid. Patented March 17, 1885. An article the use of which makes finishing woodwork in the natural state easy for the painter and always satisfactory to the owner. Sole agents, Nice & Rau, manufacturers and dealers in varnishes, paints, oils, glass, etc., No. 328 & 330 S. Second Street, Philadelphia.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Digitized.
Subject
Varnishing industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Paint industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Ice skating.
Winter.
Genre
Trade cards -- 1880-1890.
Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Nice [P.9651.18]
Accession number
P.9651.18
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Trade Card Collection
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