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John T. Roberts & Bro., reliable coal dealers, 1825 and 1827 N. Tenth St., and Germantown. [graphic].
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Title
John T. Roberts & Bro., reliable coal dealers, 1825 and 1827 N. Tenth St., and Germantown. [graphic].
Publisher
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1885
Date
[ca. 1885]
Physical Description
1 print : chromolithograph ; 6.5 x 11 cm. (2.75 x 4.25 in.)
Description
Illustrated trade card depicting three miners working in a dimly lit coal mine. Each miner has a lamp at his feet and a light on his hard hat. The miner in the foreground swings his pick axe, while the man behind him takes a break and rests his weight on the axe.
Notes
Seal on recto: Purest and hardest, Lehigh Coal.
Manuscript note on verso: Bessie.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Digitized.
Subject
John T. Roberts & Bro.
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company.
Coal trade -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Coal mines and mining.
Genre
Trade cards -- 1880-1890.
Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Roberts [P.9724.2]
Accession number
P.9724.2
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
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