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Solar Tip Shoes [graphic] : Made only by John Mundell & Co. Philada. None genuine without our trade mark. Look out for the trademark. The “Solar Tips Social Club.” We buy none but solar tip.
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Contributor
Craig, Finley & Co., printer.
Phillips, Emily 1822-1909, collector.
Rindge, Bertsch & Co., distributor.
Title
Solar Tip Shoes [graphic] : Made only by John Mundell & Co. Philada. None genuine without our trade mark. Look out for the trademark. The “Solar Tips Social Club.” We buy none but solar tip.
Publisher
Philadelphia : Craig, Finley & Co. 1020 Arch St
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1885
Date
[ca. 1885]
Physical Description
1 print : chromolithograph ; 7.5 x 13 cm. (3 x 5 in.)
Description
Illustrated trade card containing a scene showing a children’s cotillion of the Solar Tips Social Club. The boy and girl club members dance as couples in their fancy attire, well-dressed hair, and "Solar Tips Social Club" sashes. To the right, children wearing tattered and non-solar tipped shoes gather forlornly to the side by a pole marked “We Must Buy Solar Tip Shoes and Join the Happy Party." A boy sits, legs outstretched, on the floor, as girls cry, comfort one another, and stare at their feet. The firm's trademark is incorporated into the scene and reads "The Best Sole Leather Tip Made. Patd. February 19, 1878. J.M. & Co. Trade Mark. Reg." Also includes the firm's trademark and a vignette entitled "He would put his finger in the pie and he burnt his nail off" printed on verso showing a man with a surprised look on his face inspecting his burnt finger at the dinner table.
Notes
Distributor's imprint printed on verso: Rindge, Bertsch & Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.
Manuscript note on verso under "Sold at retail by": Friedrich.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Digitized.
Subject
John Mundell & Co.
Shoe industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Children.
Balls (Parties)
Genre
Trade cards -- 1880-1890.
Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Associated name
Rindge, Bertsch & Co., distributor.
Provenance
Phillips, Emily 1822-1909, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Mundell [1975.F.597]
Accession number
1975.F.597
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Trade Card Collection
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