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Conlen's, 712 Passyunk Avenue, furniture and carpets. (over) Puzzle card. [graphic].
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Title
Conlen's, 712 Passyunk Avenue, furniture and carpets. (over) Puzzle card. [graphic].
Publisher
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1890
Date
[ca. 1890]
Physical Description
1 print : chromolithograph ; 14 x 9 cm. (5.5 x 3.5 in.)
Description
Illustrated puzzle trade card depicting a bucolic country scene with a cottage surrounded by a picket fence. The puzzle requires the viewer to find partially hidden figures including a man mounted on a horse, birds, elephants, and people walking, to name a few.
Notes
Advertising text printed on verso: Conlen's, 712 Passyunk Ave. Cash or credit. Terms on furniture and carpets made to suit purchasers. Bed room suits from $15.00 to $150.00. Parlor suits from $20.00 to $250.00. Carpets from 25 c to $1.25 per yard. Everything in the way of household and wearing apparel sold on the same easy terms. Conlen'sm 712 Passyunk Ave. Open every evening.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Digitized.
Subject
Conlen, Lawrence H.
Furniture stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Dwellings.
Genre
Trade cards -- 1880-1890.
Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Puzzles -- 1880-1890.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Conlen's [P.9940]
Accession number
P.9940
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Trade Card Collection
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