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Title David Heston & Sons, Frankford, Philadelphia. Specimens and price list, lithographic labels. [graphic] : The U.S. Label Printing Establishment. Founded in 1868. Folding druggist bottle boxes. Labeled pill & powder boxes. For gummed work the extra charge is 12 1/2 per cent. We do not furnish less than 1000of any lithographed label.
Publisher [Philadelphia]: [David Heston & Sons]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1890
Date [ca. 1890]
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph ; image 12 x 22 cm (4.75 x 8.5 in.) on sheet 44 x 28 cm (17.25 x 11 in.)
Notes Illustration on recto of specimen sheet/price list depicting the factory for the printing establishment at 1525 Orthodox Street (corner of Orthodox and Franklin (later Griscom) Streets). View also includes street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn drays and wagons. A square border with cornice ornaments surrounds the view. Image also contains decorative and pictorial elements. The firm operated from the location until at least the mid 1920s before relocating to 1208 Race Street by 1936. Heston, a printer and a minister of the Society of Friends, partnered in the firm with his sons Charles B., William, and John B., until his death in 1905.
Not in Wainwright.
POS 875
Subject David Heston & Sons.
Printing industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Factories -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carts & wagons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Orthodox Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1525.
Genre Illustrations -- 1880-1890.
Lithographs -- 1880-1890.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts| Rare| Coll. Helfand Popular Medicine 11837.F (Helfand)
Accession number 11837.F (Helfand)