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Title Ask for Bell Bros. Co.'s sheep-lined coats and ulsters. Manufactured by Bell Bro's Co. Dubuque, Ia. [graphic].
Publisher [Dubuque, Ia.]
Date [ca. 1902]
Physical Description 1 print: color photomechanical print printed in gold ink; 17 x 10 cm. (6.75 x 4 in.)
Description Pictorial envelope containing an image of a bearded man attired in a heavy, sheep lined coat, cap, and gloves. The man also holds a lit pipe. Bell Bros. Company was incorporated in 1888.
Notes Title from advertising text.
Addressed in manuscript to: Flancy & Co., Argusville, N.D.
Contains on recto: ink-stamp postmark: Dubuque, Iowa Jul 1, 1902 7 PM and cancelled two-cent oval stamp printed in red ink and depicting the profile of George Washington.
Contains on verso: ink-stamp postmark Argusville, N. Dak, Jul 2, 1902.
Date inferred from postmarks.
Printed upper left corner: After 10 days, return to Bell Bros. company, Cor. Fourth & Locust Street, DUBUQUE, IOWA.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Subject Bell Bros. Company.
Clothing industry -- Iowa -- Dubuque.
Men -- Clothing & dress.
Genre Pictorial envelopes -- 1900-1910.
Photomechanical prints -- Color -- 1900-1910.
Provenance: Flancy & Co., former owner.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Envelopes [P.2011.10.71]
Accession number P.2011.10.71