| Contributor |
Cleveland Stone Company, former owner. |
| Title |
Biddle Hardware Co., Philadelphia. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia] |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1888 |
| Date |
[ca. 1888] |
| Physical Description |
1 print: relief; 9 x 16 cm. (8.5 x 6.5 in.) |
| Description |
Pictorial envelope containing a vignette depicting an anvil marked with the name of the hardware firm. |
| Notes |
Title from printed return address. |
|
Date inferred from ink-stamp postmark: Philadelphia Apr 21, [18]88, 6 30 PM. |
|
Contains cancelled oval two-cent stamp printed in green and containing a profile portrait of George Washington. |
|
Printed upper left corner: Please return if not delivered within 10 days. |
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Addressed in manuscript to: Cleveland Stone Co., Cleveland, Ohio. |
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Contains on verso: ink-stamp postmark: Cleveland, O., Apr 23, 1888, 4 AM. |
|
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. |
|
Cleveland Stone Company was founded by George H. Worthington in 1886. |
| Subject |
Biddle Hardware Co. |
|
Hardware industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Anvils. |
| Genre |
Pictorial envelopes -- 1880-1890. |
|
Relief prints -- 1880-1890. |
| Provenance |
Cleveland Stone Company, former owner. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Envelopes [P.2011.10.72] |
| Accession number |
P.2011.10.72 |
