| Contributor |
August Gast & Co., printer. |
|
Sample, D.T. Jr., former owner. |
| Title |
Dausman Tobacco Company, St. Louis. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[St. Louis]: [August] Gast & Co |
| Publisher |
MO. St. Louis. 1878 |
| Date |
[ca. 1878] |
| Physical Description |
1 print: lithograph; 9 x 16 cm. (3.5 x 6.5 in.) + billhead. |
| Description |
Pictorial envelope containing a trompe l'oeil vignette showing the head of a horse ripped through paper. The horse chews on
a piece of wood. Henry Dausman operated a tobacco business as Dausman & Drummond 1873-1876 and Dausman & Drummond Tobacco
Company circa 1876-circa 1879 and his retirement.
|
| Notes |
Date inferred from name of firm. |
|
Addressed in manuscript to: D.T. Sample Jr., Washington, Pa. |
|
Contains ink-stamp postmark: Pittsburgh Jan 24, 7 PM and cancelled three-cent postage stamp printed in green ink and containing
a profile portrait of George Washington.
|
|
Printed below image: If not delivered in 10 days return to. Return To Johnson, Eagye, & Earl, Pittsburgh, Pa. |
|
Manuscript note on recto: Paid Mar 13, 1882. |
|
Accompanied by Johnson, Eagye, & Earl, wholesale grocers billhead completed in manuscript to D.T. Sample, Jr., dated January
23, 1882. Advertises "Special Brands of Tobacco," including "Horse Head." Charges listed include 2 boxes cheese, coffee, and
cocoa for $29.41. "Paid Mar 13-82." [P.2011.20.77a]
|
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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 |
Dausman Tobacco Company. |
|
Johnson, Eagye & Earl. |
|
Tobacco industry -- Missouri -- St. Louis. |
|
Horses. |
| Genre |
Pictorial envelopes -- 1870-1880. |
|
Lithographs -- Color -- 1870-1880. |
| Provenance |
Sample, D.T. Jr., former owner. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Envelopes [P.2011.10.77 & 77a] |
| Accession number |
P.2011.10.77 |
|
P.2011.10.77a |
