| Contributor |
Clark County Democrat, former owner. |
| Title |
The National Live Stock Journal, handsomely illustrated, contains 48 large pages, devoted to the interests of stock breeders
and farmers. [graphic] : Terms, $2.15 per annum. Post-paid. Published monthly, by The Stock Journal Company, Lakeside Building,
cor. Clark & Adams streets, Chicago, Ills.
|
| Alternate Title |
The National Live-Stock Journal. |
| Publisher |
[Chicago] |
| Publisher |
ILL. Chicago. 1870 |
| Date |
[ca. 1870] |
| Physical Description |
1 print: relief; 10 x 16 cm. (3.75 x 6.25 in.) |
| Description |
Pictorial envelope containing vignettes of live stock on recto and verso. Vignettes on recto depict oval-framed images of
the head of a cow and the head of a horse. Vignettes on verso depict full-length portraits of a cow, two pigs, and a ram.
Images also include grass and fencing. The National Live Stock Journal was established in 1870.
|
| Notes |
Addressed in manuscript to: Clark Co. Democrat, Winchester, Ky. |
|
Date inferred from stamp. |
|
Contains cancelled one-cent stamp printed in blue and depicting a profile portrait of Benjamin Franklin. |
|
Printed on verso: Price of cuts, this size, post paid, one cut, $2.50; two cuts $1.00. For specimen sheet of cuts, address
Stock Journal Co., Chicago, Ills.
|
|
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 |
Stock Journal Company. |
|
Publishing industry -- Illinois -- Chicago. |
|
Livestock. |
| Genre |
Pictorial envelopes -- 1860-1870. |
|
Relief prints -- Color -- 1860-1870. |
| Provenance |
Clark County Democrat, former owner. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Envelopes [P.2011.10.86] |
| Accession number |
P.2011.10.86 |
