| Contributor |
Reading Engraving Co., printer. |
|
Summons, E.S., distributor. |
|
Ronalds & Johnson Co., former owner. |
| Title |
Reading's Sesqui-Centennial, Reading, Pa. Jubilee Week June 5th to 12th, 1898. 150th Anniverary. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[Reading, Pa.]: [Reading Engraving Co.] |
| Publisher |
PA. Reading. 1897 |
| Date |
[c1897] |
| Physical Description |
1 print: lithograph printed in blue ink; 10 x 17 cm. (4 x 6.75 in.) |
| Description |
Pictorial envelope designed by Sesqui-centennial committee members Samuel Dilbert, W. Morris Deischer and Howard L. Boas containing
a menagerie of imagery bordering two vignettes. Vignettes depict a view of the Reading "Court House, 1782-1841" and a view
captioned "1748" showing Native Americans near a teepee watching a traveling Conestoga wagon from across a river. Other images
show a locomotive, factories, train shed, and a winged female allegorical figure holding a trumpet and bolt of lightning,
probably representing progress. An anvil, gear, and angle rest at the figure's feet. Over 700, 000 envelopes were printed
and distributed nationally. The sesqui-centennial celebration included band concerts; civic, firemen, and industrial parades;
grand illuminations; fireworks; and an equestrian and bicycle day.
|
| Notes |
Addressed in manuscript to: Ronalds & Johnson Co., 139 N. 7th St., Philadelphia, Pa. |
|
Printed in red ink on recto: Return to E. S. Summons' Plumbing & Heating Co., 209 N. 6th St., Reading, Pa. |
|
Ink-stamp postmark on verso: Received Philadelphia, PA Mar 31, 1898 6 30 PM. |
|
Publication information from Morton Luther Montgomery, History of Reading, Pennsylvania: and the anniversary proceedings of
the sesquice-centennial, June 5-12, 1898 (1898).
|
|
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 |
Courthouses -- Pennsylvania -- Reading. |
|
Indians of North America. |
|
Factories. |
|
Progress. |
|
Railroads. |
| Geographic subject |
Reading (Pa.) -- Centennial celebrations, etc. |
| Genre |
Pictorial envelopes -- 1890-1900. |
|
Lithographs -- 1890-1900. |
| Associated name |
Summons, E.S., distributor. |
| Provenance |
Ronalds & Johnson Co., former owner. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Envelopes [P.2011.10.89] |
| Accession number |
P.2011.10.89 |
