| Contributor |
J.D. Johnson Co., former owner. |
| Title |
Standard Manufacturing Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[Pittsburgh] |
| Publisher |
PA. Pittsburgh. 1895 |
| Date |
[ca. 1895] |
| Physical Description |
1 print: line photoengraving; 16 x 9 cm. (6.5 x 3.5 in.) |
| Description |
Pictorial envelope containing a vignette showing a claw foot tub on a tile floor. The firm etablished in 1875 by James Arrott
and Francis Torrance, and John fleming consolidated into Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company in 1899.
|
| Notes |
Date inferred from ink-stamp postmark: Allegheny June 19, [18]95, 6 30 PM. |
|
Addressed to J.D. Johnson Co., Phila, Pa. |
|
Contains an oval two-cent stamp printed in green and depicting a profile portrait of George Washington. |
|
Ink-stamp postmark on verso: Recevied Philadelphia June 30, 1895 6 30 A[M]. |
|
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 |
Standard Manufacturing Company (Pittsburgh, Pa.) |
|
Plumbing fixtures industry -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh. |
|
Bathtubs & showers. |
| Genre |
Pictorial envelopes -- 1890-1900. |
|
Line photoengravings -- 1890-1900. |
| Provenance |
J.D. Johnson Co., former owner. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Envelopes [P.2011.10.90] |
| Accession number |
P.2011.10.90 |
