Details
Contributor Exchange Bank (Oxford Junction, Ia.), former owner.
Title Woolson Spice Co., manufacturers of Lion Coffee, spices, baking powder, etc. Toledo, Ohio. [graphic] : A picture card in every package.
Publisher [Toledo, Oh.?]
Publisher OH. Toledo. 1892
Date [ca. 1892]
Physical Description 1 print: relief; 9 x 15 cm. (3.5 x 6 in.)
Description Pictorial envelope containing pictorial imagery and advertising on the recto and verso. Imagery on recto shows a lion leaning over the top of a rolled out scroll on which a cup of coffee rests. Vignettes on the verso depict 100 and 50 pound cabinets for shipping "bulk Roasted Coffee" adorned with signage reading "Drink Woolson Spice Co.'s Roasted Coffee." Verso also contains several lines of advertising text about the cabinets, including the design (well seasoned, wood tongued, and grooved); price suggestions for resale ($1.50 to $2.00); how to procure them from Woolson Spice Co.; and the disclaimer "Lion coffee is not sold in these cabinets."
Notes Addressed in manuscript to: Exchange Bank, Oxford Junction, Iowa.
Date inferred from partial ink-stamp post mark: 7 30 PM [18]92 Ohio.
Contains two-cent stamp printed in red and depicting a profile portrait of George Washington.
Slogan printed above image: Do you handle Lion Coffee?
Advertisting text printed on recto: A Picture Card In Every Package.
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 Woolson Spice Company.
Spice trade -- Ohio -- Toldeo.
Coffee industry -- Ohio -- Toldeo.
Lions.
Cabinets (Case furniture)
Genre Pictorial envelopes -- 1890-1900.
Relief prints -- 1890-1900.
Provenance Exchange Bank (Oxford Junction, Ia.), former owner.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Envelopes [P.2011.10.93]
Accession number P.2011.10.93