| Contributor |
Whitney, A.G., associated name. |
| Title |
Bought of John Hays & Co., miners and dealers in all kinds of hard and soft coal and coke. Office and dock: C. & P. R'y coal
pier and 9 Prospect St. Cleveland, Ohio. [graphic]: We handle or screen our coal with forks, as in the above cut. The coal
is taken up entirely free from slack, and is not broken, as when thrown against a screen. See that this cut is on the back
or face of the card or bill accompanying each load. None genuine without it. J.H. & Co.
|
| Publisher |
[Cleveland] |
| Publisher |
OH. Cleveland. 1870 |
| Date |
[ca. 1870] |
| Physical Description |
1 print: woodcut and relief; 10 x 15 cm. (4 x 5.75 in.) |
| Description |
Receipt containing an image showing a laborer using a pitch fork to load a "John Hays & Co. Ridge White Ash Coal" rail car.
A mound of coal on which a pitch fork rests is visible on one end of the car. The head of a horse is partially visible behind
the opposite end of the car.
|
| Notes |
Title from text on verso. |
|
Completed in manuscript to Mr. A. G. Whitney on September 4, 1877 for "2000 pounds Carbon Ridge, Lump." |
|
Contains punched whole in upper right corner. |
|
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 |
John Hays & Co. |
|
Coal trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
|
Railroad cars. |
|
Receipts -- Forms. |
| Genre |
Forms (Documents) -- 1860-1870. |
|
Relief prints -- 1860-1870. |
|
Woodcuts -- 1860-1870. |
| Provenance |
Whitney, A.G., associated name. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Miscellaneous [P.2011.10.174] |
| Accession number |
P.2011.10.174 |
