Details
Creator Lowe, Samuel W., engraver.
Title Bought of C. Cumming & Co. Manufacturers & dealers in twine, glues, curled hair, hide whips, sand paper, lace leather, horns, bones, neats' foot oil, plastering hair & c. Factory -St. John STreet, above Beaver, Philad'a. Stores---nos. 3, 5 & 7 South Third St., Phila. [graphic] : Superior hair mattresses made to order at short notice. Highest cash price paid for glue pieces, cattle tails, damaged hides and caroons. Printers' glue. A superior Article for Rollers / S.W. Lowe.
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1855
Date [ca. 1855]
Physical Description 1 print: color relief; 18 x 22 cm. (7 x 8.75 in.)
Description Billhead containing an exterior view of the L-shaped glue factory, and courtyard. Smoke billows from the stacks on the roof and a weather vane adorns a tower at the cross-section of the building. One section includes vented windows and a chute into the yard, which contains crates and a lamp post. In the street, a horse-drawn cart travels toward one stopped near a gentleman. Charles Cumming operated a factory as a sole proprietor until circa 1855 when his firm C. Cumming & Co. was established.
Notes Name of proprietors (Charles Cumming and James R. White) and "Terms" printed below image. Terms detail "Current Accounts, Cash Jan'y 1st and July 1st. For Bills of $100 and over, 4 months negotiable notes. Bills less than $100 positively Cash less five per cent. Ground Bones, Neats' Foot Oil and Springs, Nett.
Completed in manuscript to G.W. [Rernadon]? & Bros. on August 3, 1860 for" 2 boxes 'Coul whips" - 10 % of each. 20 gross at $600: $120.
Inscribed in greasy pencil and in ink on recto: Ella Reed.
Inscribed on recto: R H & Co. within a drawing of a diamond.
Manuscript note on verso: C. Cumming. [Riera?] Herman & Co. $120. Augt 3 1860. Paid Sept 21.
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 C. Cumming & Co.
Factories -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Adhesives industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Animal products.
Horse-drawn vehicles -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Third Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 5-7.
Genre Billheads -- 1850-1860.
Relief prints -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.127]
Accession number P.2011.10.127