Details
Contributor Mercer, James R., associated name.
Title Bought of George A. Clark & Brother, sole agents for the Clark Thread Company. 14 South Fifth Street. Clark's O.N.T. crochet & darning cotton's. [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1890
Date [ca. 1890]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph printed in red ink; 19 x 21 cm. (7.25 x 8.25 in.)
Description Billhead for the Philadelphia retail branch of the New York firm containing a vignette image showing "Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton" spool of thread. Clark, a native Scotsman, established an American house in New York for the exclusive distribution of cotton thread in 1855 and built a manufactory in Newark circa 1865.
Notes Completed in manuscript to Mr. Jas. R. Mercer on March 27th, 1893 for "34 B[?] Ball[?] 200 yds, 45, $15.30; 2 @ 6%, $3.80: $11.50 net.
Printed on recto: Terms Cash, In Bankable Funds Within 30 Days. This Bill is Net Cash.
Calculations in ink on recto.
Manuscript note on recto: Will forward balance of order soon as received from our mill.
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 George A. Clark & Brother.
Thread industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Thread.
Genre Billheads -- 1880-1890.
Lithographs -- Color -- 1880-1890.
Provenance Mercer, James R., associated name.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.133]
Accession number P.2011.10.133