Creator |
Ledger Job Printing Office (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
Title |
Public Ledger Job Printing Office, south-west corner Sixth and Chestnut Street, Philadelphia [graphic]. |
Publisher |
[Philadelphia]: [Public Ledger Job Printing Office] |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1871 |
Date |
[1871] |
Physical Description |
1 print: chromolithograph; 12 x 7 cm. (4.75 x 2.75 in.) |
Description |
Trade card containing a whimsical view showing a colonially-attired typesetter and printer at a typesetting table and press
in the presence of two foppishly attired figures.
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Notes |
Text providing figures showing "the daily edition of the Philadelphia Public Ledger...taken from the Press Room Books for
the weeks ending the 18th and 25th of March, 1871" printed on verso. Figures exceed 460,000.
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Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
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Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler. |
Subject |
Ledger Job Printing Office (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Printing industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Printing. |
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Typesetting. |
Genre |
Trade cards -- 1870-1880. |
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Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.47] |
Accession number |
P.2011.10.47 |