| Contributor |
Mellins, H., copyright holder. |
| Title |
Geo. W. Nock, locksmith, bell hanger and silver plater, 142 N. Fourth Street, Philadelphia. [graphic] : All kinds of Brass
and Light Iron Work done to order.
|
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia?] |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1874 |
| Date |
c1874 |
| Physical Description |
1 print: lithograph; 8 x 12 cm. (3 x 4.5 in.) |
| Description |
Trade card containing a comic view titled "We've Had a D__L Of A Time." Shows a well-dressed woman entering a disheveled room
containing a parrot and monkey. The parrot greets the woman next to his overturned cage and in front of a rumpled bed on which
a monkey sits. Debris covers the floor near an overturned chair and a broken mirror barely hangs from the wall. Also contains
a "Business Directory" of twenty-one "Names and Address of Reliable Business men of Philadelphia, Pa." on verso. Businesses
include Nock, as well as Columbia Laundry; J. D. Madden, Plumber & Gas Fitter; and C. F. Zimmerman, Musical Instruments.
|
| Notes |
Printed on recto: Over. |
|
Copyrighted by H. Mellins in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C. |
|
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 |
Nock, George W. |
|
Locksmiths -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Vandalism. |
|
Parrots. |
|
Monkeys. |
| Genre |
Trade cards -- 1870-1880. |
|
Lithographs -- 1870-1880. |
| Printer |
Mellins, H., copyright holder. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.41] |
| Accession number |
P.2011.10.41 |
