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[Edwin C. Burt trade cards]
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Contributor
Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Co., printer.
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Title
[Edwin C. Burt trade cards] [graphic].
Publisher
New York : The Major & Knapp Lith. Co. 56 Park Place
Publisher
N.Y. New York. 1881
Date
[ca. 1881]
Physical Description
2 prints : chromolithographs ; 7.5 x 12 cm. (3 x 4.75 in.)
Description
Series of illustrated trade cards depicting three chicks near a recently hatched egg and a boy lying belly down in the grass holding dandelion fluff in his right hand with flowers, a bird, and a bee surrounding him. Officially founded in 1860, Edwin C. Burt & Co. assigned its liabilities over to Thomas Cunningham in 1898.
Notes
Contains advertising text printed on versos for shoe stores selling Edwin C. Burt & Co. products. Both contain the same "Caution" note: Please notice, genuine goods of Edwin C. Burt's make have his name stamped in full on lining and sole of each shoe, and are warranted. One print [1975.F.51] contains an imprint for John Parker, Jr. & Co. ladies' fine shoes, 20 South 8th Street and a calendar for 1881. The other print [P.9828.653a] contains an imprint for Baldwin, dealer in boots and shoes, Nos. 228 and 230 Northampton Street, Easton, Pa. and a vignette of various medals awarded to Edwin C. Burt, ranging from 1867 to 1878.
Manuscript note on verso of one print [P.9828.653a]: Irene M. Hunt.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
One print [P.9828.653a] gift of William Helfand.
Digitized.
Subject
Baldwin, J.T.
Edwin C. Burt & Co.
John Parker, Jr. & Co.
Shoe industry -- New York (State) -- New York.
Shoe stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Shoe stores -- Pennsylvania -- Easton.
Boys.
Bees.
Birds.
Eggs.
Flowers.
Genre
Trade cards -- 1880-1890.
Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Provenance
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Burt [1975.F.51; P.9828.653a]
Accession number
1975.F.51
P.9828.653a
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
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