Details
Title Devlin & Co.'s Centennial souvenir. 1776-1876. [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Date [ca. 1876]
Physical Description 1 print : chromolithograph ; 8.5 x 13.5 cm. (3.25 x 5.25 in.)
Description Illustrated souvenir trade card depicting two full-length figures of men modeling period clothing, one attired in Colonial dress and the other attired in a plaid suit, popular in the 1870s. Patriotic symbols separate and surround the figures, including stars, banners and an American eagle with a shield on its breast, clutching flags and the banner "E pluribus unum" in its talons.
Notes Contains advertising text (partially illegible after removing from scrapbook) printed on verso for Devlin & Co.'s leading American clothing house in two locations in New York City: Broadway and Grand St. and Broadway and Warren St.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Devlin & Company.
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Clothing stores -- New York (State) -- New York.
Clothing & dress.
Patriotism.
Geographic subject United States -- Centennial celebrations, etc.
Genre Trade cards -- 1870-1880.
Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880.
Souvenirs -- 1870-1880.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Devlin [5758.F.19e]
Accession number 5758.F.19e