| Contributor |
Waugh, Ida, d.1919, artist. |
|
Ketterlinus Printing House, printer. |
|
Printer Smith, Kline & French, copyright holder. |
| Title |
The little bill poster. [graphic] / Ida Waugh. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia: Ketterlinus |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1898 |
| Date |
1898 |
| Physical Description |
1 print : chromolithograph ; 15 x 9 cm. (6 x 3.5 in.) |
| Description |
Trade card showing a girl posting a "bill" advertising "Eskay's Albumenized Food for Infants and Invalids" on a wood fence.
A satchel lies beside her on the ground. Eskay's food was a modified milk product.
|
| Notes |
Publication date based on copyright statement "copyrighted 1896, S, K, & F. Co. Philadelphia." |
|
Name of artist from several lines of advertising text printed on verso, including two testimonials and premium offer reading,
"For three 50-cent wrappers, or their equivalent in value of other sizes, we will send free of all expense a copy of the handsome
picture on the other side, in nine colors, size 16 x 25 inches, without any advertising upon it whatever. The original painting
is one of the latest works of the celebrated artists, Ida Waugh, and is a handsome work of art. Full directions for mounting
accompany each picture.
|
|
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
|
Gift of William H. Helfand. |
| Subject |
Smith, Kline & French. |
|
Bill-posting. |
|
Food. |
|
Girls. |
|
Pharmaceutical industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Genre |
Trade cards -- 1890-1900. |
|
Chromolithographs -- 1890-1900. |
| Associated name |
Printer Smith, Kline & French, copyright holder. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helfand Misc. Popular Medicine Collection [P.2010.36.17] |
| Accession number |
P.2010.36.17 |
