| Contributor |
Somers, Ebun, associated name. |
|
Somers, Lewis, associated name. |
| Title |
[Collection of business stationery of C.H. Butterworth & Co., wholesale druggists and dealers in paint, Philadelphia, Pa.]
[graphic].
|
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia] |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1886-1890 |
| Date |
[ca. 1886-1890] |
| Physical Description |
5 prints: relief; 27 x 22 cm. (11 x 8.5 in.) or smaller. |
| Description |
Includes one letterhead and four billheads. Billheads contain ornamented type, ornamental details, and an exterior view of
the firm's storefront at 125 Market Street. View also shows pedestrian traffic in front of the store with large display windows
and adorned in signage, including a promotion for "Holstein's Aromanna." Billheads also contain promotional text, and terms
of purchase and liability. Letterhead contains vignette depicting a mortar and pestle and a list of the products manufactured
by the firm, including Butterworth Pulmonic Syrup, S.C. Cure, and Corn Cure, and Hassinger's Buttter Color, and American Cattle
Powder. Collection also contains one billhead for the precedessor firm Budd, Butterworth & McClure established in 1886. The
Market Street storefront was razed by fire in 1906.
|
| Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
|
Four billheads (P.2011.46.23; P.2011.46.25-27) completed in manuscript to: Lewis Somer, Oceanville, N.J. on June 16, 1888
for $3.25 and Ebun Somers, Oceanville, N.J. on February 27, 1895 for $7.57; on March 9, 1896 for $25.25; and December 10,
1896 for $7.10. Billed items include opium, paregolic, flaxseed, white lead, and peppermint.
|
|
One letterhead (P.2011.46.24) completed in type on July 5, 1895 to E. Somers from C. H. Butterworth & Co. requesting an account
balance due for "expressage" as Butterworth & Co make no exceptions for out of city customers.
|
|
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
|
Gift of William H. Helfand. |
| Subject |
Budd, Butterworth & McClure. |
|
C.H. Butterworth & Co. |
|
Mortars & pestles. |
|
Paint industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Pharmaceutical industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Storefronts -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 125. |
| Genre |
Billheads -- 1880-1890. |
|
Letterheads -- 1880-1890. |
|
Relief prints -- 1880-1890. |
| Provenance |
Somers, Ebun, associated name. |
|
Somers, Lewis, associated name. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - B [P.2011.46.23-27] |
| Accession number |
P.2011.46.23 |
|
P.2011.46.24 |
|
P.2011.46.25 |
|
P.2011.46.26 |
|
P.2011.46.27 |
