Details
Contributor A. Hoen & Co., printer.
Emlet, J. L., associated name.
H.&.G Howell, associated name.
Title Bought of Canby, Gilpin & Co. Import and export druggists & druggists sundrymen. North west corner Light & Lombard Streets. [graphic] : William Canby, Bernard Gilpin, Thomas P. Langoon.
Publisher Baltimore: A. Hoen & Co
Publisher MD. Baltimore. 1880
Date [ca. 1880]
Physical Description 2 prints: lithograph; 24 x 22 cm. (9.5 x 8.5 in.) or smaller.
Description Billheads containing ornamented type, ornamental details, and an exterior view of the firm's five-story storefront. View also shows crates and barrels lining the side of the building and pedestrians walking on the sidewalk. The firm, established as Baily, Canby, and Gilpin in 1845, was renamed Canby, Gilpin & Co. in 1853. The original building at Light and Lombard Streets was razed by fire in 1886.
Notes Printed on recto: F.B. [ ]; Fol. [ ]; Terms [ ]; and Shipped by [ ].
P.2011.46.28 printed on blue paper. Completed in manuscript on January 30, 1884 to [A.& G Howell?], Salida, Va. for "2 Gall. Lard Oil Yourleau," "1/3 Gross Rumf of Powder/6 oz" and "Dray" for $7.12.
P.2011.46.29 completed in manuscript to pharmacist J. L. Emlet, Hanover, Pa. on December 30, 1884 for several items, including mercury, belladonna, butter color, shaker extract, and Wiliam's bar soap for $40.42.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of William H. Helfand.
Subject Canby, Gilpin & Co.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Maryland -- Baltimore.
Storefronts -- Maryland -- Baltimore.
Geographic subject Baltimore (Md.) -- Pictorial works.
Genre Billheads -- 1880-1890.
Lithographs -- 1880-1890.
Provenance Emlet, J. L., associated name.
H.&.G Howell, associated name.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - C [P.2011.46.28 & 29]
Accession number P.2011.46.28
P.2011.46.29