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Andrew Blair, apothecary, Chestnut & 18th Sts., Philadelphia. [graphic] : For over 30 years the head of the late firm of Henry C. Blair's Sons, apothecaries, Philadelphia.
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A118314
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Contributor
Smith, W. Hinckle, Mrs., associated name.
Title
Andrew Blair, apothecary, Chestnut & 18th Sts., Philadelphia. [graphic] : For over 30 years the head of the late firm of Henry C. Blair's Sons, apothecaries, Philadelphia.
Publisher
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1890
Date
[ca. 1893]
Physical Description
1 print: lithograph; 22 x 19 cm. (8.5 x 7.25 in.)
Description
Billhead for the apothecary containing a vignette composed of a tourniquet-like frame surmounted by a scale and surrounding a shield illustrated with the head of a hog. Henry C. Blair's Sons was dissolved in 1893 and Andew Blair assumed sole operations of the business.
Notes
Completed in manuscript to Mrs. W. Hinckle Smith, 1816 Chestnut St. on January 1, 1890 for several items, including Pratt's Chlorides, Maltine Plain, and Castor Oil-Olive Oil for $6.00.
Stamped on recto: Received Payment, Jan 9 1895 Andrew Blair [K. J.]
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of William H. Helfand.
Subject
Blair, Andrew.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Hogs.
Scales.
Genre
Billheads -- 1880-1890.
Lithographs -- 1880-1890.
Provenance
Smith, W. Hinckle, Mrs., associated name.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Billheads 1880- (A-D) - B [P.2011.46.299]
Accession number
P.2011.46.299
In Collections
Printed and Graphic Ephemera
William H. Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection
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