Details
Contributor Billing Bros. & Whitmore, printer.
J.L. Brooks Bank Check Co., printer.
Middleton, Strobridge & Co., printer.
W. Weatherston & Son, printer.
Abrams, Joseph, associated name
D. F. Lamon & Co., associated name.
Burnhamer, J., associated name
Geo. E. Doolittle & Co., associated name.
Comper, William James, associated name
J.B.M. Linn & Co., associated name.
Dailey, A. H., associated name
Warner, Clark & Taylor, associated name.
Filley, M. L., associated name
Wynard & Sayer, associated name.
Lowndes, C.W. Bersford S., associated name
McMillan, Thomas, associated name
Plumb, H.L., associated name
Rambo, J.F., associated name
Schaefer, Lorin, associated name
L. & N. Cross, associated name
Title [Collection of billheads of pharmaceutical firms and related businesses, United States and United Kingdom, 1850-1879] [graphic].
Publisher UNITED STATES. 1850-1879
Date [1850-1879]
Physical Description 19 prints: lithographs, engravings, relief; 41 x 17 cm. (16 x 6.5 in.) or 29 x 22 cm. (11.5 x 8.5 in.) or smaller.
Description Collection of billheads, dated between 1850 and 1879, containing decorative and ornate lettering, ornamented type, vignette illustrations, and pictorial details. Illustrations depict allegorical figures and scenes, exteriors of storefronts and factories (some adorned in signage), and pharmaceutical apparatus and goods, including mortar and pestles, distillers, and barrels, crates, and cans of medicinals. Some of the exterior views include patrons entering buildings, street and pedestrian traffic, as well as laborers at work. Pictorial details include trademarks depicting a white lily (White Lily Catarrh Cure) and a serpent wrapped around an adorned staph. Firms represented include A. B. & D. Lands (N.Y.); Adie & Gray (Richmond, Va.); Frank S. Allen (N.Y.); Almy, Milne & Co. (Fall River, Ma.); Barrick, Roller & Co. (Philadelphia); Beates & Miller (Philadelphia); Bentley & Miller (New Haven, Ct.); B.H. Douglass & Sons (New Haven, CT); Breinig, Fronefield & Co. (Philadelphia); Burdsal & Brother (Cincinnati); H. H. Burrington (Providence, R.I.); Jno. S. Carter (Erie, Pa.); C. & J. L. Van Deusen (Roundout, N.Y.); A. L. Cutler (Boston); C. V. Clickener & Co. (N.Y.); Davis & Tucker (Canton, Oh.); Rutger L. Drake (Troy, N.Y.); and I. C. Dubose & Co. (Mobile, Ala.). Also contains billheads of the Glasgow Dispensing Chemist Thomas Davison and Stony Stratford Retail Chemists and Druggists Cox & Robinson.
Billed patrons include Wynard & Sayer, Warwick, N.Y.; Jar. Courier, Blue Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier; H.L. Plumb; A.H. Dailey; J.B.M. Linn & Co.; Jos. Abrams; Warner, Clark & Taylor; J. F. Rambo; L. & N. Cross; Geo. E. Doolittle & Co., Erie, Pa.; Late C.W. Bersford S. Lowndes; J. Burnhamer; D. F. Lamon & Co.; Lorin Schaefer, Sr., Canton ; M. L. Filley; Thos. McMillan; and Wm. Jas. Comper, Holmwood, Cathcart.
Notes Some items contain stamps or pasted labels.
Printers include J. L. Brooks Bank Check Co. Lith. Boston; Middleton, Strobridge & Co.; Billing Bros. & Whitmore Birmm.; and W. Weatherston & Son.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of William H. Helfand.
Subject Allen, Frank S.
Burrington, Henry Hudson, 1817-1884.
Carter, John S.
Cutler, A. L.
Drake, Rutger L.
A.B. & D. Sands (Firm).
Adie & Gray.
Almy, Milne & Co.
Barrick, Roller & Co.
Beates & Miller.
Bentley & Miller.
B.H. Douglass & Sons.
Breinig, Fronefield & Co.
Burdsal & Brother.
C. & J. L. Van Deusen.
C.V. Clickener & Co.
Davis & Tucker.
I.C. Dubose & Co.
Decoration and ornamentation.
Factories -- United States.
Laborers -- United States.
Horse-drawn vehicles -- United States.
Mortars & pestles.
Patent medicines.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Equipment & supplies.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Alabama -- Mobile.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Connecticut -- Fall River.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Massachusetts -- Fall River.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Ohio -- Canton.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Ohio -- Cincinnati.
Pharmaceutical industry -- New York (State) -- New York.
Pharmaceutical industry -- New York (State) -- Troy.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Pennsylvania -- Erie.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Rhode Island -- Providence.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Virigina -- Richmond.
Pharmaceutical industry -- United Kingdom.
Storefronts -- United States.
Trademarks.
Genre Allegories -- 1850-1880.
Billheads -- 1850-1880.
Engravings -- 1850-1880.
Lithographs -- 1850-1880.
Relief prints -- 1850-1880.
Provenance Abrams, Joseph, associated name
Burnhamer, J., associated name
Comper, William James, associated name
Dailey, A. H., associated name
Filley, M. L., associated name
Lowndes, C.W. Bersford S., associated name
McMillan, Thomas, associated name
Plumb, H.L., associated name
Rambo, J.F., associated name
Schaefer, Lorin, associated name
D. F. Lamon & Co., associated name.
Geo. E. Doolittle & Co., associated name.
J.B.M. Linn & Co., associated name.
L. & N. Cross, associated name
Warner, Clark & Taylor, associated name.
Wynard & Sayer, associated name.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Billheads, -1879 (A-D) [P.2011.46.271-289]
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