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Contributor Dunston, G.H. (George H.), printer.
Equitable Litho. Eng. Co., printer.
Foster & Webb, printer.
Gilmour & Kearns, printer.
Heincke-Feigle Litho Co., printer.
J.L. Brooks Bank Check Co., printer.
Moser Lyon & Co., printer.
Shober & Carqueville, printer.
Thomas & Miller, printer.
Bigelow, Gilbert, associated name
A. & G. Hewitt, associated name.
Brooks, A.B., associated name
Carreger Roberts & Co., associated name.
Case, O.H., associated name
Clifton Mfg. Co., associated name.
Chamberlain, Joseph Ewell, 1857-1943, associated name
Duscher & Kiel, associated name.
Cooper, L.D., associated name
J.W. Garrien & Co., associated name.
Foster, Benjamin, associated name
McClellan Bros., associated name
Kerste, H. A. 1865-1955, associated name
Resinol Chemical Company, associated name.
McKinney, A., associated name
Rhoden & Miller, associated name.
Phillips, Albert E., 1854-1934, associated name
Phillips, C.W., associated name
Place, W.H., associated name
Schnell, Joseph, associated name
Stanton, Chester A., 1862-1940, associated name
Thurman, Schultz, associated name
Title [Collection of billheads of pharmaceutical firms and related businesses, United States, 1882-1902] [graphic].
Publisher UNITED STATES. 1882-1902
Date [1882-1902]
Physical Description 28 prints: lithographs, relief, and photomechanical prints; 36 x 22 cm. (14 x 8.75 in.) or smaller.
Description Collection of billheads, dated between 1882 and 1902, containing decorative and ornate lettering, ornamented type, vignette illustrations, and pictorial details. Illustrations depict allegorical figures and scenes, including a griffin; exteriors of storefronts and factories (some adorned in signage); and pharmaceutical apparatus and goods, including mortar and pestles, scales, and trusses. Some of the exterior views include patrons entering buildings, street and pedestrian traffic, as well as laborers at work. Pictorial details include tropical imagery, banners, filigree and flourishes. Firms represented include Clarence S. Abrams, Ph. G. (Middleton, N.Y.); Henry Adams, Phar. D (Amherst, Ma.); Allan Pfeiffer Chemical Co. (St. Louis, Mo.); American Silver Truss (Buffalo, N.Y.); Apothecaries Hall Co. (Waterbury, Conn.); A. M. Foster & Co. (Chicago); Arthur Peter & Co. (Louisville, Ky.); M. F. Benjamin (Riverhead, L.I.); Benton, Myers & Co. (Cleveland); Andrew Blair (Philadelphia); Boykin, Carmer & Co. (Baltimore); Blumauer-Frank Drug Co. (Portland, Ore.); J. H. Boher (Harrisburg, Pa.); Stephen Bowen (Blossburg, Pa.); W[illiam] E. Brown (Providence, R.I.); W. E. Brown (Calverton, Md.; Bush & Co. (Worcester, Ma.); Bruen Bros. & Ritchey (N.Y.); Carr Brothers & Co. (Baltimore); Carter, Carter & Meigs (Boston); Joe/J.E. Chamberlain (Malvern, Ark.); Charles Hubbard Son & Co. (Syracuse, N.Y.); Charles Leich & Co. (Evansville, Ind.); Chas. W. Snow & Co. (Syracuse, N.Y.); C. W. Coulter & Co. (Slippery Rock, Pa.); Demoville & Co. (Nashville, Tenn.); and Davis & Lawrence Co. (Schnectady, N.Y.)
Billed patrons include C. A. Stanton, Wurtsboro, N.Y.; G. C. Lee; Joseph Schnell, Binghamton, N.Y.; O.H. Case, Jefferson, Ohio; Duscher & Kiel; J. E. Chamberlain's Drug Store, Malvern, Ark.; Carreger Roberts & Co., Morristown, Tenn.; Goldsmith & [Fairhill?]; A. E. Phillips; Mrs. W. Hinckle Smith; The Clifton Mfg. Co., Clifton, S.C.; Benjamin Foster; Mrs. J. Boyle; W. H. Place; Resinol Chemical Co.; C. W. Phillips; Gilbert Bigelow; A. & G. Hewitt; J.W. Garrien & Co; L. D. Cooper; Rhoden & Miller; A. B. Brooks; Schultz Thurman; A. McKinney; McClellan Bros., Red Boiling Springs; and H. A. Kerste, Schnectady, N.Y.
Notes Some items contain manuscript notes and/or stamps acknowledging shipment or receipt of payments.
P.2011.46.315 title annotated from Bought of C. W. Coulter & Co. to C. W. Coulter, "& Co." is crossed out.
Printers include Shober & Carqueville Litho. Co.; Equitable Litho. Eng. Co. Balto. MD; J. L. Brooks Bank Check Co. Springfield, Mass.; Moser, Lyon & Co., Syracuse, N.Y.; Heincke-Fiegel Litho. Co. St. L.; Thomas & Miller Printers, New Castle; Foster & Webb Print, Nashville; G. H. Dunston Lith. Buffalo, N.Y.; and Gilmour & Kearns Lith. Montreal.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of William H. Helfand.
Subject Abrams, Clarence S.
Adams, Henry.
Benjamin, M. F.
Blair, Andrew.
Boher, J.H.
Bowen, Stephen.
Brown, William E.
Brown, W.E.
Chamberlain, Joseph Ewell, 1857-1943.
Allan Pfeiffer Chemical Co.
American Silver Truss.
A.M. Foster & Co.
Apothecaries Hall Co.
Arthur Peter & Co.
Benton, Myers & Co.
Blumauer-Frank Drug Co.
Boykin, Carmer & Co.
Bruen Bros. & Ritchey.
Carr Brothers & Co.
Carter, Carter & Meigs.
Charles Hubbard & Son.
Charles Leich & Co.
Charles W. snow & Co.
C.W. Coulter & Co.
Davis & Lawrence Co.
Demoville & Co.
W.J. Bush & Co.
Decorations and ornamentations.
Factories -- United States.
Griffins.
Horse-drawn vehicles -- United States.
Laborers -- United States.
Mortars & pestles.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Equipment & supplies.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Arkansas.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Connecticut.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Illinois.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Indiana.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Maryland.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Massachusetts.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Ohio.
Pharmaceutical industry -- New York (State)
Pharmaceutical industry -- Ohio.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Pennsylvania.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Rhode Island.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Tennessee.
Storefronts -- United States.
Genre Allegories -- 1880-1910.
Billheads -- 1880-1910.
Lithographs -- 1880-1910.
Photomechanical prints -- 1880-1910.
Relief prints -- 1880-1910.
Provenance Bigelow, Gilbert, associated name
Brooks, A.B., associated name
Case, O.H., associated name
Chamberlain, Joseph Ewell, 1857-1943, associated name
Cooper, L.D., associated name
Foster, Benjamin, associated name
Kerste, H. A. (Henry A.), 1865-1955, associated name
McKinney, A., associated name
Phillips, Albert E., 1854-1934, associated name
Phillips, C.W., associated name
Place, W.H., associated name
Schnell, Joseph, associated name
Stanton, Chester A., 1862-1940, associated name
Thurman, Schultz, associated name
A. & G. Hewitt, associated name.
Carreger Roberts & Co., associated name.
Clifton Mfg. Co., associated name.
Duscher & Kiel, associated name.
J.W. Garrien & Co., associated name.
McClellan Bros., associated name
Resinol Chemical Company, associated name.
Rhoden & Miller, associated name.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Billheads, 1880- (A-D)[P.2011.46.290-317]
Accession number various