Details
Contributor Chamberlain, Joseph Ewell, 1857-1943, associated name.
Title Bought of Collins Brothers Drug Company, wholesale druggists. 418, 420, 422 & 424 N. 2d. St. [graphic].
Publisher [St. Louis?]
Publisher MO. St. Louis. 1890
Date [ca. 1890]
Physical Description 2 prints: relief; 26 x 22 cm. (10.5 x 8.5 in.) or smaller.
Description Billheads containing ornamented lettering and variant vignette views of the several-story building of the firm originally operated by Henry Blakesley in the 1850s. Views also show street and pedestrian traffic. Horse-drawn wagons travel in the street, and another is loaded at a side entrance to the building. A working smoke stack is visible on the roof. J.S. Merrell Company assumed the firm circa 1897.
Notes Printed upper right corner: Salesman [ ]; House No. [ ].
Printed above image: All Claims for Errors Must Be Made Within 10 Days. Interest Charged After Maturity. We Do Not Guarantee Safe Delivery of Goods. We Ship and Take Receipts "In Good Order," And they Are At Consignee's Risk After Receipts Are Signed by Transportation Company.
Printed below image: Terms [ ] ; Sent for your account and risk per [ ].
P.2011.46.142 completed in manuscript to J. E. Chamberlain, Malvern, Ark. on November 6, 1894 for several items, including Eastman soap, bug juice, Bramo Seltzer, and "Lanaline" for $23.35.
P.2011.46.143 completed in manuscript to J. E. Chamberlain, Malvern, Ark. on September 18, 1895 for several items, including "Jaynes Exph., "Asst Phos. sm.," and Caffeine for $41.00.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of William H. Helfand.
Subject Collins Brothers Drug Company.
Carts & wagons -- Missouri -- St. Louis.
Factories -- Missouri -- St. Louis.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Missouri -- St. Louis.
Geographic subject St. Louis (Mo.) -- Pictorial works.
Genre Billheads -- 1880-1890.
Relief prints -- 1880-1890.
Provenance Chamberlain, Joseph Ewell, 1857-1943, associated name.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - C [P.2011.46.142 & 143]
Accession number P.2011.46.142
P.2011.46.143