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Contributor Athey, John H., b. 1833, associated name.
Athey & Hill, associated name.
Hegeman, J. H., 1843-1895, associated name.
Carriger & Roberts, associated name.
Title [Business stationery of Hall & Ruckel, importers and wholesale druggists, 218 & 220 Greenwich Street, New York] [graphic].
Publisher [New York]
Publisher NY. New York. 1870-1880
Date [ca. 1870-ca. 1880]
Physical Description prints: relief and lithograph; 24 x 22 cm. (9.5 x 8.5 in.) or smaller.
Description Includes billheads, a letterhead, and "Memorandum of Credit" containing ornate typography. Billheads also contain promotional text and lists of medicines that Hall & Ruckel serve as "Proprietors of" and "Agents for," including Van Buskirk's Sozodont and McAllister's All-Healing Ointment. Memorandum also contains a pictorial detail depicting a mortar and pestle. Hall & Ruckel, the partnership between William Henry Hall and John H. Ruckel, was established circa 1843. Ruckel left the firm in 1869 and Hall continued as proprietor until his death in 1893. The firm was sold to C. G. Bacon & Co. in 1894.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
P.2011.46.153 printed on pink paper. Completed in manuscript to J. H. Athey , Holly Springs, Miss. on December 6, 1876 for several items, including Holman's Pads, Coleman Mustard, and Brown's Ginger for $26.52. Inscribed on recto: Your goods marked P & Mills Son with your name on the corner."
P.2011.46.154 completed in manuscript to Athey & Hill, Holly Spring, Miss. for [illegible] Paid on good for $1.91.
P.2011.46.155 completed in manuscript on May 17, 1888 to Mr. J. N. Hegeman from Hall & Ruckel about remittance of thirty dollars for "initiation for and annual subscriptions to College of Pharmacy for Mr. H. Hall, Augustus H. Hall & N. J. I. Hall."
P.2011.46.156 completed in manuscript to Mess. Carriger and Roberts, Morristown, Tenn. on November 15, 1888 for "Allowance on Florida Water charged 1 doz. Toilet Water 4.00. Sent 1 [Doz.] Florida [ Water] " for $1.75.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of William H. Helfand.
Subject Hall & Ruckel.
Pharmaceutical industry -- New York (State) -- New York.
Mortars & pestles.
Genre Billheads -- 1870-1880.
Letterheads -- 1870-1880.
Lithographs -- 1870-1880.
Relief prints -- 1860-1870.
Provenance Athey, John H., b. 1833, associated name.
Hegeman, J. H., (Johnson Niven) 1843-1895, associated name.
Athey & Hill, associated name.
Carriger & Roberts, associated name.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - H [P.2011.153-156]
Accession number P.2011.46.153
P.2011.46.154
P.2011.46.155
P.2011.46.156