Details
Contributor Mackenzie Davis & Co., printer.
McKinney & Co., associated name.
Title [Billheads of A. C. Henderson, wholesale druggist, No. 50 Seventh Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa.] [graphic].
Publisher [Pittsburgh]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1880-1890
Date [ca. 1880-ca. 1890]
Physical Description 2 prints: relief and lithograph; 18 x 22 cm. (7 x 8.75 in.) or smaller.
Description Billheads containing ornate type and ornamental and pictorial details. Details include starbursts, a mortar and pestle, banners, flowers, and filigree. Prints also contain terms for net cash, liability, and claims for reduction, as well as the promotional text "Henderson's Carminative. Henderson's Cough Syrup. Henderson's Cottage Worm Candy. Henderson's Ess. Jamaica Ginger." The text illustrates a pictorial detail depicting a broadside.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Printers include Mackenzie Davis & Co. Lith. Pittsburgh.
Printed in upper left of P.2011.46.160: Order Book, [57] Page [266]. [Pointed finger glyph] When reporting Errors, or Referring to Former Bills, Please Give Book and Page.
P.2011.46.160 completed in manuscript to McKinney Bros., North Liberty on July 8, 1886 for several times, including Rye Whiskey, Pure Cream Tartar, H. sulphur for $19.20. Inscribed on recto: Paid July 22d 86.
P.2011.46.161 completed in manuscript to M'Kinney & Co., North Liberty, Pa. on June 30, 1893 for "1 doz. Hoods Sarsap," "1 [doz] Ess Lemon 4g," "2 gal. alcohol can 50" for $13.83. Stamped on recto: A.C. Henderson Drug Co.
McKinney & Bros., later McKinney & Co., were dealers in general merchandise.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of William H. Helfand.
Subject Henderson, A. C.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
Mortars & pestles.
Genre Billheads -- 1880-1890.
Lithographs -- 1880-1890.
Relief prints -- 1880-1890.
Provenance McKinney & Co., associated name.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - F [P.2011.46.160 & 161]
Accession number P.2011.46.160
P.2011.46.161