| Contributor |
Clark & Courts, printer. |
|
Tristram, Joseph, 1850-1912, associated name. |
| Title |
[Billheads of Houston Drug Company, druggists, Houston, Tx.] [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
Galveston: Clark & Courts, lith |
| Publisher |
TEX. Houston. 1890-1900 |
| Date |
[ca. 1890-1900] |
| Physical Description |
2 prints: lithographs; 19 x 22 cm. (7.5 x 8.5 in.) or smaller. |
| Description |
Billheads containing decorative type, ornamental and pictorial details, and a vignette exterior view of the firm's three-story
storefront at the corner of Travis & Commerce Streets. Details include cloud imagery, sunbursts, flowers, filigree, the "I-X-L"
remedies trademark, and a railroad track labeled with products sold and manufactured by the company. Products include Chill
Cure, Cotton Marking Ink, Bird Seed, Nerve & Bone Liniment, and O.K. Headache Cure. Exterior view also shows pedestrians walking
on the raised walk in front of the building at which horse-drawn wagons are being loaded and unloaded. Wagons also travel
in the street.
|
| Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
|
Printed on rectos: Terms [60 days] |
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Printed above the images: We do not Insure Delivery or Safe Carriage of Goods. They are at your Risk of Breakage and Transportation
after Leaving our Store. Your Recourse is upon the Transportation Company. All Bills Payable in Houston Exchange or Its Equivalent.
|
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P.2011.46.165 completed in manuscript to druggist Jos. Tristram, Brenham, on February 2, 1897 for several items, including
Seatts Emulsion, Syr. Figs, and Jayne's Expector. for $14.35.
|
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P.2011.46.166 completed in manuscript to druggist Jos. Tristram, Brenham on July 13, 1900 for several items, including Swamp
Root, Oil Wormwood, and Hoofland's Tea for $22.88.
|
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Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
|
Gift of William H. Helfand. |
| Subject |
Houston Drug Company. |
|
Carts & wagons -- Texas -- Houston. |
|
Pharmaceutical industry -- Texas -- Houston. |
|
Storefronts -- Texas -- Houston. |
|
Trademarks. |
| Geographic subject |
Houston (Tex.) -- Pictorial works. |
| Genre |
Billheads -- 1890-1900. |
|
Lithographs -- 1890-1900. |
| Provenance |
Tristram, Joseph, 1850-1912, associated name. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - H [P.2011.46.165 & 166] |
| Accession number |
P.2011.46.165 |
|
P.2011.46.166 |
