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[Collection of illustrated blank letterheads and a billhead of pharmaceutical firms in the United States] [graphic].
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Contributor
Lawrence, J. F., printer.
Wm. H. Brett & Co., printer.
Title
[Collection of illustrated blank letterheads and a billhead of pharmaceutical firms in the United States] [graphic].
Publisher
UNITED STATES. 1860-1894
Date
[ca. 1870-ca. 1894]
Physical Description
4 prints: engraving, relief print, and photomechanical prints; 23 x 15 cm. (9 x 6 in.) or smaller.
Description
Collection of letterheads and a billhead from the late 19th century containing decorative and ornate lettering, ornamented type, pictorial details, and a vignette illustration. Details depict art nouveau, bird, and floral imagery, heraldry, banners, and filigree and flourishes. Illustration depicts a mortar and pestle. Firms represented include Davis, the Pure Drug Druggist, established 1894 (Concord, N. H.); B.E. Voelcker & Co. (Dayton, Ia.); J.T. Brown & Co., established 1831 (Boston, Ma.); and Charles E. Lloyd (Albany, N.Y.). Voelcker print, a specimen, also contains the text "No. 2137-Statement-1000 $2.75. 500 $1.75. When the cash accompanies the order I will pay the transportation charges of the goods to their destination. J. F. Lawrence, Label Printer, 83 & 85 Fifth Avenue, Chicago."
Notes
Printers and engravers include Wm. H. Brett & Co. and J. F. Lawrence.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of William H. Helfand.
Subject
Lloyd, Charles E.
B.E. Voelcker & Co.
J.T. Brown & Co.
Birds.
Decorations and ornamentations.
Flowers.
Decoration and ornamentation.
Decoration and ornamentation -- Art nouveau.
Mortars & pestles.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Iowa -- Dayton.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
Pharmaceutical industry -- New Hampshire -- Concord.
Pharmaceutical industry -- New York (State) -- Albany.
Genre
Billheads -- 1860-1900.
Letterheads -- 1860-1900.
Photomechanical prints -- 1860-1890.
Relief prints -- 1860-1900.
Specimens -- 1860-1900.
Engravings -- 1860-1900.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Illustrated Blank Letterheads [P.2011.46.480-483]
Accession number
P.2011.46.480
P.2011.46.481
P.2011.46.482
P.2011.46.483
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
William H. Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection
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