| Contributor |
Marcus, Stein, associated name. |
|
C. Schrack & Co., associated name. |
|
Hoffer, Gridley, associated name. |
| Title |
[Illustrated checks and lettersheet of Lanman & Kemp, wholesale druggists, 69, 71 and 73 Water St., New York] [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[New York] |
| Publisher |
N.Y. New York. 1860-1873 |
| Date |
[ca. 1860-1873] |
| Physical Description |
3 prints: 1 engraving and 2 color engravings; 22 x 14 cm. (8 x 5.5 in.) or smaller. |
| Description |
Graphics include allegorical vignette illustration showing a female figure, reclined against a hearth and surrounded by druggists
apparatus and equipment (including a mortar and pestle and distillery), and a medallion type ornament marked "Two Cents United
States Internal Revenue." The firm originally established by Robert J. Murray in 1808 was reincorporated as Lanman & Kemp
in 1861.
|
| Notes |
P.2011.46.184 numbered No. 12, 370; and dated July 7, 1868; pay to Stein Marcus[?], $236.50; drawn on the Bank of New York,
and signed by Jno. J. McLaran, Edward Kemp. Endorsed on verso: For Deposit Chat. Nat. Bank. Harro Marcus.
|
|
P.2011.46.185 completed in manuscript on February 26, 1869 to Mess. C. Schrack & Co., Philada. from Lanman & Kemp Livingston
requesting a "remittance for our invoice Jan 29 $459 37/100 will oblige. Inscribed lower left: 9 97 [+] 46 [=] 59 82 [+] 39
88 [=] 458 62.
|
|
P.2011.46.186 numbered No. 119; and dated May 10, 1873; pay to Gridley Hoffer, $164. 81, drawn on the Merchants National Bank,
and signed by Lanman & Kemp. Endorsed on verso: Gridley Hoffer.
|
|
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
|
Gift of William H. Helfand. |
|
C. Schrack & Co. were Philadelphia varnish and color manufacturers and importers and dealers in printers’ materials. |
| Subject |
Lanman & Kemp. |
|
Allegories. |
|
Pharmaceutical industry -- New York (State) -- New York. |
|
Pharmaceutical industry -- Equipment and supplies. |
|
Women. |
| Genre |
Checks -- 1860-1870. |
|
Lettersheets -- 1860-1870. |
|
Engravings -- 1860-1870. |
|
Engravings -- Color -- 1860-1870. |
| Provenance |
Marcus, Stein, associated name. |
|
Hoffer, Gridley, associated name. |
|
C. Schrack & Co., associated name. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - L [P.2011.46.184-186] |
| Accession number |
P.2011.46.184 |
|
P.2011.46.185 |
|
P.2011.46.186 |
