Details
Contributor Dunston, G. H. (George H.), printer.
A. Gast & Co., printer.
A. Hoen & Co., printer.
Buston & Skinner, printer.
Biggs, S., associated name.
Chapman, White, Lyons & Co., associated name.
Brooks, Burt H., associated name.
G.W. Aimar & Co., associated name.
Estey, Jacob, associated name.
H.C. Parter & Son, associated name.
Gardner, C.K., associated name.
Lyman Sons & Co., associated name.
Hankins, Bunting, d. 1909. associated name.
McKinney Bros., associated name.
Hartz, J.D. August, 1845-1936, associated name.
Parchen D'Acheu Drug Company, associated name.
Legel, John C., associated name.
Polk Miller Drug Co., associated name.
Madden, J.F., associated name.
Mitchell, A.C., associated name.
Newsam, W.W., associated name.
Scudder, William R., associated name.
Semple, Henry B., associated name.
Seymour, E. C., associated name.
Sweetnam, George B., associated name.
Walbridge, C. P., associated name.
Williams, C. A., associated name.
Title [Collection of letterheads, stationery, and form letters of pharmaceutical firms and related businesses, United States and Canada] [graphic].
Publisher UNITED STATES. 1860-1900
Date [ca. 1860-ca. 1900]
Physical Description 34 prints: lithographs, relief prints, and photomechanical prints; 31 x 23 cm. (12 x 9 in.) or smaller.
Description Collection of letterheads and stationery from the late 19th century containing decorative and ornate lettering, ornamented type, vignette illustrations, and pictorial details. Illustrations depict trademarks, including the Alpine Products Co. eagle; the bloodhound "Grip"; and interiors and exteriors of storefronts, laboratories, and medical dispensaries (some adorned in signage), including H.E. Bucklen & Co.'s Bottling Dept., Composing Room, Engine & Press Room, Shipping Room, Main Office, and Mailing Dept. Some of the exterior views include patrons entering buildings, street and pedestrian traffic, as well as laborers at work. Pictorial details include a ladies truss, a profile portrait of a woman captioned "The crowning glory of Woman is Her Hair," mortar & pestle, floral imagery, frames, filigree and flourishes.
Firms represented include A.C. Meyer & Co. (Baltimore); Alpine Products Co. (N.Y.); The Altenheim Medical Dispensary (Cincinnati); T.P. Bailey, M.D. (Georgetown, S.C.); Bellows Falls Drug Store (Bellows Falls, Vt.); Benton, Myers & Company (Cleveland); S. Biggs (Rockingham, N.C.); D. Wood Brant (Newark, N.J.); Canadian Kennel Club (Toronto); Horace Bush (Lowville, N.Y.); Carriger & Speck (Morristown, Tenn.); C.E. Grafton Drug Company (Brookhaven, Miss.); Chicago Medical Society (Chicago); Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute, i.e., Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (Brooklyn, N.Y.); Wm. Connolly, M.D. (Cresco, Ia.); Edward H. Currier (Manchester, N.H.); E.S. Leadbeater & Sons (Alexandria, Va.); Dr. E. Greenmayer (East Palestine, Oh.); Dr. Robert Hamilton's Medical Institute (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.); Bunting Hankins (Bordentown, N.J.); H.E. Bucklen & Co. (Chicago, Ill.); Heintzelman's Pharmacy (Philadelphia); D. E. Hoagland (Cobleskill, N.Y.); J. Henderson & Bros. (Pittsburgh); John Carle & Sons (N.Y.); John F. Henry & Co. (Waterbury, Vt.); Johnston, Holloway & Cowden (Philadelphia); Joseph Hahn & Co. (Sacramento, Ca.); J. S. Merrell Drug Co. (St. Louis, Mo.); Aug. Korndoerfer, M.D. (Philadelphia); Lyman, Sons & Co. (Montreal); Max Wocher & Son (Cincinnati); and Muth Brothers & Co. (Baltimore).
Correspondence relates to shipping arrangements and fees, product orders, payments, letters of certification and retention of employees, diagnoses and treatments, as well as a purchase of a storefront and feedback on a supply of samples. Collection also includes a personal letter completed July 8, 1884 by J.F. Madden describing his medical treatment and his day in Sacramento, Ca. Correspondents include Parchen D'Archeu Drug Company; The Polk Miller Drug Co.; G.W. Aimar & Co.; A. C. Mitchell; Jacob Estey; S. Biggs; Wm. R. Scudder; Geo. B. Sweetnam; Lyman, Sons & Co.; Chapman, White, Lyons & Co.; W. W. Newsam; E. C. Seymour; John C. Legel; Burt H. Brooks; B. Hankins; H. C. Parter & Son; McKinney Bros.; J. D. Aug. Hartz; C. A. Williams; Henry B. Semple; J. F. Madden; C. P. Walbridge; and C. K. Gardner.
Notes Printers include A. Hoen & Co., Balto.; G. H. Dunston, Lith., Buffalo; A. Gast & Co., St. Louis & N.Y.; and Buston & Skinner, Lith. St. Louis.
One print [P.2011.46.456 ] contains two-cent stamp.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of William H. Helfand.
Subject Bailey, Thomas P., b. 1832.
Biggs, S.
Brant, D. Wood.
Bush, Horace.
Connolly, William.
Currier, Edward H. b. 1847.
Greenmayer, E.
Hankins, Bunting, d. 1909.
Heintzelman, Joseph A., b. 1834.
Hoagland, Delmer E., 1863-1904.
Korndoerfer, A. (Augustus), b. 1843.
A.C. Meyer & Co.
Alpine Products Co.
Bellows Falls Drug Store.
Benton, Myers & Company.
Benton, Myers & Company.
Canadian Kennel Club.
Carriger & Speck.
C.E. Grafton Drug Company.
Chicago Medical Society.
Dr. Robert Hamilton's Medical Institute.
E.S. Leadbeater & Sons.
H.E. Bucklen & Co.
J. Henderson & Bros.
John Carle & Sons.
John F. Henry & Co.
Johnston, Holloway, & Cowden.
Joseph Hahn & Co.
J.S. Merrell Drug Co.
Lyman, Sons & Co.
Max Wocher & Son.
Muth Brothers & Co.
Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn.
Decorations and ornamentations.
Bloodhounds.
Laboratories -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Horse-drawn vehicles -- United States.
Laborers -- United States.
Charities, Medical. -- United States.
Medicine -- Societies, etc. -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Medical supplies industry -- Ohio -- Cincinnatti.
Mortars & pestles.
Pharmaceutical industry -- California.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Canada.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Illinois.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Iowa.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Maryland.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Mississippi.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Ohio.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Missouri.
Pharmaceutical industry -- New Hampshire.
Pharmaceutical industry -- New Jersey,
Pharmaceutical industry -- New York (State)
Pharmaceutical industry -- North Carolina
Pharmaceutical industry -- Ohio.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Pennsylvania.
Pharmaceutical industry -- South Carolina.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Tennessee.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Vermont.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Virginia.
Technical institutes -- New York (State) -- New York.
Physicians. -- United States.
Storefronts -- United States.
Genre Form letters -- 1860-1900.
Letterheads -- 1860-1900.
Stationery -- 1860-1900.
Lithographs -- 1860-1900.
Photomechanical prints -- 1860-1900.
Relief prints -- 1860-1900.
Provenance Biggs, S., associated name.
Brooks, Burt H., associated name.
Estey, Jacob, associated name.
Gardner, C.K., associated name.
Hankins, Bunting, d. 1909. associated name.
Hartz, J.D. August, 1845-1936, associated name.
Legel, John C., associated name.
Madden, J.F., associated name.
Mitchell, A.C., associated name.
Newsam, W.W., associated name.
Scudder, William R., associated name.
Semple, Henry B., associated name.
Seymour, E. C., associated name.
Sweetnam, George B., associated name.
Walbridge, C. P., associated name.
Williams, C. A., associated name.
Chapman, White, Lyons & Co., associated name.
G.W. Aimar & Co., associated name.
H.C. Parter & Son, associated name.
Lyman Sons & Co., associated name.
McKinney Bros., associated name.
Parchen D'Acheu Drug Company, associated name.
Polk Miller Drug Co., associated name.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Letterheads & Stationery (A-M) [P.2011.46.429-463]
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