Details
Contributor Baker-Randolph Litho. & Eng. Co., printer.
Seifert & Lawton, printer.
Bartry, Henry, associated name.
F.M. Hopkins Sons, associated name.
Hutchings, R.B., associated name.
H.M. Parchen & Co., associated name.
Kellar, Leonard, associated name.
H.R. Sands & Co., associated name.
Kerste, H.A. 1865-1955, associated name.
Parchen D'Acheul Drug Company, associated name.
Newton, Samuel, associated name.
Polk Miller Drug Co., associated name.
Prindell, C.W., associated name.
R.H. McDonald & Co., associated name.
Webber, Brooks R., associated name.
S.B. Hartman & Co., associated name.
Title [Collection of letterheads, stationery, and form letters of pharmaceutical firms and related businesses, United States and Canada] [graphic].
Publisher UNITED STATES. 1860-1896
Date [ca. 1860-ca. 1896]
Physical Description 16 prints: lithographs, relief prints, engravings, 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 Mishhler's Herb Bitters anchor of "Hope"; exteriors of factories and storefronts (some including signage); druggists rubber goods, including a bulb syringe and atomizer; and the waiting room and exam room of a dental office. Some of the exterior views include patrons entering buildings, street and pedestrian traffic, as well as laborers at work. View of New York Sumac Extract Company factory complex (20 Cedar Street) also shows a ship docked at the factory pier. Pictorial details include a phoenix, quarter moon, banners, mortar & pestle, frames, filigree and flourishes. Firms represented include Naph B. Greensfelder & Co. (San Francisco, Ca.); New York Sumac Extract Company (Long Island City, N.Y.); Rev. Jasper Marx Medicines (Jersey City, N.J.); Richardson Drug Company, Omaha (Salt Lake City, Ut.); S. B. Hartman & Co, Office of Eastern Laboratory and Wholesale Depot (Lancaster, Pa.); R.H. Mcdonald & Co. (San Francisco, Ca.); Smith, Kline & French Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.); Smith & Prime (Ausable Forks, N.Y.); Spink & Co. (Minneapolis, Minn.); H.N. Stratton (Brooklyn, N.Y.); Judson B. Todd (Ithaca, N.Y.); Tyer Rubber Company (Andover, Ma.); Westlake & McIntyre (Grand Rapids, Mi.); Whitall, Tatum & Co. (Philadelphia); Wm. H. Armstrong & Co. (Indianapolis, Ind.); and G. F. Witter (Grand Rapids, Wis.). Correspondence relates to product orders and fees, solicitations for business, and payments. credits, and payment disputes.
Correspondents include Parchen-D'Acheul Drug Co.; Brooks R. Webber; R. B. Hutchings; H.M. Parchen & Co.; Samuel Newton; S. B. Hartman & Co.; H. R. Sands & Co.; R. H. McDonald & Co.; Polk Miller Drug Co.; F.M. Hopkins Sons; Henry A. Kerste; C.W. Prindell; Leonard Kellar; and Henry Bartry.
Notes Printers and engravers include Seifert & Lawton, Milwaukee; Baker-Randolph Litho. & Eng. Co. Chicago; and [George W.?] Mills.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of William H. Helfand.
Subject Stratton, H. N.
Todd, Judson B., 1858-1912.
Witter, George F., b. ca. 1831.
Naph B. Greensfelder & Co.
New York Sumac Extract Company.
Rev. Jasper Marx Medicines.
Richardson Drug Company.
R.H. McDonald & Co.
S.B. Hartman & Co.
Smith, Kline & French.
Smith & Prime.
Spink & Co.
Tyer Rubber Company.
Westlake & McIntyre.
Whitall Tatum Co.
Wm. H. Armstrong & Co.
Decorations and ornamentations.
Dental offices -- New York (State) -- New York.
Dentists -- New York (State) -- New York.
Factories -- New York (State) -- New York.
Horse-drawn vehicles -- United States.
Laborers -- United States.
Medical supplies industry -- Indiana -- Indianapolis.
Mortars & pestles.
Pharmaceutical industry -- California -- San Francisco.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Indiana -- Indianapolis.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Massachusetts.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Michigan
Pharmaceutical industry -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids.
Pharmaceutical industry -- New Jersey -- Jersey City.
Pharmaceutical industry -- New York (State)
Pharmaceutical industry -- Pennsylvania.
Pharmaceutical industry -- South Carolina.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Tennessee.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Utah -- Salt Lake City.
Physicians. -- Wisconsin -- Grand Rapids.
Phoenix (Mythical Bird)
Rubber industry -- Massachussetts -- Andover.
Storefronts -- United States.
Genre Form letters -- 1860-1890.
Letterheads -- 1860-1890.
Stationery -- 1860-1890.
Lithographs -- 1860-1890.
Photomechanical prints -- 1860-1890.
Relief prints -- 1860-1900.
Provenance Bartry, Henry, associated name.
Hutchings, R.B., associated name.
Kellar, Leonard, associated name.
Kerste, H.A. (Henry A.) 1865-1955, associated name.
Newton, Samuel, associated name.
Prindell, C.W., associated name.
Webber, Brooks R., associated name.
F.M. Hopkins Sons, associated name.
H.M. Parchen & Co., associated name.
H.R. Sands & Co., associated name.
Parchen D'Acheul Drug Company, associated name.
Polk Miller Drug Co., associated name.
R.H. McDonald & Co., associated name.
S.B. Hartman & Co., associated name.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Letterheads & Stationery (N-Z) [P.2011.46.464-479]
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