Details
Contributor Calvert Lithographing Co. (Detroit, Mich.), printer.
J.B. McLin & Co., associated name.
Title Bought of Rodgers Brothers, wholesale druggists, and dealers in paints, oils & varnishes. [graphic] : Thos. Rodgers. Jas. A. Rodgers.
Publisher Detroit: The Calvert Lith. Co
Publisher MI. Detroit. 1875
Date [ca. 1875]
Physical Description 2 prints: lithograph; 18 x 22 cm. (7 x 8.5 in.) or smaller.
Description Billheads containing a vignette view showing the exterior of the Knoxville storefront adorned in signage and with a model of a mortar and pestle on the roof. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including a horse-drawn carriage with driver.
Notes Date inferred from costume of female figure in vignette illustration.
Completed in manuscript to J. B. McLin & Co, Rose Hill, Va. on November 24, [1875?] for $17.78 and March 30, 1878 for $.20. Billed items include "Balsam Cap," "Mustang Lin[iment]," Bluestone, and Camphor.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of William H. Helfand.
Subject Rodgers Brothers.
Mortars & pestles.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Tennessee -- Knoxville.
Carriages & coaches. -- Tennessee -- Knoxville.
Genre Billheads -- 1870-1880.
Lithographs -- 1870-1880.
Provenance J.B. McLin & Co., associated name.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - R [P.2011.46.218-219]
Accession number P.2011.46.218
P.2011.46.219