Contributor |
Brown-Morrison Co., printer. |
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Corlies, Macy, & Co. printer. |
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Gast Banknote & Lithographing Co., printer. |
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Corlies, Macy, & Co. printer. |
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Provenance Fowlkes Haythe Co., associated name. |
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Provenance Polk Miller Drug Co., associated name. |
Title |
[Business stationery of Strother Drug Co., previously W. A. Strother & Son, wholesale druggists, 906 Main Street, Lynchburg,
Va.] [graphic].
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Publisher |
[Lynchburg] |
Publisher |
UNITED STATES. 1890-1940 |
Date |
[ca. 1890-ca. 1935] |
Physical Description |
4 prints: lithographs and line photoengraving; 28 x 21 cm. (11 x 8.25 in.) or smaller. |
Description |
Includes three letterheads and one billhead. Letterheads illustrated with ornamental and pictorial details, the trademark
of the firm, and a vignette exterior view of the manufactory. Details include banners, sprigs of flowers, clouds, and art
nouveau iconography. Trademark depicted as a mortar and pestle marked with the monogram WAS and "Semper Idem." Exterior view
shows the multi-story, block long factory building in front of which cars and a train travels. Two of the prints also contain
an ornament comprised of a frame resembling a belt surrounding the monogram SDC and marked "Established 1853."
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Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
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Printers include Corlies, Macy, & Co. Incp'd, New York; Gast, St. Louis; and Brown-Morrison Co., Lynchburg, Va. |
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P.2011.46.233 and P.2011.46.234 completed in type on June 18th, 1896 and May 20, 1898 to Polk Miller Drug Co., Richmond, Va.
from W. A. Strother, President about the exchange of Sarsparilla and Poultry Feed between the firms and the associated corroborative
business discounts and fees. P.2011.46.234 annotated in red print: W.M. Strother, President, Geo. L. Marsteller, Vice Pres't,
Sidney Strother, Sec'y and Treas. Strother Drug Co. successors.
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P.2011.46.235 completed in type to Fowlkes Haythe Co. on April 25, 1903 for "1 keg Soda 112 lbs" and "1 doz Ext. Lemon #0"
for $1.80. Also contains typed notes: 25-5, case 12 and sent to C. H. Beasley & Bro. Stamped: Less 2% if paid in 10 days.
Interest charged after 60 days.
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Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
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Gift of William H. Helfand. |
Subject |
Strother Drug Co. |
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W.A. Strother & Son. |
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Automobiles -- Virginia -- Lynchburg. |
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Decoration and ornamentation -- Art nouveau. |
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Factories -- Virginia -- Lynchburg. |
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Pharmaceutical industry -- Virginia -- Lynchburg. |
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Monograms. |
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Mortars & pestles. |
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Railroad trains -- Virginia -- Lynchburg. |
Geographic subject |
Lynchburg (Va.) -- Pictorial works. |
Genre |
Billheads -- 1890-1940. |
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Letterheads -- 1890-1940. |
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Line photoengravings -- 1930-1940. |
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Lithographs -- 1890-1900. |
Associated name |
Provenance Fowlkes Haythe Co., associated name. |
Associated name |
Provenance Polk Miller Drug Co., associated name. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - S [P.2011.46.233-236] |
Accession number |
P.2011.46.233 |
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P.2011.46.234 |
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P.2011.46.235 |
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P.2011.46.236 |