| Contributor |
Snyder, Black & Sturn, printer. |
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Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Co., printer. |
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Mayor, Merkel & Ottmann, printer. |
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Kice, Lyman, 1846-1927, associated name. |
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F. & A. Crosswell, associated name. |
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Ford & Perry, associated name. |
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Glover, Warner & Clark, associated name. |
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Warner & Clark, associated name. |
| Title |
[Collection of business correspondence of S. R. Van Duzer, wholesale druggist, New York] [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[New York] |
| Publisher |
N.Y. New York. 1860-1890 |
| Date |
[ca. 1860-ca. 1880] |
| Physical Description |
6 prints: lithograph; 31 x 23 cm. (12 x 9 in.) or smaller. |
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1 item ([4] p.): ill.; 30 x 24 cm. (12 x 9.5 in.) |
| Description |
Collection of business correspondence dated between September 25, 1861 and February 11, 1885, including billheads, letterhead,
a form letter, and a prices current (February 2, 1874) containing ornate typography and vignette illustrations. Billheads
and price current contain variant views of the exterior of the firm's storefront. Majority also show laborers loading and
unloading horse-drawn carts in front of the building and the storefront adorned with a flag on the roof reading "Importer
& Jobber." Items billed include opium, gum arabic, Pears glycerine soap, Warner's Safe Cure, Ayer's Pectoral, and chrome yellow
oil masury. Letterhead illustration shows a medieval apothecary in his laboratory. He uses a flume to stoke a fire while surrounded
by pharmaceutical apparatus, including beakers, a distillery, and mortar and pestle. Other correspondence relates to receipt
of payments. Van Duzer, one of New York's most prominent druggists retired from active business in 1893.
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| Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
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Printers include Snyder, Black & Sturn, N.Y.; The Major & & Knapp Eng. Mfg. & Lith. Co., N.Y.; and Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann,
N.Y.
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Correspondents include Ford & Perry, Deposit, N.Y.; F. & A. Crosswell; Glover, Warner & Clark/ Warner & Clark, Sandy Hook,
Conn.; and German Valley, N.J. general store proprietor Lyman Kice.
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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 |
Van Duzer, Selah Reeve, 1823-1903. |
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Carts & wagons -- New York (State) -- New York. |
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Laborers -- New York (State) -- New York. |
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Pharmacists. |
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Pharmaceutical industry -- New York (State) -- New York. |
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Storefronts -- New York (State) -- New York. |
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Mortars & pestles. |
| Geographic subject |
New York (N.Y.) -- Pictorial works. |
| Genre |
Billheads -- 1860-1880. |
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Letterheads -- 1860-1870. |
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Lithographs -- 1860-1880. |
| Provenance |
Kice, Lyman, 1846-1927, associated name. |
|
F. & A. Crosswell, associated name. |
|
Ford & Perry, associated name. |
|
Glover, Warner & Clark, associated name. |
|
Warner & Clark, associated name. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - V [P.2011.46.237-243] |
| Accession number |
P.2011.46.237 |
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P.2011.46.238 |
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P.2011.46.239 |
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P.2011.46.240 |
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P.2011.46.241 |
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P.2011.46.242 |
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P.2011.46.243 |
