Details
Contributor Gast Banknote & Lithographing Co., printer.
L. Perguson & Co., associated name.
Title [Billhead and envelopes of Wilson Drug Co., wholesale druggists, Charlotte, N.C.] [graphic].
Publisher UNITED STATES. 1880-1890
Date [ca. 1880-ca. 1890]
Physical Description 3 prints: relief and lithograph;
Description Billhead contains vignette exterior view of the three-story storefront of the firm. Patrons enter and exit the building and laborers load barrels onto a horse-drawn wagon parked in the street near passing pedestrians. Billhead accompanied by corresponding envelope addressed to L. Perguson & Co., Bostic, N.C. Postmarked Charlotte, February 1, [18]90, 1 AM. Also contains two-cent stamp. Other envelope printed in predominantly block letters.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Printers include Gast St. L. N.Y. & S.F.
Billhead completed in manuscript to L. Perguson & Co. on January 31, 1890 for several items, including grinder, pepper, turpentine, indigo, and "sm. chimneys" for $11.61.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of William H. Helfand.
Subject Wilson Drug Co.
Pharmaceutical industry -- North Carolina -- Charlotte.
Carts & wagons -- North Carolina -- Charlotte.
Storefronts -- North Carolina -- Charlotte.
Geographic subject Charlotte (N.C.) -- Pictorial works.
Genre Billheads -- 1870-1880.
Envelopes -- 1870-1890.
Relief prints -- 1880-1890.
Lithographs -- 1870-1880.
Provenance L. Perguson & Co., associated name.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - W [P.2011.46.263-265]
Accession number P.2011.46.263
P.2011.46.264
P.2011.46.265