Details
Contributor Kerste, H.A., 1865-1955, associated name.
H.C. Porter & Son, associated name.
Title Bought of Max Zeller, importer & wholesale druggist, 37 Bowery. [graphic] : Established 1856.
Publisher [New York?]
Publisher N.Y. New York. 1880-1890
Date [ca. 1890]
Physical Description 2 prints: lithograph; 26 x 22 cm. (10 x 8.5 in.) or smaller.
Description Billheads containing decorative lettering, cloud imagery, and a pictorial detail. Pictorial detail composed of a sheet of paper and text reading "Sole Agent for Ed. Loeflund & Co's Extract of Malt & Combinations. Liebig's Soluble Food. Pure Sterilized & Condensed Alpine milk Unsweetened Peptonized Kindermilch. Deutsche Gelatine Fabriken (German Gelatine Works)." Max Zeller's uncle Julius Zeller established the firm in 1856 at 51 Division Street. He removed the firm, the top U.S. importer of foreign herbs and roots, to 37 Bowery in 1885 and Max succeeded him in 1889. Max Zeller retired in 1901 and the firm was purchased by Britt, Loeffler & Weil (former employees of Julius) who relocated the business to 255 Canal Street.
Notes P.2011.46.268 completed in manuscript to Dr. H. C. Porter & Son, Towanda, Pa. on August 19, 1892 for several items, including soap bark crushed, peppermint, cuticura plaster, and Kennedy's Prairie Weed for $57.88. Also contains manuscript notes in pencil on recto related to price changes and payments received.
P.2011.46.269 completed in manuscript to druggist H.A. Kerste, Schnectady on October 10, 1894 for talcum powder for $1.40.
Henry A. Kerste, a Schenectady druggist established his own business when he purchased the E.L. Davis Pharmacy in 1889. He was known as a pioneer pharmacist for his dedication to the compounding of his own drugs, his efforts to communicate with his immigrant patrons, and his eschewal of a soda fountain.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of William H. Helfand.
Subject Zeller, Max.
Decoration and ornamentation.
Pharmaceutical industry -- New York (State) -- New York.
Genre Billheads -- 1880-1890.
Lithographs -- 1880-1890.
Provenance H.C. Porter & Son, associated name.
Kerste, H.A., (Henry A.), 1865-1955, associated name.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Z [P.2011.46.268 & 269]
Accession number P.2011.46.268
P.2011.46.269