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[Business stationery of Nichols & Harris, wholesale and retail druggists, New London, Ct.] [graphic].
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Contributor
Smith, G. A., printer.
Kirtland, W. N., associated name.
Title
[Business stationery of Nichols & Harris, wholesale and retail druggists, New London, Ct.] [graphic].
Publisher
UNITED STATES. 1860-1890
Date
[ca. 1870-ca. 1890]
Physical Description
3 prints: 1 lithograph and 2 lithographs printed in color; 18 x 22 cm. (7 x 8.5 in.) or smaller.
Description
Includes two billheads and one receipt. Billheads contain ornamented type and ornamental details. Check contains the trademark of the firm depicting an eagle perched on a mortar & pestle. One billhead also contains a list of the medicines, including Nichol's toilet cream, for which Nichols & Harris serve as proprietor, as well as the "N&H" emblem as a cornice detail.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Printers include G. A. Smith, Steam Print, Lyme Ct.
P.2011.46.202 & 203 completed in manuscript to W.N. Kirtland (& Co.) on December 17, 1878 for $3.25 and February 23, 1888 for $11.99. Items billed include family syringe, camphor gum, and cherry drops.
P.2011.46.204 completed in manuscript on October 4, 1894 to C. L. Clark, signed Nichols & Harris for receipt of $86.36.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of William H. Helfand.
Subject
Nichols & Harris (New London, Conn.)
Eagles.
Emblems.
Mortars & pestles.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Connecticut -- New London.
Trademarks.
Genre
Billheads -- 1860-1890.
Receipt (Acknowledgments) -- 1880-1890.
Lithographs -- 1860-1890.
Provenance
Kirtland, W. N., associated name.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection -N [P.2011.46.202-204]
Accession number
P.2011.46.202
P.2011.46.203
P.2011.46.204
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
William H. Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection
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