Contributor |
Brown, E., engraver. |
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Harris, Frank H., printer. |
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Weber, Edward (Edward), d. 1848, printer. |
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Ashby & Vincent, printer. |
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Chaser, Horace, associated name. |
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Athey & Hill, associated name. |
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Clark, C. S., associated name. |
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Reed House Drug Store, associated name. |
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Fahoney, Daniel, associated name. |
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Somers, Ebun, associated name. |
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Williamson, R., associated name. |
Title |
[Collection of billheads of pharmaceutical firms and related businesses, United States, 1845-1879] [graphic]. |
Publisher |
UNITED STATES. 1845-1879 |
Date |
[1845-1879] |
Physical Description |
7 prints: lithographs and relief prints; 26 x 21 cm. (10 x 8 in.) or smaller. |
Description |
Collection of billheads, dated between 1845 and 1879, containing decorative and ornate lettering, ornamented type, vignette
illustrations, and pictorial details. Illustrations depict exteriors of storefronts (some adorned in signage) and an allegorical
scene showing Hermes seated among crates, barrels, and bundles, near a brick oven in front of a docked ship at which a horse-drawn
dray stands. Some of the exterior views include patrons entering buildings, street and pedestrian traffic, as well as laborers
at work. Pictorial details depict frames and filigree. Firms represented include Dr. S. Dickinson & Son (Erie, Pa.); Sisson,
Butler & Co. (Hartford, Conn.); Smith & Atkinson (Baltimore); Theo. Ricksecker (N.Y.); Stretch, Bennet & Co. (Philadelphia);
Underhill & Kittredge (Concord, N.H.); W. J. Whitehouse (Fort Edward, N.Y.). Billed patrons include Reed House Drug Store;
C. S. Clark; Danl. Fahoney, Boonboro, Md.; Athey & Hill, Holly Spring, Miss.; Ebun Somers; Horace Chaser; and R. Williamson,
Putnam.
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Notes |
Many of the items contains manuscript notes about receipt of payment. |
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P.2011.46.406 contains extensive manuscript note: Dr. D. Fahoney, We have above [?] of your acct. We gave Mr. Shaw a duplicate
receipt for the money paid us & sent the box of rhubarb to his store to be sent by some of the waggons [sic] from your neighborhood,
as they come to him with flour. Please accept our thanks for your attention in making us the remittance - We will be sending
some orders to Germany & other parts of Europe about the 10th of May & of these are any articles that you have found it difficult
to get good heretofore, if you will let us know before that time me can probably get them. Yours Very Truly, Smith & Atkinson.
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Printers and engravers include E. Brown; Ashby & Vincent, Printers, Erie, Pa.; E. Weber, Baltimore; and Frank H. Harris, Printer. |
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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 |
Ricksecker, Theodore, d. 1919. |
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Whitehouse, W. J. |
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Dr. S. Dickinson & Son. |
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Sisson, Butler & Co. |
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Smith & Atkinson. |
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Stretch, Bennet & Co. |
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Underhill & Kittredge. |
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Commerce. |
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Decorations and ornamentations. |
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Horse-drawn vehicles -- United States. |
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Laborers -- United States. |
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Pharmaceutical industry -- Connecticut -- Hartford. |
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Pharmaceutical industry -- Maryland -- Baltimore. |
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Pharmaceutical industry -- New Hampshire -- Concord. |
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Pharmaceutical industry -- New York (State) |
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Pharmaceutical industry -- Pennsylvania -- Erie. |
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Storefronts -- United States. |
Genre |
Billheads -- 1840-1880. |
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Lithographs -- 1840-1880. |
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Relief prints -- 1840-1880. |
Provenance |
Chaser, Horace, associated name. |
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Clark, C. S., associated name. |
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Fahoney, Daniel, associated name. |
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Somers, Ebun, associated name. |
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Williamson, R., associated name. |
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Athey & Hill, associated name. |
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Reed House Drug Store, associated name. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Billheads, -1879 (S-Z) [P.2011.46.403-409] |
Accession number |
various |