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Contributor Dunston, G. H. (George H.), printer.
A. Hoen & Co., printer.
Christie & Collier, printer.
Craig, Finley & Co., printer.
S.C. Toof & Co., printer.
Strobridge Lithographing Company, printer.
Beckman, A.A, associated name.
Carriger & Roberts, associated name.
Belanger, H.F., b. 1838, associated name.
Dr. H.C. Porter & Son, associated name.
Belhummeur, Treffle, b. 1862, associated name.
George H. Gilbert Mfg. Co., associated name.
Carriger, William Pinkney, 1850-1886, associated name.
Hartford Street Railway Company, associated name.
Chandler, J.E., associated name.
New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Public Charities and Correction, associated name.
Emmons, A.S., associated name.
Resinol Chemical Company, associated name.
Holsey, A.W., associated name.
Kerste, H.A. 1865-1955, associated name.
Marris, D.W., associated name.
Phillips, Albert E., 1854-1934, associated name.
Walther, J.F., associated name.
Title [Collection of billheads of pharmaceutical firms and related businesses, United States and United Kingdom, 1883-1905] [graphic].
Publisher UNITED STATES. 1883-1905
Date [1883-1905]
Physical Description 21 prints: lithographs, relief prints, and photomechanical prints; 57 x 22 cm. (22.25 x 8.75 in.) or smaller.
Description Collection of billheads, dated between 1883 and 1905, containing decorative and ornate lettering, ornamented type, vignette illustrations, and pictorial details. Illustrations depict exteriors of storefronts and factories (some adorned in signage); pharmaceutical apparatus and tools; a sick-bed scene showing a doctor with a thermometer at the side of his female patient; an eagle perched on a cliff; the interior of a drug store; and a horse and groom. Some of the exterior views include patrons entering buildings, street and pedestrian traffic, as well as laborers at work. Pictorial details include a thermometer, floral imagery, frames, filigree and flourishes. Firms represented include Sagar Drug Co. (Duluth, Minn.); Sandhop, Fritsch & Co. (N.Y.); J. J. Seinsoth (Hartford, Conn.); S. H. Wetmore Company (N.Y.); J. E. Silliman (Erie, Pa.); Smith, Benedict & Company (Boston); Southern Drug Co. (Morristown, Tenn.); Stone, the Druggist (Fitchburg, Ma.); Strong, Cobb and Co. (Cleveland); Tarrant & Company (N.Y.); Thomsen & Muth (Baltimore); Dr. G. Ulrich (Erie, Pa.); Van Natta-Lynds Drug Co. (St. Joseph, Mo.); Van Vleet-Mansfield Drug Co. (Memphis, Tenn.); Vogeler, Winkelmann & Co. (Baltimore); William A. Whittem (Philadelphia); Winkelman & Brown Drug Co. (Baltimore); and Alfred Wright (Rochester, N.Y.). Billed patrons include T. Belhummeur, Lake Linden, Mich.; New York Department of Public Charities; Hartford Street Railway Company; H. A. Kerste, Schnectady, N.Y.; A. A. Beckman; Geo. H. Gilbert Mfg. Co.; A. S. Emmons; Carriger & Roberts; Fitchberg [?] Electric Light Co.; A. E. Phillips, Sinclairville, N.Y.; Dr. H.C. Porter & Son (Towanda, Pa.); W. P. Carriger, Morristown, Tenn.; J. F. Walther; D. W. Marris, Emporia; J. E. Chandler, Malvern; A. W. Holsey; Resinol Chemical Company; and H. F. Belanger, Houma, La. Collection also contains billhead of British chemist and druggist R. C. Walshaw (Huddersfield).
Notes Some items contain manuscript notes and/or stamps acknowledging receipt of payments, terms of sale, and changes of address.
Printers include Christie & Collier, Litho. Duluth; Strobridge & Co., Lith Cincinnati; A. Hoen & Co. Baltimore; S. C. Toof & Co., Memphis; and Craig, Finley & Co. Lith. Phila.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of William H. Helfand.
Subject Seinsoth, J.J.
Silliman, James E.
Stone, Frank S.
Ulrich, G.
Whittem, William A.
Wright, Alfred
Sagar Drug Co.
Sandhop, Fritsch & Co.
S. H. Wetmore Company.
Smith, Benedict & Company.
Strong, Cobb & Company.
Southern Drug Co.
Tarrant & Company.
Thomsen & Muth.
Van Natta-Lynds Drug Co.
Van Vleet-Mansfield Drug Co.
Vogeler, Winkelmann & Co.
Winkelman & Brown Drug Co.
Decorations and ornamentations.
Drugstores -- United States.
Eagles.
Factories -- United States.
Horse-drawn vehicles -- United States.
Horses.
Laborers -- United States.
Medical supplies industry -- New York (State).
Perfume industry -- New York.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Equipment & supplies.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Connecticut -- Hartford.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Maryland -- Baltimore.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Massachusetts -- Fitchburg.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Minnesota -- Duluth.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Missouri -- St. Joseph.
Pharmaceutical industry -- New York (State)
Pharmaceutical industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Pennsylvania.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Tennessee.
Pharmaceutical industry -- United Kingdom.
Physicians.
Sick persons.
Storefronts -- United States.
Thermometers.
Genre Billheads -- 1880-1910.
Lithographs -- 1880-1910.
Photomechanical prints -- 1880-1910.
Relief prints -- 1880-1910.
Provenance Beckman, A.A, associated name.
Belanger, H.F., b. 1838, associated name.
Belhummeur, Treffle, b. 1862, associated name.
Carriger, William Pinkney, 1850-1886, associated name.
Chandler, J.E., associated name.
Emmons, A.S., associated name.
Holsey, A.W., associated name.
Kerste, H.A. (Henry A.), 1865-1955, associated name.
Marris, D.W., associated name.
Phillips, Albert E., 1854-1934, associated name.
Walther, J.F., associated name.
Carriger & Roberts, associated name.
Dr. H.C. Porter & Son, associated name.
George H. Gilbert Mfg. Co., associated name.
Hartford Street Railway Company, associated name.
New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Public Charities and Correction, associated name.
Resinol Chemical Company, associated name.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Billheads, 1880- (S-Z) [P.2011.46.410-428]
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