| Contributor |
Philadelphia Inquirer (Firm), publisher. |
| Title |
[Advertising specimens] [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
UNITED STATES. 1860-1895 |
| Date |
[ca. 1860-1895] |
| Physical Description |
9 prints: 6 chromolithographs and 3 lithographs; 9 x 15 cm. (3.5 x 5.75 in.), 18 x 8 cm. (7 x 3 in.), or smaller. |
| Description |
Series of advertising specimens, including trade cards, book marks, and a proof of an invitation. Prints depict a girl character
in allegorical scenes representing the seasons; views of South Ferry Hotel (Kaighn Point, N.J) and a standard scale at use
at a farm; medals; coats of arms; and pharmaceutical apparatus. Businesses represented include Peter Bazzanti & Son, manufactory
of Florentine Mosaics; Fairbanks' Standard Scale; Hawkins Brothers, army, navy, & police contractors and post office & railway
contractors; and W.B. Horner, druggist & apothecary.
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| Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
|
Various printers, including S. C. Boreum and Major & Knapp. |
|
Varous publishers, including Philadelphia Inquirer. |
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Print P.9399.449 inscribed on verso: Od [sic] Fellow Hall, Sixth St. Below Race. Race. |
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Originally part of Specimens Album [P.9349]. |
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Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
| Subject |
Horner, W.B. |
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Peter Bazzanti & Son. |
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E. & T. Fairbanks & Co. |
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Hawkins Brothers. |
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South Ferry Hotel (Camden, N.J.) |
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Chemical apparatus. |
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Coats of arms |
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Contractors. |
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Hotels |
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Farms. |
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Medals. |
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Pharmacists. |
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Scales. |
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Seasons. |
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Tile industry. |
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Weighing instruments industry. |
| Genre |
Chromolithographs -- 1860-1900. |
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Lithographs -- 1860-1870. |
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Bookmarks -- 1890-1990. |
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Invitations -- 1850-1960. |
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Trade cards -- 1860-1880. |
| Printer |
Philadelphia Inquirer (Firm), publisher. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Specimens Album Loose Prints Collection - Advertising Specimens [P.9349.364, 366-367, 384, 402, 404-405, 414, 449] |
| Accession number |
P.9349.364 |
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P.9349.366 |
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P.9349.367 |
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P.9349.384 |
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P.9349.402 |
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P.9349.404 |
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P.9349.405 |
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P.9349.414 |
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P.9349.449 |
