Phoenix Oil Co. Phila. [graphic] : The great leather preserver. Phoenix water proof oil for boots and shoes. No more wet feet. No more cracked leather. No more tender feet or corns. No more rubbers needed.

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Contributor	Wells & Hope Co., printer.
Title	Phoenix Oil Co. Phila. [graphic] : The great leather preserver. Phoenix water proof oil for boots and shoes. No more wet feet. No more cracked leather. No more tender feet or corns. No more rubbers needed.
Publisher	Philadelphia, Wells & Hope Co
Date	[ca. 1880]
Physical Description	1 print: chromolithograph; 50 x 59 cm.(19.5 x 23 in.)
Description	Advertisement containing a whimsical view of the shoe oil produced by the Phoenix Oil Company at Front and Market Streets. Shows shoeshine boys admiring a life-size corked bottle of the oil. A shoe-shine box, brush, buffer, and a bottle of the oil rest at their feet. Behind the boys, the heads of clamoring men, and individuals, including a couple with an umbrella, walking in the rain are visible. The scene is framed with a large red circle containing advertising text. Other pictorial elements include a branch of blossoms and a medallion with advertising text.
Notes	Not in Wainwright.
	Printed lower left corner: 25 cents.
	pdcp00041
	Philadelphia on Stone
	POSP 189
	Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Tradesmen's Cards
Subject	Phoenix Oil Co.
	Shoe shiners.
	Oil industries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
	Rain.
Genre	Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880.
	Advertisements -- 1870-1880.
Location	Free Library of Philadelphia.\| Print and Picture Collection. FLP\| FLP Philadelphiana - Tradesmen's Cards

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