Title |
Potsdamer & Co. |
Date |
fl. 1875-1885 |
Description |
Potsdamer & Co., a Jewish Philadelphia lithographic firm active 1875-1885, was established by Theodore Potsdamer and Alfred
Jones as Jones & Potsdamer (321 Chestnut Street) ca. 1872. Jones left the partnership in 1875 and Potsdamer continued operations
as Potsdamer & Co. until 1885 (after having relocated to 243 South Third Street in 1882) when the firm was taken over by the
Ketterlinus Company due to Potsdamer's declining health. In 1874, Potsdamer & Co. received a silver medal for "engraving sharp,
shield panel work, and Spencerian script," but was reported as losing considerable money for work for the Centennial Exhibition
of 1876.
Potsdamer & Co. predominately produced chromolithographic trade cards and other advertising ephemera in addition to letterpress
work, mostly for benevolent organizations of the local Jewish community. Organizations included the Society of the United
Hebrew Charities of Philadelphia, Jewish Hospital Association of Philadelphia, and Jewish Foster Home and Orphan Asylum of
Philadelphia.
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Is part of |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
References |
See Ketterlinus, Eugene. |
Has format |
HSP-Potsdamer-Tradecards-P.jpg |
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HSP-Potsdamer-Tradecards-Pverso.jpg |
Call number |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
Bibliographic citation |
Jewish Exponent, November 7, 1919 |
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Last, 220 |
|
Morais, The Jews of Philadelphia, 331-333 |
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Pennsylvania, Vol. 152, p. 333, R.G. Dun & Co. Collection, microfilm, Hagley Museum & Library |
Image file |
HSP-Potsdamer-Tradecards-P |
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HSP-Potsdamer-Tradecards-Pverso |