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F.G. Ford's patent support for bed slats (patented April 7th, 1885.) Manufactured and sold by Thos. Devlin & Co., American Street and Lehigh Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. [graphic] / Engravings by Ware Bros.
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https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A106832
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Creator
Ware Bros., engraver.
Contributor
Lonabaugh, John A., printer.
Title
F.G. Ford's patent support for bed slats (patented April 7th, 1885.) Manufactured and sold by Thos. Devlin & Co., American Street and Lehigh Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. [graphic] / Engravings by Ware Bros.
Publisher
Philadelphia : Lonabaugh, pr., 2044 Germantown Ave
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1885
Date
1885
Physical Description
1 print : engraving ; 20.5 x 12 cm. (8 x 4.75 in.)
Description
Illustrated trade card depicting a hook and socket patented by F.G. Ford, along with vignettes of a table and a person in a bed surrounded by a net.
Notes
Advertising text printed below engravings on recto lists potential uses for Ford's hook and sockets, including bed slats, mattresses, wardrobes, tables, benches, shelving in stores, windows, wagons, closets, bath tubs, seats in water closets, and for use by carriage builders, cabinet makers, carpenters, paper hangers, farmers, and poultry raisers.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Digitized.
Subject
Thomas Devlin & Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Hardware industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Hardware.
Beds.
Tables.
Genre
Trade cards -- 1880-1890.
Engravings -- 1880-1890.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *trade card - Devlin [P.2006.20.52]
Accession number
P.2006.20.52
In Collections
Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Trade Card Collection
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