A.G. Brooks, machinery exchange, 261 N. Third Street, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A
N.B.--Machinery taken in trade. Over
John D. Avil & Co.
printer
still image
Graphic
Trade cards -- 1880-1890
Lithographs -- 1880-1890
pau
Philadelphia
PA. Philadelphia
Avil & Co., prs., 3941 Market St
[ca. 1885]
1885
monographic
eng
1 print : lithograph ; 8 x 14 cm. (3 x 5.5 in.)
Manuscript note on recto: Ball engine.
Trade card with printed text on verso advertising: portable and stationary engines & boilers, saw mills, steam pumps, all sizes. Aland injector blowers & exhausters, Forster's crushers, Judson's governors, bucket plunger steam pumps, hot-polished shafting, adjustable pipe tongs. Holland sight feed lubricators, scotch glass tubes, Jordan's steam traps, Clark's damper regulators, lathes, planers, drills, &c. A large stock of machinery taken in trade, for sale at the lowest prices. Appraisements of machinery made. Machinery sold on commission.
John D. Avil founded and managed the Avil Printing Company (also known as John D. Avil & Co.) in West Philadelphia from the early 1860s until his death in 1918. In 1868 he purchased land to construct a small building at 3941-3945 Market Street.
Forms part of the Emily Phillips Advertising Card Collection.
Brooks, A.G
Machinery industry
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
P.2006.20.23
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department
trade card - Brooks [P.2006.20.23]
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