[Scrapbook of ephemera]
Holmes, W.J
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Leidy, Joseph
1823-1891
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Magee, James
1802-1878
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Matthews, John
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Nichols, T.J
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Sharpless, H.J
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Stewart, J.C
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Eaves, William
1792-1879
engraver
W.F. Geddes' Sons
printer
Illman & Sons
engraver
M. & V. Harrison
engraver
Major & Knapp
printer
Van Slyck & Co.
printer
still image
Graphic
Lithographs -- Hand colored -- 1870-1880
Letterpress works -- 1820-1900
Advertisements -- 1830-1900
Checks -- 1830-1840
Chromolithographs -- 1850-1900
Embossed works -- 1830-1900
Ephemera -- 1820-1900
Forms -- 1830-1900
Genre works -- 1830-1900
Labels -- 1830-1900
Invitations -- 1840-1900
Lithographs -- 1840-1900
Scrapbooks -- 1840-1900
Tickets -- 1840-1900
Trade cards -- 1840-1900
Wood engravings -- 1830-1900
pau
PA. Philadelphia
[ca. 1821-ca. 1894]
1821
1894
monographic
eng
1 scrapbook (76 items): embossed works, engravings, wood engravings, lithographs, chromolithographs, cut paper works; 28 x 32 cm (10.25 x 12.5 in.)
Scrapbook containing tickets, invitations, textile and perfume labels, tokens, and trade cards, primarily issued in Philadelphia. Contents include images of buildings, genre scenes, and allegorical figures. Many of the items also include ornate borders. Materials document University of Pennsylvania medical department courses; a picnic at Mr. John F. Parke’s Grove (1853); Pennsylvania Horticultural Society events, including admittance for a "Lady to the Stated Meetings", bazaars, and Christmas Eve party; the Baltimore Assemblies; admittance to the Great Central Fair (1864) and Hillebrand & Lewis Gymnastic Institute; Mr. & Mrs. John A. McAllister Wooden Wedding (1861-1866); and a shooting match at glass balls at Union Hotel (1881). Scrapbook also contains advertising souvenirs from the Centennial Exhibition (1876); trade cards for Pennsylvania and Atlantic coast businesses; a calling card for Joseph E. Francis annotated with ink sketched figures; landscape views with a fishing scene, and a locomotive; receipts issued for pew rent to St. Paul’s Church, membership to the Athenaeum, and fines owed to the Library Company (1848); and an illustrated check for the Hibernian Society, billhead for T. Sharpless & Sons, and advertisement for [Edwin S.] Johnston’s New Self Locking Clock Spring Shade Roller.
Other Philadelphia businesses represented include S.A. Hagner, saddle harness and trunk manufactory; John Dorff, silver plater and gilder; Sheble, Smith & Co., successors to R.L. Barnes, map publishers and mounters; Godey’s Lady’s Book Publishing Company; Geo. J. Burns, printer; Smith & Co. Globe Bazaar auction house; Johnson & Smith, type founders (formerly Binney & Ronaldson); and John H. Brown & Co., dry goods. Non-Philadelphia businesses include Cataract House (Niagara Falls); Globe Hotel (New York); Wilmington Boarding School for Girls (Samuel Hilles); Ash’s Patent Five Slit United States Government Pen; E. Kenny, architect (Brooklyn); Works of P. & F. Corbin (New Britain, Ct.); T. H. Pollock, organ builder and David B. Prosser, saddles and harness (Richmond); M'Neal & Siegert, jeweler; and Gray & Bail, furniture.
Red cloth binding, stamped in gilt on cover: Photographs.
Some tickets signed by Joseph Leidy, University of Pennsylvania.
Some contents inscribed with name of recipient or holder. Recipients and holders include W. J. (John) Holmes; James J. Magee, possibly James Magee, President of Westmoreland Coal Co. who previously worked at Binney & Ronaldson; John Matthews; T. J. Nichols & lady; [H.?]J. Sharpless; and J. C. Stewart.
Engravers and printers include Brown (Ledger Building), J. H. Camp, Illman & Sons, Geddes, M. & V. Harrison, J. Lea, W. Eaves, Major & Knapp, and Van Slyck & Co.
Dorff, John
Burns, George J.
Hagner, Samuel A.
Johnston, Edwin S.
McAllister, John A. (John Allister)
1822-1896
Social life
Athenaeum of Philadelphia
Social aspects
Cataract House (Niagara Falls, N.Y.)
Globe Hotel (New York, N.Y.)
Hibernian Society for the Relief of Emigrants from Ireland
Social aspects
Hillebrand & Lewis
Johnson & Smith
John H. Brown & Co.
Library Company of Philadelphia
Social aspects
Norwalk Lock Company
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Social aspects
P. & F. Corbin (Firm : New Britain, Conn.)
Sheble, Smith & Co.
Smith & Co.
St. Paul's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Social aspects
T. Sharpless & Sons
University of Pennsylvania
Dept. of Medicine
Social aspects
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Godey's Lady's Book
Activities
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Allegories
Animals
Buildings
Business enterprises
Atlantic coast (U.S.)
Business enterprises
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
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