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[Checks, bank notes, billheads, and receipts specimens]
[graphic].
[ca. 1860-ca. 1870]
25 prints:
lithographs;
47 x 28 cm. (18.5 x 11 in.) or smaller.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Several of series printed in color ink, including blue, green, tan, and violet.
Print P.9399.390 inscribed to John Mayer for $23.00 three months after date [illegible]. 24 Feb. H five. Feb 23rd.
Various printers, including Ehrgott & Fobriger; Lehman & Bolton; Theodore Leonhardt; Wm. F. Murphy's Sons (& Sons); and Paul & Lindsay.
Series of checks, bank notes, billheads, and receipts, containing allegorical and patriotic vignettes and ornate pictorial details. Vignettes depict allegorical female figures, including Liberty, Hope, Justice, and Bounty; animals, including the American eagle, a dog protecting a safe, and bucks; and patriotic figures, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Ulysses Grant. Other vignettes depict a view of a traveling locomotive; the seal of Pennsylvania; and views of harvested produce and grains. Businesses represented include A. Exton & Co., cracker manufacturers; Heywood, Kilburn & Co., chair and cottage furniture dealers; West Branch National Bank; Perry County Bank; Reed & Schell, bankers; First National Bank of Sunbury; and Jefferson Savings Institute.
Forms part of Specimens Album Collection.
Originally part of Specimen Album [P.9349].
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Grant, Ulysses S.
(Ulysses Simpson),
1822-1885
Portraits.
Jefferson, Thomas,
1743-1826
Portraits.
Washington, George,
1732-1799
Portraits.
A. Exton & Co.
Heywood, Kilburn & Co.
Allegories.
lctgm
67371
Animals.
lctgm
67576
Business enterprises.
lctgm
68935
Harvesting.
lctgm
Liberty.
lctgm
75232
Justice.
lctgm
74820
Banking.
lctgm
Receipts (Acknowledgements)
Patriotism.
lctgm
77674
Lithographs
1860-1870.
lctgm
Bank notes
1860-1880.
lctgm
Billheads
1860-1880.
lctgm
Checks
1860-1880.
lctgm
SP10
Philadelphia artists.
Leonhardt, Theo.
(Theodore),
1818-1877,
printer.
66869
Ehrgott & Fobriger,
printer.
Lehman & Bolton,
printer.
Paul & Lindsay,
printer.
Wm F. Murphy's sons,
printer.
Imprint
UNITED STATES.
1860-1870.
Library Company of Philadelphia
PRINT
PRINT
Specimens Album Loose Prints Collection - Checks, etc. [P.9349.341, 369, 371-372, 375, 379-381, 383, 385-390, 392- 394, 396, 398, 400, 410, 415, 423, 426]
various
P-9349-341
P.9349.341
P-9349-379
P.9349.379
P-9349-387
P.9349.387
P-9349-390
P.9349.390
P-9349-426
P.9349.426
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265874
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UNITED STATES.
1860-1870.
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