Details
Title Potts, Linn & Harris, [graphic] : Importers, manufacturers & dealers in drugs, medicines, chemical tests, surgical and obstetrical instruments, patent medicines, medicine chests, medical [saddlebags], paints, oils, window glass, dye stuffs, acids, varnishes, teeth and paint brushes, spices [perfumery]
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Date [ca. 1843]
Description Partial advertisement for the wholesale druggists showing the upper half of the storefront at 213 1/2 Market Street covered in signage. Signage reads "Potts, Linn, & Harris Whoslesale Druggists," "Drugs," and Potts & Linn. Medicines, Chemicals, Chemical Tests, Medicine Chests, Surgical Instruments." Includes, boxes, bottles, and barrels visible in the upper-floor windows. Potts, Linn & Harris, comprised of partners Robert B. Potts, Claudius B. Linn, and John Harris, M.D. operated from 213 1/2 Market Street 1843-circa 1847.
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 619
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 38 P 857
Lower half missing.
See advertisement in O'Briens Business Directory for 1844, p. 28-29.
Subject Potts, Linn & Harris.
Chemical industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Nonprescription drug industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Patent medicines.
Genre Lithographs -- 1840-1850.
Advertisements -- 1840-1850.
Location Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Bc 38 P 857