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Title: Zindgraf & Hohenadel, 215 Race Street, Philadelphia, Pa Machinists, millwrights, steam engine builders and mill stone manufacturers, contractors for the building of paper, flour, malt and saw mills, breweries, paint, drug and chemical works, portable mills & hoisting machines, also patent paint mills, smut machines, mill bushes, conveyors, elevators and belting. Machinery of every description on hand and made to order. Also agents for the celebrated Niagara steam pump. All orders for jobbing, forging, &c., will be promptly attended to at reasonable rates. George P. Zindgraf, John Hohenadel, Jr
Description: Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Zindgraf [P.9798.6]

Title: Your home is not complete without the Missouri Steam Washer. The best washing machine in the world. Johnston Bro's. St. Louis. Philadelphia There are more Missouri Steam Washers sold than all other washing machines in the world combined
Description: Trade card for the small portable washing machine invented by George D. Ferris and marketed by Johnston Bros., "General Agents for the United States." Depicts two male fairies, one white and one African American, presenting a "Missouri Steam Washer. Pat'd. May 1, 1883" to a white woman who stands over a washboard in a wash tub. Steam rises from the tub filled with clothes. The African American fairy, portrayed in racist caricature with orange wings and attired in blue pants with suspenders, pushes in the metal washing machine on a dolly, while the other fairy points to it. The African American fairy image was often used in newspaper advertisements for the machine that operated through placement on a family cook stove, internal perforated steam tubes, and a crank to keep the clothes in motion during washing., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Copyright 1884., Contains five testimonials, including one by G. R. Brandt and Harry E. Brandt (Hurricane Laundry, 232 New Street), Philadelphia, Pa., printed on verso., Purchased with funds from the Albert M. Greenfield Foundation., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Johnston [P.2013.35.1]

Title: W.W. Reed, china & glass ware, lamps & oils, No. 450 Sixth Avenue, bet. 27th & 28th Sts., New York
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a bird and spray of flowers., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Reed [1975.F.746]

Title: [Wm. T. Hopkins trade card]
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a cherub holding a rifle with a helmet propped on the barrel., Title supplied by cataloger., Advertising text printed on verso promotes the sale of Wm. T. Hopkins' hoop skirts, bustles, and corsets from his 133 North Eighth Street establishment in Philadelphia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Hopkins [P.9685.1]

Title: Wm. Painter & Co., bankers, No. 110 South Third Street, buy all kinds of quartermasters' vouchers, including certificates for deserters, and court martial certificates
Description: Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Painter [5786.F.9p]

Title: Wm. Menke & Bro. Dress trimmings. 804 Arch Street, Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a cherub wearing only a sash kneeling under a large folded paper structure., Advertising text printed on verso: Wm. Menke & Bro., wholesale and retail dealers in ladies' dress trimmings, Berlin zephyrs, embroideries, laces, French corsets, full line of gloves, etc. No. 804 Arch Street, Philadelphia. Fringes, buttons, &c., made to order. Largest assortment in the city., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Menke [1975.F.625]

Title: Wm. MacMullan, Jr., grocer, (Successor to MacMullan Bros.) 1205 Market St., Philad'a
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a business card for MacMullan tucked into a spray of roses., Price list of products sold by MacMullan printed on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - MacMullan [1975.F.588]

Title: Wm. Idler, 109 South Eleventh Street, watchmaker & jeweler, over 20 years experience in repairing fine watches Fans, jet, shell combs, and every description of jewelry and fancy articles a specialty
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting business cards for William Idler's watch making and jewelry business surrounded by flowers and cherub figures., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Idler [1975.F.457-460; 1975.F.463 & 464]

Title: Wm. H. Shuster, manufacturer of confectionery, 58 North Eighth Street, Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a business card tucked into a spray of flowers., Advertising text printed on verso: At our dining rooms, 58 North Eighth Street, we furnish elegant dinners at reduced prices. Extra fine oysters in every style. Delicious creams and ices. Orders for weddings and parties promptly attended to and sent to any part of the city., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Shuster [1975.F.834]

Title: [Wm. H. Oakford trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for hatter and furrier William H. Oakford at 914 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict a child floating in a large top hat in the water while holding an umbrella. Also shows the interior of Oakford's shop, including hats on tables lining the periphery of the room and male and female patrons browsing the display cases. Includes hat boxes piled neatly under shelves, light fixtures hanging from the ceiling, chairs, rugs and mirrors., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers and engravers include William Hart., Advertising text printed on versos promotes Wm. H. Oakford's various styles of hats for gentlemen, ladies and children and fine fancy furs and fur lined garments., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Oakford [1975.F.257 & 1975.F.653]

Title: Wm. H. Hoskins, 913 Arch St., Philad'a. Lithographer & engraver. Stationer & blank book manufacturer. Steam power printer
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards entitled, "Sweepe withe ye olde yeere all that's bad awaie, and a newe lyfe begynne on Newe Yeere's Day," "Ye Newe Yeere cometh, so I pray of you putte offe ye olde manne & putte on ye newe," and "If Newe Yeere bring thee aught lyke this let's hope thou may'st deserve thy blisse". Illustrations depict symbols of the New Year, including an old man sweeping inside near an ornate door with a poster reading "This house to let apply"; one man entering a room as another man leaves at the stroke of midnight; and a man kneeling down to pick a flower from the base of a tree as his female companion stands nearby., Advertising text printed on versos: Holiday goods. We have on hand the largest stock of holiday goods ever offered before. Writing desks, portfolios, traveling cases, pocket books, card cases, letter cases, cigar cases, back gammon boards, gold pens, bronze inkstands, bronze thermometers, and Russia leather goods of every description. Diaries 1876 our specialties. Wedding invitations, envelopes, made to order any size, business cards, checks, drafts, &c. Bank note style, illuminating of crests, arms, monograms, &c., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Hoskins [1975.F.427 & 428; P.9111.17]

Title: [Wm. Gunzer trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for Wm. Gunzer, practical hair cutter, 34 North Broad Street, opposite Masonic Hall in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict flowers; children playing on the beach and in the ocean; comic scenes showing men, women and children ice skating, rowing a boat, playing on a swingset, and playing baseball; and portraits of old men and women dangling items to lure various animals, including a dog, an owl, a monkey, a rabbit, a cat, and a parakeet., Title supplied by cataloger., Four prints [1975.F.366, 370, 374 & 376] copyrighted 1881 by M.F. Tobin, N.Y., Printers and engravers include Lloyd & Porter (Philadelphia) and M.F. Tobin (New York)., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1881]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Gunzer [1975.F.353; 1975.F.357 & 358; 1975.F.363; 1975.F.366; 1975.F.370; 1975.F.374; 1975.F.376; 1975.F.388; 1975.F.390-397]

Title: [Wm. F. Simes & Son trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for Wm. F. Simes & Son, proprietors of the "little gem corn & bunion remedy", at 1102 Market Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict a couple embracing and reeling in a large fish; a woman and three anthropomorphic owls reading and standing on a thin tree branch; a girl reeling in a fish twice the size of her own body; a man with a large, bulbous nose standing next to a stork on a beach, looking toward the ocean where a male fairy flies to retrieve a hat floating in the water; a Native American female cherub kneeling before a small Greek statuette; a male cherub playing a banjo and synchronizing the movements of a tiny ballerina doll to the music with a string attached his leg; a male cherub picking flowers and observing a dragonfly; and a male suitor standing next to the bench where his female companion is seated., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [1975.F.858] copyrighted 1882 by [illegible?], Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1882]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Simes [1975.F.755-759; 1975.F.789; 1975.F.815; 1975.F.858]

Title: Wm. Akers, Jr. & Co., china and glassware, 921 Market Street, Phila
Description: Trade card illustration for Wm. Akers, Jr. & Co. china and glassware business is cut in the shape of a colorful tea cup and saucer., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Akers [P.9728.4]

Title: Wilson & McCallay's Happy Thought. Wave line plug tobacco
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a bust portrait of a sailor wearing a "Commissary U.S.N." hat smiling and posing with a box of tobacco., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Wilson [1975.F.1004]

Title: [William Y. McAllister trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for optician William Y. McAllister's shop at 728 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict idyllic landscape views of a forest, a stream, a cottage and ruins by a lake and anthropomorphic frogs, a stork, and an owl looking through telescopes and binoculars, reading and fishing., Title supplied by cataloger., Calendar for 1881 printed on verso of one print [1975.F.614]., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - McAllister [1975.F.610-614]

Title: William Still, dealer in Lehigh & Schuylkill coal, 1216, 1218 and 1220 Washington Avenue, Philadelphia
Description: Title from item., Date inferred from dates of operation of advertised business., Price list template ("Present prices per ton") printed on verso for various kinds of Lehigh, Schuylkill and Bituminous coal., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Emily Phillips, 1883., Digitized., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Still [P.9939]

Title: William Seefeldt, brass and German silver musical instruments, No. 731 Race St., Philad'a
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting an open book lying in the grass in front of a grain of wheat, grapes, a pear, and a peach., Testimonials addressed to William Seefeldt printed on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Seefeldt [P.9728.13]

Title: William J. Mullen, agent for the inspectors of the Phila. Coy. Prison & for the Phila. Society for alleviating the miseries of public prisons. Office Phila. County Prison. Residence 1502 South 4th St
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a seated angel of Death as an old man with an hourglass and scythe, a female angel standing behind a gavel and block, and a man draped in robes holding a scroll above a small vignette of a prison within a clock dial. Also shows an eagle and a scene of salvation represented by a prisoner in the likeness of Jesus being saved by a fatherly figure in front of a holy building surmounted by a large cross., Includes printed text on top, bottom and in two side panels signed by Wm. Bigler; Wm. M. Heister, Secy. of Commonwealth; Wm. F. Packer, Gov. of Pennsylvania; Eli Slifer, Secy' of the Commonwealth; A.G. Curtin, Gov. of Penn'a; and John M. Sullivan, Dep. Sec. of the Commonwealth., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Mullen [(6)1322.F.24b]

Title: William Heaton, rubber goods of every description, 503 Chestnut St., Philad'a
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting two women attired in large plumed hats and gloves holding walking sticks and spectacles and standing outdoors on a dirt path near a body of water., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Heaton [P.9651.8]

Title: William H. Rau, president. Photographers for the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Rau Art Studios, Inc., photographers, 238 South Camac St., Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated business card depicting tiny embossed orange vignettes of an owl, lion, bird and instruments within an oval formed by a single orange line. Rau served as the official photographer for the Pennsylvania Railroad beginning in 1891 and the Lehigh Valley Railroad in 1895. Rau, a professional Philadelphia photographer, began his career as assistant to Philadelphia photographer William Bell; served as the primary photographer of E.L. Wilson's Middle East photographic expedition (1881-1882); and was sole proprietor of a prolific photographic studio that issued lantern slides, stereographs, and photographs between 1887 and 1920. He was also official photographer of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904, a director of the Photographic Society of Philadelphia, a president of the Pennsylvania Photographic Society, and a member of the Pennsylvania Academy of Natural Sciences., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1910]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Rau [P.9548.7]

Title: William F. Green, butchers' headquarters, No. 1326 South Sixth Street, Philadelphia Wines, liquors and old stock ales. N.B.--Choice segars to be had at the bar. Gents accommodated with boarding
Description: Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Green [194.D.2]

Title: William Boekel & Co., metal spinners and manufactr's of metal goods, 110 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia, Pa Wm. Boekel ; J. Boekel ; Steam atomizers, stethoscopes, hot air blow-pipes, blow pipes, bed warmers, spittoons, spring candlesticks, closet pans & cups, soil cups & grease boxes, sprinklers, tumbler bases, &c. Brass railings and fixtures for stores and store windows, to order
Description: Manuscript note in ink on verso: A.J. Holt, Manuscript note in pencil on verso: J. Potter, treas. Bush Electric Co., Cleveland, Ohio., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Boekel [P.2006.20.28]

Title: [William B. Dixey trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards, including the titles, "Caught!" "Peacemaker," "Eggspectation," "The glorious fourth," "Sleighing," and "A fowl blow," for William B. Dixey's plumbing, gas and steam fitting business at 3826 Market Street in West Philadelphia. Illustrations include Christmas and Independence Day imagery and depict children performing a variety of activities, including picking apples, playing and pulling a Christmas tree in the snow, smelling flowers, acting, and diving. Also includes a man being blown up by a gas explosion, a group of men thrown onto the ice from their horse-drawn sleigh, frogs, ducks, chicks, eggs, flowers, balloons, dogs and cats., Printers and engravers include E. Ketterlinus & Co., Eleven prints contain the following advertisement: Agents for Hellyer's Water Closets., Four prints die cut and shaped into decorative fans., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Dixey [1975.F.93; 1975.F.222a; 1975.F.224; 1975.F.228; 1975.F.232; 1975.F.233 & 234; 1975.F.236-239; 1975.F.241-243; 1975.F.263 & 264; 1975.F.278-281; 1975.F.285; 1975.F.287]

Title: William Allen's dining rooms, No. 130 Market Street Where he is prepared to furnish the best and cheapest meals in Philadelphia. A good substantial meal for 25 cts. Ice cream
Description: Trade card for William Allen's dining rooms at 130 Market Street illustrated by a vignette of pink flowers., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Allen [1975.F.6]

Title: [Willett & Quinby trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for Willett & Quinby at 416 North Second Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict a child painting the face of the figure from a jack-in-the-box and an idyllic scene showing a flowering plant and rustic church in a field., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [P.9642.6] contains advertising text printed on verso by Coward & Co. prs., 123 N. Third St. Phila., Advertising text printed on versos promotes Willett & Quinby's coffee as the "favorite" coffee and "the best blended coffee"., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Willett [P.9636.4 & P.9642.6]

Title: [Willcox & Gibbs Sewing Machine Company trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting alternate views of family life with and without a Willcox & Gibbs sewing machine. One print, entitled "Willcox & Gibbs new automatic. A home blessing", shows a mother using Willcox & Gibbs "new automatic" sewing machine and observing her content family relaxing in their parlor. The other print, entitled "Noisy, hard running, double thread. A distressing nuisance", shows the same mother using a different sewing machine and observing chaos in her home as her husband opens the door to flee the scene, two girls fight over their toys, an infant wails in a bassinet, and the dog and cat fight., Title supplied by cataloger., Advertising text printed on versos promotes Willcox & Gibbs "new automatic" sewing machine as the perfect, "no tension" machine and the cheapest in the world., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Willcox [1975.F.903 & 904]

Title: Wilbur & Hastings, stationers & printers, lithographers, blank book manufacturers, publishers of Martin's equation tables, 39 Fulton Street, (Fulton Bank Building,) New York
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting an American flag facing right., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Wilbur [5786.F.16b]

Title: Wholesale and retail at Borgenski's, 22 N. Ninth St. above Market, Philadelphia Artificial plants imitating nature. For decorating churches, halls and parlors, bridal flowers and flowers for evening dresses
Description: Embossed illustrated trade card depicting a bird perched on a tree branch., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Borgenski [P.9812]

Title: Whitmore's stationery and leathergoods are standard for style and quality
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a girl standing and holding a large piece of paper as a boy kneels on the ground in front of her and writes on the paper with a quill pen. Includes an inkstand and quill pen on the table behind them., Advertising text printed on verso: Whitmore's fine stationery and leather goods of superior quality for sale by all first class stationers & booksellers. Paper & envelopes for fashionable correspondence, visiting cards, wedding and party invitations, ball programmes, menu and dinner cards in the correct fashionable sizes, shapes and tints and of finest quality. Leather fancy goods in great variety of novel designs for wedding, birthday and holliday gifts. James D. Whitmore & Co., New York., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Whitmore [1975.F.944]

Title: While using children's elastic knee protector
Description: llustrated metamorphic trade card depicting a "before using" and "while using" scene of children playing inside. Before using, the children are seated and sullen with their heads in their hands because they have holes in their pants and tights. While using, they smile and build a castle. One boy holds a small puppet booth labeled, "Punch & Judy"., Advertising text promoting "Children's patent elastic knee protector" printed on verso below "before using" image, which folds up to create the complete scene., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Chestnut [1975.F.208]

Title: Wherefore art thou Romeo? (Romeo & Juliet.) Coe and Co., notions, trimmings, furnishing goods and dressmaking, 222 W. Main St., Norristown, Pa. G.H. Coe. J.C. Kulp
Description: Illustrated trade card and caricature depicting a lampoon of the balcony scene from William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," except Juliet is much larger than Romeo and cannot see him even though he is immediately below her., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of John H. Serembus., Digitized.
Date: c1883
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Coe [P.2005.30.1]

Title: What's the matter with that ere dog?
Description: Illustrated stock trade card depicts a bear with a rifle behind a man that sits on the ground with his legs spread out before him. With a fork in his right hand and a meal in front of him, the man wonders why his dog runs away., Copyrighted Bufford, Boston., Advertising text printed on recto for Atlantic Clothing House, No. 204 North Second Street, Philadelphia, two doors above Race. Morris Salinger, proprietor., Manuscript note on verso: Chester., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Atlantic [P.9577.17]

Title: What the wild waves are saying. Dainty miss, of germs be wary is your towel sanitary? Is it pure, and sweet and fair, like the ocean and the air? Is it soft - yet giving vim - when you rub down from your swim? If it's all this, maid so chary, then it's surely San-knit-ary
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a woman wearing a red swimsuit standing on the beach watching the water approach her. Men and women sit in the sand in the background. Simon Muhr founded the Philadelphia Straw Braid Sewing Machine Company in 1879, which eventually became the Unique Textile Mills around the turn of the century. The firm changed once again in 1907 to the San-knit-ary Textile Mills., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1910]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - San-knit-ary [P.9761]

Title: What Senator Jones said about Noix de Coco
Description: Illustrated metamorphic trade card and caricature includes two images with paragraphs of text describing each scene. When the card is folded, Senator Jones frowns and is unhappy that his wife did not use Noix de Coco and pushes away the baked goods to her surprise. When the card is opened, a smiling and happy Senator Jones holds a knife in preparation to cut the cake his wife made with Noix de Coco, which she happily displays for him to see. Satirizes Florida Senator Charles William Jones, who abandoned his position ca. 1885 because of mental illness. Warner & Merritt began importing fruit in Philadelphia ca. 1869 and were one of the largest firms importing West Indian fruit in the country by the time of their insolvency in 1884., Advertising text printed on verso promotes Noix de Coco as "the best desiccated cocoanut in the world" and safe for dyspeptics and invalids. Includes a trade mark image depicting three monkeys carrying a large bean. Manufactured only by Warner & Merritt, 50, 52, 54 N. Delaware Ave., Philadelphia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1884]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Noix [P.2010.25]

Title: The Weston and Wells Manufacturing Company. Office 123 South Second Street, Philadelphia, Pa Platted and braided cylindrical wire goods
Description: Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Weston [P.2006.20.48]

Title: The West End Shoe Store, custom work and repairing, Geo. E. Bissex, agt. 3612 Market Street
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a woman's hand holding and displaying a bunch of roses., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - West End [P.2006.20.47]

Title: Wear Celluloid collars and cuffs
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting anthropomorphic frogs, fairy-like figures, and a bee wearing large collars around their necks and wrists as they fly, dance, play the banjo, and sit near the pond. The Celluloid Manufacturing Company was established in 1872 in Newark, New Jersey., Includes advertising text printed on versos: Celluloid. (Water-proof linen.) Collars, cuffs and shirt bosoms. Elastic, linen finish, durable. When soiled, rub with soap or water (hot or cold), used freely with a stiff brush. Advice to wearers. Always slip the necktie under the roll of the turn down collar. Do not attempt to straighten the fold. The goods give better satisfaction if the separable sleeve button and collar button is used. Twist a small rubber elastic, or chamois washer around the post of sleeve button, to prevent rattling of button. To remove yellow stains which may come from long wearing, use sapolio soap, or salertus water, or celluline. Goods for sale by all dealers., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Celluloid [1975.F.177; 1975.F.219; 1975.F.737]

Title: We bake our own pies, rolls and bread for the Home Coffee House, 1109 Market St. 5 cents for each article. Side entrance for ladies
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting several landscape vignettes, including a rising or setting sun and a palm tree in front of a large rock; a scroll with text; and filigree borders., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Home [1975.F.405a]

Title: W.B. Eltonhead, watch maker, and jeweler. 340 so. 2d St., Philad'a
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting two figures, a farmer with a scythe slung over his shoulder and a sailor resting against a large anchor, flanking a decorative scroll containing the title. A banner labeled "Excelsior" surmounts the scroll., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Eltonhead [P.9937]

Title: Waterbury Drug Store, established 1797. Leavenworth & Dikeman, Exchange Place, Waterbury, Conn
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards containing "Fishing" showing a white man and woman couple fishing in a rowboat with a pet dog that has its head in their picnic basket; "Caught on the fly" depicting a white man attached to the hook of his own fishing rod as he stands next to a stream; "We met by chance, or waiting for the swell" showing a white man floating on a wave in the ocean and colliding with a white woman as she stands in the ocean near other white women and children; "What are the wild waves saying sister?" depicting a boy, attired in overalls and a wide-brimmed hat, standing next to his sister, attired in a bonnet and long-sleeved dress, looking out at the ocean with their backs to the viewer; "Oh, come and see us" showing a group of white children standing in a pond jeering at an older, white man who stands on dry land in the foreground; and "Scoot, brother scoot!" depicting an African American boy and girl holding hands and scurrying from the approaching waves of the ocean. Leavenworth & Dikeman, the partnership between Elisha Leavenworth and Nathan Dikeman, operated in Waterbury, Connecticut between 1850-1890., Title from item., Date inferred from dates of operation of advertised business., Four prints [P.9828.7033-7036] printed by Phoenix Card Co., N.Y., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Patent Medicine Trade Card Collection - Pharmacists - W [P.9828.7031-7036]

Title: Washington Union restaurant, N.E. corner of Seventh and Walnut Streets, Philadelphia where families or parties can be supplied at short notice, with the finest oysters, from the Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore and Virginia markets. Suppers gotten up for small parties at the shortest notice. Fine old brandies, wines, segars, ale, porter, brown stout, &c. J.J. Fullerton, Prop'r
Description: Illustrated trade card promoting J.J. Fullerton's restaurant depicting small vignettes of a bird and a turtle., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Fullerton [(2)5786.F.194j]

Title: Washing Department. Brighton Laundry 6th & Race
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting women washing, drying, and folding clothes in Brighton Laundry's washroom at Sixth and Race Streets in Philadelphia. A man observes the work scene from the doorway., Advertising text printed on verso: Brighton Laundry, second season of our summer starch, will commence first week in May. Lewis G. Carr. 158 N. 6th St., Philadelphia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1900]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Brighton [P.9962]

Title: Warburton, "the" hatter, 430 Chestnut Street
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a boy attired in oversized clothing, including a top hat and coat. He holds a large umbrella in his right hand., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Warburton [1975.F.951]

Title: [Wanamaker's Dining Rooms trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting sprays of flowers and butterflies., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [1975.F.997] contains advertising text printed on verso: Wanamaker's ladies' and gents' dining rooms, No. 42 N. 8th Street, No. 823 Market Street, No. 42 S. 2d Street, and Del. Ave. & Spruce St., Philadelphia. George W. Wanamaker, proprietor., One print [1975.F.1007] contains calendar for 1881 printed on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880-ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Wanamaker's Dining [1975.F.949; 1975.F.969; 1975.F.983; 1975.F.992; 1975.F.997; 1975.F.1007]

Title: [Wanamaker & Brown trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting head portraits of men, women, and putti with bows and arrows flanking scrolls inscribed with titles and advertising text. Other imagery includes birds, butterflies, flowers and a four horse chariot. John Wanamaker and his brother-in-law Nathan Brown opened their clothing and dry goods store, Oak Hall, at Sixth and Market Streets in 1861., Title supplied by cataloger., Three prints [1975.F.942, 964 & 965] copyrighted 1878 by L. Prang & Co., Boston., Two prints contain advertising text printed on versos. One print [1975.F.948] provides historical information about Roman chariot races, which Wanamaker & Brown used as a symbol of their business. The other [1975.F.995] promotes mens' and boys' clothing and gentlemen's, youths' and boys' furnishing goods., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Wanamaker & Brown [1975.F.942; 1975.F.948; 1975.F.964 & 965; 1975.F.995]

Title: Walter W. Bragg, printer. Fine gift & bevel edged card a speciality [sic]
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a comic scene with two men and a dog on a wooden pier fishing in a lake. Another man swims in the water unseen by the fishermen and pulls their fishing lines toward the shore., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., See trade card - Loudenslager [1975.F.507] for similar illustration., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Bragg [P.9111.22]

Title: W. Spencer Rowland's Union lager beer saloon, No. 724 Filbert Street, Philadelphia N.B.--The best of wines, liquors, segars, &c., always on hand. Rooms free for the accommodation of meetings, parties, &c
Description: Illustrated trade card for W. Spencer Rowland's hotel and lager beer saloon depicting casks labeled "French brandy" and bottles of liquor., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Rowland's [5786.F.176d]

Title: Votti & Newman, manufacturers of Votti's patent clocks, with one year movements, also, one month movements with winding-up designs. 2132 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pa C. Votti. Geo. C. Newman. Special attention given to fine clock cases, dials, and clock trimmings, in new designs
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a case clock., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Votti [P.2006.20.46]

Title: Ville de Paris, Dauphin, 18, E. 14th Str., New York
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting the title displayed on a signboard with a crown surrounded by flowering vines, a winged cherub and a bust statue., Advertising text printed on verso promotes W. Dauphin's "city of Paris" where flowers, garnitures, ball and bridal outfits, mourning goods, and hair dressing services are provided., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Dauphin [1975.F.891]

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