Bought of Breinig, Fronefield & Co. Druggists & chemists, no. 187 North 3rd Street. Wholesale dealers and importers of drugs, medicines, paints, dye stuffs, glass, perfumery &c.&c.
Title
Bought of Breinig, Fronefield & Co. Druggists & chemists, no. 187 North 3rd Street. Wholesale dealers and importers of drugs, medicines, paints, dye stuffs, glass, perfumery &c.&c
Description
Billhead for the drug firm established in 1848 by Dr. Charles Fronefield and Dr. Breinig. Contains vignette showing druggists' apparatus and supplies, including beakers, flasks, a scale, distiller, mortar and pestle, barrels, casks, and crates of oil of vitriol and glass., Completed in manuscript to Mr. J. F. Rambo on August 13, 1853 for two items, including salt petre for $1.26., Manuscript note on recto: Received Payt Breinig, Fronefield & Co., Manuscript note on verso: Aug 13, J. F. Rambo 1853 with Breinig, F. & Co., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[1850]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Billheads - 1879 (A-D) - B [P.2011.46.278]
Bought of Browning & Brothers, wholesale druggists, and dealers in white and red lead, litharge, linseed oil, oil of vitriol, window glass, putty, dye stuffs, &c.&c. No. 33 Market Street.
Title
Bought of Browning & Brothers, wholesale druggists, and dealers in white and red lead, litharge, linseed oil, oil of vitriol, window glass, putty, dye stuffs, &c.&c. No. 33 Market Street
Description
Illustrated billheads containing an exterior view of the "Browning & Brothers Drug and Chemical Warehouse" and storefront on the 100 block of Market Street. Crates and barrels line the sidewalk, near awning posts, in front of the store. One is marked "Oil Vitriol." Also shows partial views of adjacent buidlings. Established by Maurice Browning and his brothers circa 1839, the firm was one of the earliest involved in the United States dye trade and operated a factory known as the Aroma Mills in Camden, N.J., P.2011.46.17 completed in manuscript to Mess. Camitt & Albertson on July 18, 1849 for five items including "2 [fg.?] Laudamun" and "1# Cinnamon Bark" for $9.60. Signed "Recd Payment" Browning & Bros., P.2011.46.18 completed in manuscript to Mess. Camitt & Albertson on March 7, 1850 for six items including "5 #os Liquorice [sic] Root" and "4 doz. Batemans drops" for $3.80. Signed "Recd Payment" Browning & Bros., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[1840]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - B [P.2011.46.17 & 18]
Bought of C. L. Wright, apothecary and druggist, 21 Bollingbrook Street.
Title
Bought of C. L. Wright, apothecary and druggist, 21 Bollingbrook Street
Description
Billheads of the Petersburg, Va. druggist containing ornamented lettering and a vignette illustration of a mortar and pestle., P.2011.46.266 completed in manuscript to Geo. Congden on May 1, 1885 for several items, including bush peas, beet seed, quinine, tomato seed, and Late Heat Dutch Oven for $11.08., P.2011.46.267 completed in manuscript to J.C. Fern on [189-] for several items, including Bay Rum, Kendall's beet seed, and liniment for $3.95., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1880 - ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - W [P.2011.46.266 & 267]
Bought of Canby, Gilpin & Co. Import and export druggists & druggists sundrymen. North west corner Light & Lombard Streets.
Title
Bought of Canby, Gilpin & Co. Import and export druggists & druggists sundrymen. North west corner Light & Lombard Streets William Canby, Bernard Gilpin, Thomas P. Langoon
Description
Billheads containing ornamented type, ornamental details, and an exterior view of the firm's five-story storefront. View also shows crates and barrels lining the side of the building and pedestrians walking on the sidewalk. The firm, established as Baily, Canby, and Gilpin in 1845, was renamed Canby, Gilpin & Co. in 1853. The original building at Light and Lombard Streets was razed by fire in 1886., Printed on recto: F.B. [ ]; Fol. [ ]; Terms [ ]; and Shipped by [ ]., P.2011.46.28 printed on blue paper. Completed in manuscript on January 30, 1884 to [A.& G Howell?], Salida, Va. for "2 Gall. Lard Oil Yourleau," "1/3 Gross Rumf of Powder/6 oz" and "Dray" for $7.12., P.2011.46.29 completed in manuscript to pharmacist J. L. Emlet, Hanover, Pa. on December 30, 1884 for several items, including mercury, belladonna, butter color, shaker extract, and Wiliam's bar soap for $40.42., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - C [P.2011.46.28 & 29]
Bought of Chas. P. Alden, druggist and apothecary, and dealer in manufacturers' supplies, drugs, paints, oils, acids, artists' materials, toilet, and fancy articles. No. 270 Main Street.
Title
Bought of Chas. P. Alden, druggist and apothecary, and dealer in manufacturers' supplies, drugs, paints, oils, acids, artists' materials, toilet, and fancy articles. No. 270 Main Street
Description
Billheads for the drug firm established in 1862. Contains ornamented and type lettering. Alden operated from the Main Street address 1868-1903., P.2011.46.1 completed in manuscript to C. K. Brewster on November 29, 1884 for several items, including "3 Doz. Lemon," "4 [Doz.] Peppermint," and "20 # Epsom Salts" for $26.61 total., P.2011.46.2 completed in manuscript to E. B. Gates on May 9, 1893 for "1 Doz. Vanilla," 1/2 [Doz.] Wistar Balsam," and "1 [doz.] [Camphorlic?]" for $4.35., Contains manuscript notes on verso of Alden's signature and monetary balance due., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[1880-1891]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - A [P.2011.46.1 & 2]
Bought of Collins Brothers Drug Company, wholesale druggists. 418, 420, 422 & 424 N. 2d. St.
Title
Bought of Collins Brothers Drug Company, wholesale druggists. 418, 420, 422 & 424 N. 2d. St
Description
Billheads containing ornamented lettering and variant vignette views of the several-story building of the firm originally operated by Henry Blakesley in the 1850s. Views also show street and pedestrian traffic. Horse-drawn wagons travel in the street, and another is loaded at a side entrance to the building. A working smoke stack is visible on the roof. J.S. Merrell Company assumed the firm circa 1897., Printed upper right corner: Salesman [ ]; House No. [ ]., Printed above image: All Claims for Errors Must Be Made Within 10 Days. Interest Charged After Maturity. We Do Not Guarantee Safe Delivery of Goods. We Ship and Take Receipts "In Good Order," And they Are At Consignee's Risk After Receipts Are Signed by Transportation Company., Printed below image: Terms [ ] ; Sent for your account and risk per [ ]., P.2011.46.142 completed in manuscript to J. E. Chamberlain, Malvern, Ark. on November 6, 1894 for several items, including Eastman soap, bug juice, Bramo Seltzer, and "Lanaline" for $23.35., P.2011.46.143 completed in manuscript to J. E. Chamberlain, Malvern, Ark. on September 18, 1895 for several items, including "Jaynes Exph., "Asst Phos. sm.," and Caffeine for $41.00., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - C [P.2011.46.142 & 143]
Bought of E. & S. Frey, druggists, no. 314 Baltimore Street.
Title
Bought of E. & S. Frey, druggists, no. 314 Baltimore Street Samuel W. Frey, James H. Frey
Description
Billheads containing ornate type lettering. E. & S. Frey operated circa 1830s-circa 1920s., P.2011.46.144a completed in manuscript to E. R. Scaggs & Co. on October 31, 1866 for several items, including castor oil, turpentine, pepper, putty, Frey's pills, and water proof caps for $49.55. Inscribed on verso: E. & S. Frey $49.55. Oct 31/66. E.R. Skaggs & Co., P.2011.46.145a completed in manuscript to E. R. Scaggs & Co. on September 26, 1867 for several items, including castor oil, paregoric, rosin, Wright's pills, Parlour matches, and indigo for $42.27. Inscribed on verso: E. & S. Frey $42.27., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1860]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - E [P.2011.46.144a & 145a]
Bought of Edward C. Jones & Co. Successors to Amos H. Yarnall & Co. Wholesale druggists, manufacturers and dealers in drugs, chemicals, pharmaceutical preparations, perfumery, spices, patent medicines, druggists' sundries, & c. Also, paints, oils, glass,
Title
Bought of Edward C. Jones & Co. Successors to Amos H. Yarnall & Co. Wholesale druggists, manufacturers and dealers in drugs, chemicals, pharmaceutical preparations, perfumery, spices, patent medicines, druggists' sundries, & c. Also, paints, oils, glass, varnishes, acids, dye-stuffs, &c. S.E. cor. of Market & Fifteenth Sts. Painters' materials and tools in their varieties Established 1854. Edward C. Jones. W. H. Earl
Description
Billhead of the Philadelphia druggist containing an exterior view of the four-story storefront, heavily adorned in signage, at the southeast corner of Market and Fifteenth Streets. Pedestrians walk on the sidewalk and a horse-drawn omnibus passes in the street. Print also contains two frame-shaped pictorial details. One surrounds a list of products, including white lead, window glass, sal soda, calcined plaster, and "pure wines & liquors for medicinal purposes" and the other, the text "E. C. Jones, Vermin Exterminator Has No Equal." Edward C. Jones & Co. was originally established as a firm by Amos Yarnell for whom Jones served as an apprentice 1860-1864. Jones became Yarnell's partner in the later 1860s and succeeded to the head of the firm in 1877. Jones retired by the early 1890s and W.H. Earl & Co. assumed the operations of the business until 1895 when taken over by A. Eugene De Reeves., Completed in manuscript to Joseph P. Remington on October 24, 1887 for varnish for $1.65., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Billheads 1880- (E-M) -E [P.2011.46.343]
Bought of Eimer & Amend, wholesale druggists, 205, 207, 209 & 211 Third Ave., cor. 18th St.
Title
Bought of Eimer & Amend, wholesale druggists, 205, 207, 209 & 211 Third Ave., cor. 18th St
Description
Billheads containing ornate lettering and variant vignette views of the several-story building of the firm established in 1851 and incorporated in 1897. Views also show street or pedestrian traffic. Street traffic includes a horse-drawn wagon and carriage. View on circa 1890 print includes an American flag on the roof of the building. Establsihed in 1851 as Gail & Amend, Bernard Amend entered into partnership with Charles Eimer in 1856. Eimer retired in 1883 and the firm was incorporated as eimer & Amend in 1897. The firm specialized in the importation of rare crude drugs., Printers include Photo-Electrotype Eng. Co. N.Y., Printed upper right corner: Book No [ ].; Folio. [ ]., Printed above image: Wo only give credit for empties as charged in invoice, if returned in good and clean condition. All claims for deduction must be made within eight days after receipt of goods., P.2011.46.144 completed in manuscript to F. M. C. Gilroy on October 31, 1887 for "4 3/4 Gall Alcohol" for $10.45. Stamped: Paid Nov. 1, 1887, Thos. F. Gilroy, Receiver and Received Payment New York 1887 Eimer & Amend. Inscribed: Correct JHC., P.2011.46.145 completed in manuscript to N.Y. Engraving Print Co on March 22, 1899 for "Carboy 39 Lg. Ferre chloride" for $14.01. Stamped: Approved [Initials illegible]Received Drug Department and O.K. [W.R.R.S.] Manufacturing., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1880-ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - E [P.2011.46.144 & 145]
Bought of H.O.D. Banks & Co., wholesale dealers in drugs, chemicals, paints, glass, coal oil, & c. Store, s. w. cor. fourth & Callowhill Sts.
Title
Bought of H.O.D. Banks & Co., wholesale dealers in drugs, chemicals, paints, glass, coal oil, & c. Store, s. w. cor. fourth & Callowhill Sts Henry O.D. Banks & Co., wholesale dealer in drugs and chemicals, American window glass, pure white leads, putty, linseed oil, spirits of turpentine, benzine, alcohol, whiting, glue, kerosene and coal oils, herbs, roots and barks. Also, in fine essential oils and flavors. Henry O. D. Banks. F. Aschenback. A. W. Miller
Description
Billhead of the Philadelphia druggist containing an exterior view of the five-story storefront, adorned in signage, at the southwest corner of Fourth and Callowhill Streets. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn drays and a cart stopped near the building. Also contains a frame-shaped pictorial detail surrounding a list of products, including pure white leads, American pure zincs, artists' tube colors, and kerosene and coal oils., Completed in manuscript to Frederick Ehrhardt on August 12, 1863 for several items, including Fahnestock's Vermifuge, small family dyes, schnapps, and glue for $18.19., Manuscript note on recto: Rec. Payt. H.O.D. Banks & Co., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1860]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Billheads -1879 (E-M) -H [P.2011.46.333]
Bought of James S. Aspinwall, druggist, 86 William Street.
Title
Bought of James S. Aspinwall, druggist, 86 William Street Formerly, Rushton & Aspinwall, 1830, [formerly] Thomas & Maxwell, 1847, [formerly] J. T. Maxwell, 1855
Description
Billheads containing ornamented and type lettering. One of prints also includes an ornamented type border surrounding text reading "Importer of Foreign Drugs and Chemicals, Manufacturer and Proprietor of Aspinwall's Celebrated Tonic Mixture, for the Cure of Fever and Ague, Florida Water, & c., & c., P.2011.46.3 completed in manuscript to Messrs W.B. Glover & Co. on May 22, 1862 for several items, including "2 Sugar Lead," "1 doz. cocaine," and "1 Box chrome yellow 6" for $41.34. Signed "Recd Payment" Jas. S. Aspinwall per H. Underhill., P.2011.46.4 completed in manuscript to Messrs W.B. Glover & Co. on December 26, 1863 for five different products for $15.54. Also contains manuscript note about the increased price of a product "they have given up making.", P.2011.46.5 completed in manuscript to Messrs Glover & Warner, Sandy Hook on December 30, 1868 for several items, including "5 lbs Pick Gum Arabic," "10 lbs Ref Borax," and "1/2 Doz. Cherry Pectoral" for $62.26., Contains manuscript notes on verso of Aspinwalls's signature, monetary balance due, and date., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[1862-ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - A [P.2011.46.3-5]
Bought of John L. Thompson, Sons & Co., wholesale druggists, and dealers in paints, oils, dye stuffs and window glass, nos. 159, 161 and 163 River Street.
Title
Bought of John L. Thompson, Sons & Co., wholesale druggists, and dealers in paints, oils, dye stuffs and window glass, nos. 159, 161 and 163 River Street
Description
Billheads containing ornamented type and ornamental and pictorial details. Details depict a mortar and pestle captioned "Established 1797" and banners, and flourishes. Proprietors listed on the billheads include John L. Thompson, David Cowee, J.I. Thompson, G.A. Thompson, and James F. Cowee. The firm, established by Dr. Samuel Gale, Jr. in 1797, became a partnership between Gale and John L. Thompson in 1821, and reincorporated as John L. Thomspon, Sons & Co. in 1851., Printed above image: Terms cash., P.2011.46.179 completed in manuscript to C. N. Williams, Elizabethtown on May 15, 1875 for several items, including bitters, camphor, aloe, mucilage, and Sudletz powder for $134.13. Inscribed on recto: Exp [?] to Westport. Printed on recto: Family Safety Oil., P.2011.46.180 completed in manuscript to C. N. Williams, Elizabethtown on January 16, 1884 for several items, including Bay Rum, Redders Pastile, milk magnesia, cocaine, vaginal syringe, and Hall's Balsam for $75.27. Stamped: Family Oil., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[1870-1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - J [P.2011.46.179 & 180]
Bought of Mackeown, Thompson & Co., wholesale druggists, 195 Liberty Street, Pittsburgh
Title
Bought of Mackeown, Thompson & Co., wholesale druggists, 195 Liberty Street, Pittsburgh
Description
Billheads containing a vignette showing the exterior of the Pittsburgh drugstore. Signage adorns the building, patrons enter the buildings, and crates rest on the sidewalk near a passing pedestrian. The firm was established in 1825 by John Hanlon., Printed above image of P.2011.46.189: All Claims for Damages or Deductions Must Be Made Within 5 Days After Receipt of Goods, Or They Will Not Be Entertained. Established 1825., P.2011.46.189 completed in manuscript to Mr. A. Stoner on September 12, 1882 for turpentine and [tar?] for $8.65., P.2011.46.190 completed in manuscript to Mess. A. Stoner & Sons, Williamsburg, Pa. on August 31, 1883 for linseed meal, glen. raw. [umber?], and w. alcohol for $16.15., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection -M [P.2011.46.189 & 190]
Bought of Marsh, Northrop & Co., wholesale dealers in drugs, medicines, chemicals, perfumery, stationery, spices, dry-woods, dye-stuffs, paints, oils &c. Burning fluid, alcohol, camphene & spirits turpentine, at manufacturer's prices.
Title
Bought of Marsh, Northrop & Co., wholesale dealers in drugs, medicines, chemicals, perfumery, stationery, spices, dry-woods, dye-stuffs, paints, oils &c. Burning fluid, alcohol, camphene & spirits turpentine, at manufacturer's prices J. L. Northrop, Crowell Marsh, Absalom Northrop
Description
Billheads containing ornamented type for the New York firm succeeding C. L. Norton., P.2011.46.196 completed in manuscript to W. B. Glover on September 25, 1856 for several items, including Chinese Vermilion, Turkey Opium, Flour Emery, Refined Licorice, Surgeon's sponge, sulphur for $45.88, including shipping. Also contains manuscript note: 1 Bale Robes from Camp & Philips. 2 Kegs, 1 Barrel, 1 Box, 1 Bale per Bridgeport to Steamer., P.2011.46.197 completed in manuscript to Wm. B. Glover on March 6, 1857 for several items, including opium, borax, and thermometers for $48.05., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1850]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - M [P.2011.46.196 & 197]
Bought of Max Zeller, importer & wholesale druggist, 37 Bowery.
Title
Bought of Max Zeller, importer & wholesale druggist, 37 Bowery Established 1856
Description
Billheads containing decorative lettering, cloud imagery, and a pictorial detail. Pictorial detail composed of a sheet of paper and text reading "Sole Agent for Ed. Loeflund & Co's Extract of Malt & Combinations. Liebig's Soluble Food. Pure Sterilized & Condensed Alpine milk Unsweetened Peptonized Kindermilch. Deutsche Gelatine Fabriken (German Gelatine Works)." Max Zeller's uncle Julius Zeller established the firm in 1856 at 51 Division Street. He removed the firm, the top U.S. importer of foreign herbs and roots, to 37 Bowery in 1885 and Max succeeded him in 1889. Max Zeller retired in 1901 and the firm was purchased by Britt, Loeffler & Weil (former employees of Julius) who relocated the business to 255 Canal Street., P.2011.46.268 completed in manuscript to Dr. H. C. Porter & Son, Towanda, Pa. on August 19, 1892 for several items, including soap bark crushed, peppermint, cuticura plaster, and Kennedy's Prairie Weed for $57.88. Also contains manuscript notes in pencil on recto related to price changes and payments received., P.2011.46.269 completed in manuscript to druggist H.A. Kerste, Schnectady on October 10, 1894 for talcum powder for $1.40., Henry A. Kerste, a Schenectady druggist established his own business when he purchased the E.L. Davis Pharmacy in 1889. He was known as a pioneer pharmacist for his dedication to the compounding of his own drugs, his efforts to communicate with his immigrant patrons, and his eschewal of a soda fountain., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Z [P.2011.46.268 & 269]
Bought of Rodgers Brothers, wholesale druggists, and dealers in paints, oils & varnishes.
Title
Bought of Rodgers Brothers, wholesale druggists, and dealers in paints, oils & varnishes Thos. Rodgers. Jas. A. Rodgers
Description
Billheads containing a vignette view showing the exterior of the Knoxville storefront adorned in signage and with a model of a mortar and pestle on the roof. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including a horse-drawn carriage with driver., Date inferred from costume of female figure in vignette illustration., Completed in manuscript to J. B. McLin & Co, Rose Hill, Va. on November 24, [1875?] for $17.78 and March 30, 1878 for $.20. Billed items include "Balsam Cap," "Mustang Lin[iment]," Bluestone, and Camphor., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1875]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - R [P.2011.46.218-219]
Bought of Russell & Landis, importers & wholesale druggists, & dealers in paints, oils, glass, varnishes, & c., also manufacturers of pure lily white lead, hunters iron paint, & ivory white lead. no. 5 North Fifth Street (3 doors above Market.)
Title
Bought of Russell & Landis, importers & wholesale druggists, & dealers in paints, oils, glass, varnishes, & c., also manufacturers of pure lily white lead, hunters iron paint, & ivory white lead. no. 5 North Fifth Street (3 doors above Market.) Geo. P. Russell. D. C. Landis
Description
Billhead of the Philadelphia druggist containing ornate lettering and an exterior view of the firm's storefront on Fifth Street. View also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including a horse-drawn omnibus and a man pushing a hand cart. Print also contains a pictorial detailed composed of a ribbon overlaid filigree and reading "All Claims to Be Reported Within Ten Days After Receipt of Goods." Terms of payment and shipping are also included. Russell & Landis relocated from the 400 block of Market and Fifth Street circa 1870., Completed in manuscript to F. P. Magraw on October 27, 1870 for $12.60., Stamped on recto: Paid Jul 19, 1904, E.K. Thompson & Son., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Billheads -1879 (N-R) - R [P.2011.46.389]
Bought of Stretch, Bennett & Co. (Successors to Peter T. Wright & Co.) Importers of and dealers in drugs and medicines. Also brandies & wines for medical purposes. No. 609 Market St.
Title
Bought of Stretch, Bennett & Co. (Successors to Peter T. Wright & Co.) Importers of and dealers in drugs and medicines. Also brandies & wines for medical purposes. No. 609 Market St
Description
Billhead of the Philadelphia firm containing ornate lettering and an exterior view of the business's six-story store front at 609 Market Street. View also shows crates in the second floor windows, a passing horse-drawn omnibus, and laborers loading crates onto drays. Joseph S. Bennett entered into the established business of Peter T. Wright & Co. in 1858, which was reestablished as Stretch, Bennett & Co. circa 1865. The firm was later succeeded by Joseph S. Bennett & Co., Completed in manuscript to Ebun Somers on January 21, 1867 for two items for $14.80., Manuscript note in pencil on recto: Pd by Cash. E. Pope., Manuscript note in ink on recto: Rec'd Payment Stretch Bennett & Co. pr Grigg., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Billheads -1879 (N-R) - R [P.2011.46.407]
Bought of the Hasting and McIntosh Truss Co. Manufacturers of indestructible hard rubber trusses, (trade mark registered.), leather covered & elastic trusses, supporters, shoulder braces, etc. For the U.S. government, home & export trade. 224 South Ninth
Title
Bought of the Hasting and McIntosh Truss Co. Manufacturers of indestructible hard rubber trusses, (trade mark registered.), leather covered & elastic trusses, supporters, shoulder braces, etc. For the U.S. government, home & export trade. 224 South Ninth Street
Description
Billhead of the Philadelphia truss manufacturer containing ornate lettering, cloud imagery and pictorial details. Details depict a sheet of paper reading "Owners McIntosh N.U. Supporter Co. Reliable Water Pads a Specialty" and a truss labeled "The Hastings Truss Co.", Title annotated with stamp in blue ink: 912 Walnut Street., Completed in manuscript to E.K. Thompson & Son, Titusville, Pa. on March 23, 1904 for "Fig 99" and "straps for Fig 99" for $5.50., Stamped on recto: Paid Jul 19, 1904, E.K. Thompson & Son., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Billheads 1880- (E-M) - H [P.2011.46.356]
Bought of William A. Whittem, apothecary, dealer in segars, stationery &c. Opposite rail road depot.
Title
Bought of William A. Whittem, apothecary, dealer in segars, stationery &c. Opposite rail road depot Established 1875
Description
Billhead of the Philadelphia druggist containing block lettering and pictorial details including ribbons, filigree, and flourishes., Completed in manuscript to A. W. Kelsey on October 1, 1893 for several items, including "Apollinaire's Pt," eye shade, Pears soap, camphor, rubber bands, tooth brushes, and dental floss, for $24.07., Stamped on recto: Paid Oct 3 1893 Wm. A. Whittem, per F.R., Printed above image: No toilet is complete without a bottle of Whittem's Rosemary and Catharidine Hair Tonic. It is Refreshing, Cleaning, and Invigorating., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Billheads 1880- (S-Z) - W [P.2011.46.426]
[Bound Brook Route trade cards]
Title
[Bound Brook Route trade cards]
Description
Series of illustrated trade cards depicting a comical, theatrical scenario with two boys, a girl, a dog, and a thermometer. The boys court and fight over the girl, whose desires seem to change with the season. Additional imagery includes flowers and one of the boys reading. The Bound Brooke Route, operated by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, operated between Ninth and Green Streets in Philadelphia and New York City. Route opened about 1876 and capitalized on the Centennial celebration in Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloger., Advertising text printed on rectos: "19 trains daily, between Philadelphia and New York. Low fare, quick transit, perfect equipment. New York. Trenton. Elizabeth. Long Branch." Prints also contain tables of schedules for train stops between Philadelphia and New York on versos., 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 - Bound [1975.F.45; 1975.F.86; 1975.F.90]
Snowbound, Wissahickon Creek, Philadelphia.
Title
Snow bound, Wissahickon Creek, Philadelphia
Description
Winter view showing a snow-covered path running parallel to the Wissahickon Creek. Trees flank the creek and a wooden fence divides the creek from the trail., Additional places of publication printed on mount, including Chicago; London; Hamberg, Ger.; and Milan, Italy., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Distributor's imprint printed on mount., Manuscript note in pencil on verso: Mrs. E. B. Dorathy ; Sammy Taylor, Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Date
1903
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Griffith & Griffith - Parks [P.9047.118]
Boyd, Stevenson farm Oil Creek Penn[sylvania]
Title
Boyd, Stevenson farm Oil Creek Penn[sylvania]
Description
View photographed during the Pennsylvania oil speculation boom of the 1860s showing the James Boyd and John Stevenson farms in the Oil Creek Valley. Includes an oil derrick, a bridge over Oil Creek, several wooden structures, and the Oil Exchange Hotel. Boyd Farm served as a hub for the Oil Creek Railroad, consequently promoting the development of the speculator town, Bennenhoff City., Yellow mount with square corners., Photographer's label pasted on verso., Digitized for AMD: Global Commodities., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Mather, an English emigre, operated a photo gallery in Titusville from 1860 to 1915. His views of the oil region and its residents constitute the most comprehensive and reproduced record of the Pennsylvania petroleum industry in the mid nineteenth century.
Creator
Mather, John A. (John Aked), 1829-1915
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Mather - Industry [P.9212.3]
Brainard House.
Title
Brainard House
Description
Exterior view of the two-story hotel with a veranda, possibly in Philadelphia. Includes a group of men and children standing near the front steps., Title supplied by cataloguer., Attributed to John Moran., Yellow mount with square corners., Stamped on verso: West Spruce Street Presbyterian Church, Philada., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date
[ca. 1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Hotels [P.8464.18]
[Brainerd & Armstrong Co. trade cards]
Title
[Brainerd & Armstrong Co. trade cards]
Description
Series of illustrated trade cards depicting children pulling on a thread of silk used as kite string; spools of silk labeled "Brainerd, Armstrong & Co."; a fairie; "good luck" horseshoe; silkworms; and butterflies., Title supplied by cataloger., Two prints [1975.F.88 and 1975.F.97] printed by the National Bureau of Engraving, Phila., Advertising text printed on rectos and versos promotes Brainerd & Armstrong Co. silk by offering a beautiful chromo card to buyers; announces the company's dyeing abilities; and suggests using the silk for good luck., Stamped on recto of one print [P.2006.20.50]: Sold by Wm. Menke & Bro., 804 Arch Street., 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 - Brainerd [1975.F.88; 1975.F.97; P.2006.20.50]
[Branson & Bro. trade cards]
Title
[Branson & Bro. trade cards]
Description
Series of illustrated trade cards depicting a bucket labeled "2240 lbs. to the ton" filled with coal and a framed image labeled "1842-1882" of an old miner carrying a basket in his left hand and a shovel over his right shoulder. Branson & Bro.'s operated by David Branson and Jos. A. Wenderoth at 1118 Washington Avenue in Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloger., Printed on light blue paper., Advertising text printed on versos promotes Branson & Bro.'s coal, including "Old Hazleton" and "Lattimer" grades and guarantees customer satisfaction., 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 - Branson [1975.F.82 and 1975.F.85]
The brave 3rd U.S. Cavalry. Heroes of El Caney. Peace Jubilee, Phila.
Title
The brave 3rd U.S. Cavalry. Heroes of El Caney. Peace Jubilee, Phila
Description
View looking east from City Hall showing the Third United States Volunteer Cavalry in formation on the 1300 block of Market street during the celebration commemorating the end of the Spanish American War in 1898. Spectators crowd the sidewalks and flags and bunting adorn the businesses, including John Wanamaker's department store, completed in 1876 after the designs of Theophilius P. Chandler (1300-1326 Market)., Title printed on mount below image., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Printed on mount: Sold only by Berry, Kelley & Chadwick. Dallas, Tex., Chicago, Augusta, Ga., Gray curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Date
[ca. 1898]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Berry, Kelley & Chadwick - Processions [P.9047.142]
Brennan, jeweler, 13 South Eighth St., Phila.
Title
Brennan, jeweler, 13 South Eighth St., Phila
Description
Illustrated trade card depicting a beach scene with a large beached ship in the background. In the foreground, two women in bathing suits mischievously hold a magnifying glass over the back of an old man's head, concentrating the sun's rays and burning his head. He sits unaware, smoking a pipe with his back to them and grasping an empty net. Birds peck at the sand nearby., Copyrighted Ketterlinus, Philada., 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 - Brennan [1975.F.53]
Brewers' Hall.
Title
Brewers' Hall
Description
Exterior view of hall built by James B. Doyle after designs by Hermann J. Schwarzmann as an annex to Agricultural Hall. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title printed in numbered series list on verso with twenty-seven other titles (No. 1-28)., Series title repeated on printed scrollwork in red ink on mount: Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1876]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Exhibitions [P.9260.86]
Brickeen Bridge, Killarney, Ireland.
Title
Brickeen Bridge, Killarney, Ireland
Description
Landscape view of a stone bridge spanning a creek. A small rowboat is docked in the foreground., Title on negative., Publisher's imprint printed on mount and on verso., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Roberts & Fellows, formed by H.L. Roberts and Charles T. Fellows, succeeded Edward L. Wilson ca. 1887 and dissolved in 1891.
Creator
Roberts & Fellows
Date
[ca. 1887]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Miscellaneous - Roberts & Fellows [P.9521.4]
Bridge at Bishop's Mills.
Title
Bridge at Bishop's Mills
Description
View of the stone arch Bells Mill Road Bridge spanning Wissahickon Creek, constructed in 1820 and named after former mill owners James and John Bell. A mill building, belonging to Bishop's Mills at the time of this photograph, is partially visible in the foreground., Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1869.
Creator
Bartlett & French
Date
[ca. 1868]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Parks [P.9462.9]
Bridges across the Wissahickon.
Title
Bridges across the Wissahickon
Description
View showing sections of the second Norristown Railroad Bridge and the Ridge Avenue Bridge over the mouth of the Wissahickon Creek. The railroad bridge, built in 1845 by Haughey & Snyder, was razed by fire in 1862 and replaced with a temporary trestle bridge. The Ridge Avenue Bridge was rebuilt from 1888-1890. Also shows two men, one seated with a sketchbook, on the bank of the creek., Title printed on mount., Buff mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date
[ca. 1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Bridges [(3)1322.F.132a]
[Briggs & Bro., flour and feed store, East Orthodox Street, Frankford, Philadelphia]
Title
[Briggs & Bro., flour and feed store, East Orthodox Street, Frankford, Philadelphia]
Description
Exterior view of the two story brick store. Depicts fenced lot adjoining the store and barrels lined up along the side of the building and under the front awning. Briggs & Bro. was located at several locations on Orthodox Street around the time this photograph was taken. Established at 164 Orthodox in 1879; moved to 242 Orthodox around 1880, and then to 248 Orthodox around 1885., Grey mount with rounded corners., Manuscript note on verso: H.M.B.S., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Schofield, John, 1835-1910, photographer
Date
between 1879 and 1889
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schofield - business [P.9774.5]
[Broad and Oxford Streets, Philadelphia]
Title
[Broad and Oxford Streets, Philadelphia]
Description
View looking northeast showing the front facades of row houses and dwellings on Broad Street, just below Oxford Street (1529-1535 North Broad). Also depicts the Oxford Presbyterian Church at the northeast corner, constructed 1879-1881 after a fire destroyed the original church and chapel. Church organized in 1867., Title supplied by cataloger., Copy photograph attributed to James Cremer based on duplicate stereograph bearing his imprint., Manuscript note on verso: Broad & Oxford Sts., Orange curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Cremer, James, 1821-1893, photographer
Date
[ca. 1881]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Streets [P.9260.52]
Broad St.
Title
Broad St
Description
View looking from the southwest corner of Broad and Stiles Streets showing dwellings lining the east side of Broad Street. Also shows trees spaced evenly in front of the dwellings and a lamppost in the foreground with "Stiles" etched into it., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's printed label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Streets [P.9260.42]
Broad St. east side bel. Oxford St. Phila.
Title
Broad St. east side bel. Oxford St. Phila
Description
View looking southeast at the fronts of residences on the 1500 block of North Broad Street below Oxford Street. Trees planted at evenly-spaced intervals partially obscure the houses., Title from manuscript note on verso., Publisher's label pasted on verso., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date
[ca. 1868]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Streets [P.9191.3]
Broad St. from the Academy of Music.
Title
Broad St. from the Academy of Music
Description
View looking north on South Broad Street from the Academy of Music showing two horse-drawn vehicles in the foreground and buildings adjacent to the main thoroughfare, including the second building of the Academy of Natural Sciences (built 1839-1840, John Notman, architect) and La Pierre House Hotel (built 1853, John McArthur, architect) in the distant left background. Row homes are visible on the east side of the street in the foreground and a four story building with gothic-arch windows on the west side, possibly the future site of the Stratford Hotel. Construction of the Union League and City Hall has not yet begun., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date
[ca. 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Streets [P.8464.16]
Broad St. New public buildings.
Title
Broad St. New public buildings
Description
View looking from City Hall under archway supported by scaffolding at vehicles on Broad Street. Shows horse-drawn carriage parked in the foreground., Title from photographer's printed series list on verso with fifty-nine other titles from "Philadelphia" (1-31) and "Washington, D.C." (32-59) series., Photographer's imprint printed on mount, Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Peabody, Edwin N.
Date
[ca. 1876]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Miscellaneous - Peabody [P.9099.6]
Broad Street Presbyterian Church, Broad Street below Spruce Street, Philada. [graphic] / Bartlett & Smith.
Title
Broad Street Presbyterian Church, Broad Street below Spruce Street, Philada
Description
Exterior view showing the third building of the First Reformed Presbyterian Church (i.e. Wylie Memorial Church) erected in 1854 on the 300 block of Broad Street after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. Includes partial view of adjacent building. Congregation organized in 1798. Church renamed in the early 1890s for long-term pastors T.W.J. Wylie and Samuel Wylie., Photographers' imprint embossed on mount., Title from manuscript note on mount: Broad St. Pres. Church Broad St. bel. Spruce Philada., Yellow paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Bartlett & Smith, photographer
Date
ca. 1869
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & Smith - Religion [(8)1322.F.3g]
Broadbent & Phillips : photographers, 1206 Chestnut St., Philada.
Title
Broadbent & Phillips : photographers, 1206 Chestnut St., Philada A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Description
Illustrated trade card and holiday card depicting a woman attired in a red shawl and green dress holding a tray with a roasted turkey outside near a shop window labeled "baker". Includes a small bird standing at her feet and a vignette of mistletoe adjacent to the title., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized., Broadbent & Phillips, the partnership between Samuel Broadbent and Henry C. Phillips, operated from 1206 Chestnut Street beginning in 1869.
Date
[ca. 1875]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Broadbent & Phillips [P.9651.1]
Broadbent & Taylor, artists and photographers, 914 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
Title
Broadbent & Taylor, artists and photographers, 914 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Description
Illustrated trade cards depicting business cards tucked into flowers., Notice printed on versos: Concentration, the interests of Mr. Phillips, in the late firm of Broadbent & Phillips, having been purchased by the Messrs. Broadbent, they have removed the entire effects, negatives and books, to 914 Chestnut Street, where it is now combined with the old firm of Broadbent & Taylor, under the firm name of Broadbent & Taylor, 914 Chestnut Street. A lower schedule of prices., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized., Broadbent & Taylor, the partnership between Samuel Broadbent and William Curtis Taylor, was active at 914 Chestnut Street from 1877-1884. Broadbent died in 1880, leaving his interest in the business to his two sons, who bought out Taylor in 1884.
Date
[ca. 1877]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Broadbent & Taylor [P.9646.1-3]
Broadway near Broome, N.Y.
Title
Broadway near Broome, N.Y
Description
Crowded street view showing horse-drawn streetcars, carriages, coaches and pedestrians navigating the intersection of Broome Street and Broadway in New York City. Pedestrians also crowd the sidewalks near the awning-covered storefronts., Title from manuscript note on verso., Publisher's printed label pasted on verso., Green mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of M. Finkel.
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Streets [P.8643.4]
Broadway, New York City.
Title
Broadway, New York City
Description
View showing the 500 block of Broadway in Manhattan. Businesses line the block, including a hat store, photographic studio, and optician. Pedestrians crowd the sidewalks and several horse-drawn carriages and hansom cabs travel down the congested street., Green mount with rounded corners., Title annotated on negative., Gift of Saul Koltnow., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1865, ca. 1885
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - non-Philadelphia - New York [P.9022.46]
Brolasky vault, Laurel Hill Cemetery
Title
Brolasky vault, Laurel Hill Cemetery
Description
Shows the vault of dry-goods merchant and real estate magnate Simon Brolasky in the cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. Vault adorned with two sculptures of female figures., Label on verso listing over sixty cemetery and volunteer fire department views published by the firm., Grey mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Jane Carson James., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Newell & Son, a partnership between Robert and his son Henry, was active from around 1870 until 1897 and the death of the elder Newell
Creator
R. Newell & Son
Date
ca. 1875
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Cemeteries [P.9299.24]
Bronson's block after the fire.
Title
Bronson's block after the fire
Description
View of a commercial block in Toledo, Ohio showing storefronts of several businesses including C. Bronson, tobacco; Babbitt & Herrman, furs and fancy goods; and R. & J. Cummings, wholesale boots and shoes. Foreground contains debris in an undeveloped lot. Calvin Bronson established the Bronson Tobacco Works in Toledo in 1851., Title from manuscript caption attached to bottom of stereograph., Discolored black and orange mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of American Views., Companion piece to stereoview entitled "Bronson's block after the fire" (5739.F.47a)., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Non-Philadelphia - Ohio [5739.F.47d]
[Bronson's tobacco factory & office]
Title
[Bronson's tobacco factory & office]
Description
View of a commercial block in Toledo, Ohio showing storefronts of several businesses including C. Bronson, tobacco; Whitaker & French; and Whitaker, Phillips & Co., hardware. Foreground contains undeveloped lot., Discolored black and orange mount with square corners., Title from manuscript caption clipped from scrapbook., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of American Views., Companion piece to stereoview entitled "Bronson's block after the fire" (5739.F.47d)., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1865
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Non-Philadelphia - Ohio [5739.F.47a]
[Bronze statue of General Antonio Guzman Blanco]
Title
[Bronze statue of General Antonio Guzman Blanco]
Description
View showing the bronze equestrian statue of General Antonio Guzman Blanco modeled by Joseph A. Bailly from 1875-1879, cast in bronze by Robert Wood & Co., and installed in Caracas, Venezuela in 1880. The statue sits on a pedestal outdoors in a park or cemetery setting across the street from rowhomes in Philadelphia. A plaster model of the statue was displayed at the Centennial Exhibition in 1876., Title supplied by cataloger., Manuscript note on verso: Bronze statue., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Yellow curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date
[ca. 1879]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Monuments and statues [P.9047.77]
Brook's prize medal spool cotton. Hand & machine sewing.
Title
Brook's prize medal spool cotton. Hand & machine sewing
Description
Illustrated trade card depicting two groups of men demonstrating the strength of Brook's cotton thread by playing tug of war with it on a dirt path near a body of water. A goat stands on its hind legs on top of a spool of cotton labeled "Brook's six cord 40" in the foreground. Another spool labeled "Brook's patent glace thread 50" sits adjacent to the first., Text printed on verso lists medals and awards won by the company in various world cities between 1851 and 1880., 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 - Brook's [1975.F.47]
Brother Gardner addresses the Lime Kiln Club on the virtues of Dixon's Stove Polish
Title
Brother Gardner addresses the Lime Kiln Club on the virtues of Dixon's Stove Polish
Description
Racist, satiric trade card promoting Joseph Dixon Crucible Company's stove polish and depicting a caricature of an African American man presenting Dixon’s Stove Polish to the African American men members of the Lime Kiln Club. Shows Brother Gardner, the white-haired, African American man, in the left with spectacles on his forehead and attired in a white collared shirt with a red bowtie, an orange jacket with a sunflower on the lapel, red and white checked pants, and black shoes. He stands holding a blue box of Dixon’s in his left hand and a gavel in his right hand. In the left is a wooden table with a blue pitcher and a top hat on top of it and a sign that reads, “Dixon’s Carburet of Iron Stove Polish.” Brother Gardner addresses the men in the vernacular, who are identified by number with the key of their names on the verso of the card. In the right, the man, attired in a striped white collared shirt, a red tie, a white and blue striped jacket, yellow and red striped pants, and black shoes, sits on a wooden chair and examines a blue box of Dixon’s in his hands. Beside him another man, balding with tufts of white hair on the sides of his head and a white beard and attired in a red jacket and blue striped pants, kneels down and carries a brush in his right hand. Behind them two men sit on chairs and an additional nine men stand and listen to Brother Gardner. In the background, the wall reads, “Lime Kiln Club, Paradise Hall.” A horseshoe and framed prints that read “Beautify your homes” and “Rules of the Lime Kiln Club” hang on the wall. In the center is a large, black stove., The African American "Lime Kiln Club" caricatures originally were devised by Charles Bertrand Lewis (i.e., M. Quad) in the Detroit Free Press. The Joseph Dixon Crucible Company, established by Joseph Dixon in Salem, Mass. in 1827, produced graphite pencils, crucibles and stove polish, and relocated to Jersey City, N.J. in 1847. In 1868, the firm name changed from Joseph Dixon & Co. to the Jos. Dixon Crucible Co. In 1870 the firm won a trademark case against a Philadelphia competitor selling J.C. Dixon Stove Polish., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Copyright 1886., Advertising text printed on verso: The Lime Kiln Club, Brother Gardner in the Chair. “Dis Club hab ebery reason to be proud of de Stove Committee. We has tried all de other stove polishes. We has been stunk out wid so-called peperahuns and seen de piping rust to pieces, till de stove-pipe wus a tumbled down disgrace to de good name of de Lime Kiln Club. De honah of dis occashun belongs to Brudder Shindig, who has made a name for hisself, by introducing Dixon’s Big cake of Stove Polish, and has covered hisself wid shine. Stand up, Brudder Shindig, and let us gaze upon your countenance. Now, my frens, let us draw a lesson from dis: Seek and find out for yerselves, and when you’s got a good ting stick to it, so dat, like DIXON’S STOVE POLISH, you may not only be a use to de community in which yer libes, but a shining example for de rest of mankind. “De club owes a vote of thanks to de Stove Committee, an’ to Brudder Shindig in particular, an’ extend de heartfelt thanks of de Lime Kiln Club to DIXONS for de valuable addition to de comfits of dis life through their CARBURET OF IRON STOVE POLISH. Wid one drawback, Brudder Shindig—you orer haf found dis outen befo’ for de DIXON’S STOVE POLISH has bin in de market SINCE 1827,--58 YEARS.” (Signed) No. 1. Bro. Gardner, 2. Old Man Jenkins, 3. Bro. Shindig, 4. Give-A-Dam Jones, 6. Sundown Davis, No. 7. Accordingly Davis, 8. Stepoff Johnson, 9. Trustee Pullback, 10. Sickles Smith, 11. Sir Isaac Walpole, 12. Layback Jones, Committee., Advertising text printed on verso: Fifty-eight years in market! The oldest, the best, the neatest, the quickest. Ask your dealer for Dixon's Stove Polish. Jos. Dixon Crucible Co., Jersey City, N.J. Illustration showing a box of "Dixon's Prepared Carburet of Iron (Trademark) For Polishing Stoves, Grates, Ranges, and Every Kind of Cast and Sheet Iron work.", Purchased with funds from the Walter J. Miller Trust for the Visual Culture Program., RVCDC, Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., 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
1886
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *trade card - J [P.2012.54.2]
Brown Street entrance.
Title
Brown Street entrance
Description
View showing marble stairs ascending from tree-lined paths in Fairmount Park east of the Lemon Hill estate. Two women sit on a park bench in the foregorund not far from a man who stands on the edge of a path looking at a garden. A boy descends the entrance stairs in the background. A stone fountain at the base of the stairs is surrounded by a fence., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Manuscript note on verso: Muschamp, No. 29, Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Parks [P.9022.28]

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