Touched up newspaper photograph depicting a portrait of the back of an African American man riding his horse-drawn "Iron Age" potato machine as he harvests a field of potatoes. The man, attired in a brimmed hat, a long-sleeved shirt, overalls, and shoes, sits on the machine and holds the reins to the two horses. The machine is pulled down rows of potato plants. The newly harvested potatoes are visible on the ground., Title from typed note pasted on verso., Printed caption pasted on verso: "Digging Potatoes with Modern Machinery.", Manuscript note on verso: Bateman & Cos Inc., Grenloch, N.J., Gift of Jane Abrams Bender, 1997., 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 Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date
March 25, 1928
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photos - unidentified - Industry [P.9520.51]
Trade card promoting Joseph Dixon Crucible Company's stove polish and depicting a racist caricature of an African American woman nanny at work. Shows the nanny smiling, holding, and scrubbing an unclothed white girl, who is coated in black stove polish along her right side. The long, brown haired girl wears a red headband and is partially covered by a white cloth draped around by the nanny. The nanny uses a scrub brush under the right arm of the girl. The girl stands, her right leg raised, upon a table covered with a yellow tablecloth and stained by the polish. She looks down and touches the nanny's face with her right hand. She places her left hand over the woman's hand on her left side. The nanny is attired in a white head kerchief with red polka dots; a yellow short-sleeved shirt with red stripes; and a blue skirt. On the table is a plate; a brush; and boxes labeled Dixon's Stove Polish. Image also includes, in the left background, a stove with a steaming copper kettle and a partial view of a stove pipe and checkered flooring. 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 deduced from history of the advertised business., Advertising text printed on verso: Established 1827. Dixon's stove polish; over fifty years in the market. Neat; quick; brilliant, and lasting. No dust. No odor. Nothing will make a stovd (sic) so bright and cheerful for so long a time as the Dixon stove polish. It is by far the cheapest in use, in the long run. Buy it. Try it. Take no other. Pressed into a neat quarter-pound packet, absolutely free of adulteration. Six millions sold in 1881. Jos. Dixon Crucible Co., Jersey City, N.J., Gift of David Doret., Library Company holds duplicate copies [1975.F.235; P.9577.14; P.9599].
Date
[ca. 1885]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Dixon [P.2017.95.44]
Circular photograph with a gold border showing a view of a sailboat on the water. Buildings are visible on the shore in the background., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
ca. 1880-ca. 1900
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2079]
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 statment: 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-Eights Years In Market! The Oldest, The Neatest, The Best, The Quickest. Ask your dealer for Dixon’s Stove Polish, Jos. Dixon Crucible Co., Jersey City, N.J. [Includes an depiction of a box of Dixon’s Prepared Carburet of Iron.], Gift of David Doret.
Date
1886
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Jos. Dixon [P.2017.95.94]
Charles P. Grantling, born in Pennsylvania ca. 1833, began his lithographic printing career in Philadelphia at the establishment of William H. Rease (Fourth and Chestnut streets) in 1860. Soon thereafter, Grantling served in the 18th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Infantry for a few months in 1861, and then served again in 1863. After the war, Grantling returned to the trade and the Philadelphia city directory for 1865 lists him as a lithographer living at 537 Wharton Street, then with his wife's family at 138 Carpenter Street 1867-1868. In 1868, his son John was born, and shortly after Grantling moved his family to New York City. His wife, Catharine Virginia (b. 1838), died there on July 1, 1870. A decade later, Grantling had remarried an Irish-born woman Mary (b. September 1843) and resided in Manhattan. He lived in Jersey City, N.J. and worked as a printer in 1891. By the 1900 census, Mary Grantling was a widow living in New York.
Date
b. ca. 1833
Location
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
Block numbered in two places: 5915, also numbered 136 in two places., Image of a man, two children and a dog. The man is looking towards what appears to be a church, but the children are looking at the dog in an outdoor setting., Illustration appears in The thunder-storm (Philadelphia, between 1857 and 1870?), p. 127. This title was listed in American Sunday-School Union catalogues from Jan. 1857 to at least 1870; it was not listed in 1893. Caption of illustration -- "My faithful Plato.", “Church dog” -- inscribed on back of block., “N.J. Wemmer. 5 Pear St. Phila." -- Back of block. Nelson J. Wemmer is listed (as an artist) at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1848 to 1856., Signed in reverse: VanIngen-Snyder. Van Ingen & Snyder, a partnership between William H. Van Ingen and Henry M. Snyder, was active between 1853 and 1871., Tape (inscribed “Van Ingen Snyder”) on side of block.
Block numbered in two places: 6204, also 1417 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a boy selling books (Bibles?) in the street, carrying a tray suspended around his neck while extending one to a man looking on; several other people are gathered around, including women wearing cloth headdresses resembling wimples., “N.J. Wemmer 215 Pear St. Phila” – Back of block. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876., “Am.S.S.U” – Back of block in three places., “Italy. Buy the light, the true light” – Inscribed on side of block.
Block numbered in two places: 5902., Image of a man talking to two children, a boy and a girl, in an interior setting. The boy appears to be holding a hammer [?] and is handing something to the man., Signed in reverse: Van Ingen-Snyder [i.e. Van Ingen & Snyder], Van Ingen & Snyder, a partnership between William H. Van Ingen and Henry M. Snyder, was active between 1853 and 1871., “Flaw” -- inscribed on back of block., “N.J. Wemmer. 5 Pear St. Phila.” -- Back of block. Nelson J. Wemmer is listed (as an artist) at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1848 to 1856.
Block numbered in two places: 6132., Image of a woman and child walking; woman gestures to a building in the distance., "The Dark Places Frontisp."—Inscribed on side of block., “N.J. Wemmer 215 Pear St. Phila” – Back of block. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876., Side of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
Block numbered in two places: 4644., Image of a man in a uniform speaking with a man on a horse; man in uniform gesturing behind himself; house shown in distance., “N.J. Wemmer. 5 Pear St. Phila.” -- Back of block. Nelson J. Wemmer is listed (as an artist) at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1848 to 1856., Side of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
Block numbered in two places: 6572, also 369 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of two girls looking at each other; one looks out an open window and rests her hand on the railing across what appears to be a small balcony; the other girl rests one hand on the edge of the same railing and holds a basket in her other hand, with feet on two different stairs of a small stoop., “N.J. Wemmer 215 Pear St. Phila” – Back of block. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876., “Maggie + Bessie Frontispiece M.S. p. 3.”
Block numbered in two places: 7369., Image of a standing man holding his hat behind him in one hand and the hand of a seated woman in the other; the woman sits in a large chair with a large shawl around her dress; another woman looks on while a young girl sitting in a small rocking chair looks upward attentively while holding a book in her lap; in the background are shelf or mantel with a vase of flowers and a clock, an empty or obscured frame, and an open window., Signed: Jasper Green, sc. Jasper Green is listed as an engraver in the Philadelphia city directory for 1872., “N.J. Wemmer. 215 Pear St. Phila.” – Back of block. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876., Image appears in Ruth Allerton, the missionary’s daughter, illustration beside p. 209.
Block numbered in two places: 7106, also 8006 [?] in two places (both defaced), and 1385 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a lion attaching a man (or boy) in a rocky landscape; one of his arms is in the lion's mouth; he holds a small knife in his other hand; a small animal (possibly a lamb) appears to be beside him., 'N.J. Wemmer 215 Pear St. Phila" Back of block. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876.
Block numbered in two places: 6007., Image of a woman who appears to be cooking in a pot over the stove; a cat stands at her feet; four children of varying ages sit at a table with mugs and bowls. Shelves hold plates and mugs., “N.J. Wemmer. 215 Pear St. Phila.” – Back of block. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876., Illustration appears in Child's world, v. 1, no. 10 (May, 1862), p. 5.
Block numbered in two places: 4984., Image of a turtle in a natural setting., "Spel. Book. Turtle." -- Inscribed on one side of block., “N.J. Wemmer. 5 Pear St. Phila." -- Back of block. Nelson J. Wemmer is listed (as an artist) at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1848 to 1856.
Block numbered in four places: 5360., Image of an anteater eating bugs in a natural setting., "Menagerie Improved. Anteater. 3.13 ..." -- Inscribed on side of block., "The Menagerie improved" was listed in American Sunday-School Union catalogues from Jan. 1848 to at least 1893., “N.J. Wemmer. 5 Pear St. Phila.” -- Back of block. Nelson J. Wemmer is listed (as an artist) at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1848 to 1856.
Block numbered in two places: 6309, also 1428 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of two boys walking outdoors away from a stream or river and a bridge; one boy carries a bucket in one hand and rests his other hand on the shoulder of a slightly shorter boy, who holds a book under his arm and gestures with his free hand; both boys are barefoot., “N.J. Wemmer. 215 [Pear St. Phila.]” – Back of block. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876., “Am.S.S.U” – Inscribed on back of block in two places., “The Old Red House [?]” – Inscribed faintly on side of block., Illustration also appears in Child's world vol. 32 no. 12 (1875), p. 2.
Block numbered in two places: 5888, also numbered 15 in two places, now defaced., Image of a boy and a girl in an outdoor setting, walking. The girl is towing the boy by the hand., “N.J. Wemmer. 5 Pear St. Phila.” -- Back of block. Nelson J. Wemmer is listed (as an artist) at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1848 to 1856.
Block numbered in two places: 6019., Round image of what appears to be a mother figure feeding a baby in bed or in a chair., “N.J. Wemmer. 215 Pear St. Phila.” – Back of block. Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876.
Block numbered 6009 in two places., Image of a girl standing at a table, looking over her shoulder., “N.J. Wemmer 215 Pear St. Phila” – Back of block. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876.
Block numbered in two places: 6208, also 1388 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a woman in a peaked bonnet holding or rocking a cradle suspended from a beam or other support., “N.J. Wemmer. 215 Pear St. Phila.” – Back of block. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876., “Am.S.S.U” – Back of block in three places., “Lapland. Rock a by Baby.” – Inscribed on side of block.
Block numbered in two places: 6595, also 368 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a woman wearing a headscarf; she sits cross-legged outdoors with one knee slightly raised; behind her there appears to be some sort of stone structure., “N.J. Wemmer. 215 Pear St. Phila.” – Back of block. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876., “Am.S.S.U.” – Back of block.
Jacob M. Conklin, born ca. 1840 in Vermont, worked as a lithographer and shirt manufacturer in Philadelphia. A member of the Lithographic Printers Union, serving as secretary in 1862, Conklin was employed by P. S. Duval & Co. at 22 South Fifth Street in 1858. By 1866, he partnered in Conklin & Gibbons at the southeast corner of Dock & Walnut Streets. Two years later he tenanted 148 1/2 Walnut Street, the same address as fellow lithographers Samuel B. Linton and Daniel O'Donnell. Conklin switched trades in 1872 and opened a varieties and furnishing store at 1221 Girard Avenue, where the business remained until the late 1880s. By the early 1890s the business had relocated at 1132 Arch Street., During the 1860s, Conklin resided at 906 Ontario Street (Ward 25). In the 1870s he lived near his "gentleman's furnishing" business at 1238 Girard Avenue (Ward 14), and in the 1880s he resided at 538 North Eleventh Street (Ward 10). In the 1890s he lived with his wife Margaret W. (b. ca. 1840) and her sister Nancy M. Platt (b. ca. 1837) at 330 Arch Street in Camden, N.J.
Date
b. ca. 1840
Location
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
Block numbered in two places: 6409, also 50 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a woman in a hoop skirt or dress facing a boy who leans against a fence post with his hands in his pockets and one knee bent; behind them outside of the fence is a church with a spire., “N.J. Wemmer 215 Pear St. Phila” – Back of block. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876.
Block numbered in two places: 7110, also 71010, 8010 in two places (defaced in one place), 1014 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a child gesturing to a man while resting his other hand on the man’s knee; the man regards the child and gestures with one of his hands; the man is bearded and wears some kind of robe or tunic; behind him is a table with what appears to be various pieces of silverwork on it., “N.J. Wemmer 215 Pear St. Phila” – Back of block. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876.
Block numbered in three places: 6913., Image of a boy, seated with his head resting on one hand; he holds a scrub brush in the other hand., Signed: Van Ingen-Snyder. Van Ingen & Snyder, a partnership between William H. Van Ingen and Henry M. Snyder, was active between 1853 and 1871., “N.J. Wemmer. 215 Pear St. Phila.” – Back of block. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876., Block damaged: cracked.
Block numbered in five places: 6345., Image of an old man leaning on a cane, who appears to be offering a coin to a small boy. They are outside of a house, directly in front of a fence., “Thy Poor Brother. M.S. p. 87” -- inscribed on side of block., Illustration appears in ‘Thy poor brother’ : letters to a friend on helping the poor (Philadelphia, between 1865 and 1893?), frontispiece and p. 113. This title was listed in American Sunday-School Union catalogues from Jan. 1865 to at least 1893. Caption of illustration -- "He put his trembling hand in his pocket and gave the child a halfpenny.", “N.J. Wemmer 215 Pear St. Phila.” -- Back of block. Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876., “A.S.S.U” -- Back of block.
Block numbered in one place: 4940., Image of a bird perched on a branch in a natural setting., “N.J. Wemmer. 5 Pear St. Phila.” -- Back of block. Nelson J. Wemmer is listed (as an artist) at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1848 to 1856., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
Block numbered in at least three places: 5363., Image of a kangaroo in a natural setting., “N.J. Wemmer. 5 Pear St. Phila." -- Back of block. Nelson J. Wemmer is listed (as an artist) at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1848 to 1856., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
Block numbered in two places: 5913, block also numbered 183 in two places, now defaced. Block also inscribed 13 on back of block., Image of a man who appears to be in distress, in an interior setting. One of his hands is clasped to his head, and the other appears to be dropping coins [?] into an open drawer., Signed in reverse: VanIngen-Snyder., Van Ingen & Snyder, a partnership between William H. Van Ingen and Henry M. Snyder, was active between 1853 and 1871., “N.J. Wemmer. 5 Pear St. Phila.” -- Back of block. Nelson J. Wemmer is listed (as an artist) at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1848 to 1856., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
Block numbered in four places: 6042., Image of a man beating a camel with a fire poker, in an interior setting., ‘The Peasant and his Guest. “…[illegibile] seized the poker and began beating the camel.”’ – inscribed on side of block., Illustration appears in The Peasant and his guest : illustrating the history of four boys (Philadelphia, 1862), p. 30. This title was listed in American Sunday-School Union catalogues from 1864 to at least 1893., “N.J. Wemmer 215 Pear St. Phila.” – Back of block. Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876., Illustration also appears in Child's world, v. 18 no. 24 (1879), p. 2., Signed in reverse: DH [i.e. Henry Dacre?], Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
1 wood block ; 8.5 x 6.7 x 2.3 cm., Block numbered in two places: 6993, also 1250 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a woman sitting on a chair beside a girl on a smaller chair; the woman is holding a plate with what appears to be round fruit on it, and what may be a knife in her other hand; at the girl’s feet is a ball of yarn; two other women sit at a table behind them in the same room., Signed: Longacre Phila. [i.e., James B. Longacre?], “N.J. Wemmer & Son. Philada 215 Pear St.” – Back of block in two places. Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876., Illustration appears in Child's world, v. 10 no. 21 (Nov. 1871), p. 3.
Block numbered in two places: 6146, also 1321 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a woman and a girl standing beside a chair pulled out from a table in what appears to be a kitchen; the woman holds one hand palm-up toward the girl, and the girl holds both hands in front of her., “N.J. Wemmer 215 Pear St. Phila” – Back of block in two places. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876.
Image: Horse-drawn carriages and carts travel along a wide commercial street in Newark, New Jersey. Includes store fronts and church spires., Verse 1456: Newark, N.J., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Block numbered in four places: 5358., Image of a beaver in a natural setting, near water., "The Menagerie Improved. The Beaver p. 31" -- Inscribed on side of block., "The Menagerie improved" was listed in American Sunday-School Union catalogues from Jan. 1848 to at least 1893., “N.J. Wemmer. 5 Pear St. Phila.” -- Back of block. Nelson J. Wemmer is listed (as an artist) at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1848 to 1856.
Block numbered in two places: 6598, also 363 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of women who appear to be instructing children in a one-room school setting; one woman appears to wear a headscarf or veil, as do many of the children, but another may be wearing European dress; most if not all of the children appear to be girls; one woman gestures while reading a book in front of two kneeling girls; another holds what may be a scroll toward one of two children looking on; two more women sit cross-legged and a line of children sits against a wall., “N.J. Wemmer. 215 Pear St. Phila.” – Back of block. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876., “Am.S.S.U” – Back of block.
Block numbered in one place: 6746., Image of a man sitting at a table with a cup in his hand reacting with fear or anger to a snake emerging from the bottle in front of him., “N.J. Wem[mer.] 215 Pear St. Phila.” – Back of block. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper., Illustration appears in Child's world, v. 6 no. 3 (Feb., 1867), p. 3., Illustration also appears in Child's world, v. 27, no. 11 (1870), p. 4.
Block numbered in two places: 5318., Image of an otter with a fish in its mouth in a natural setting., “N.J. Wemmer. 5 Pear St. Phila.” -- Back of block. Nelson J. Wemmer is listed (as an artist) at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1848 to 1856., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
Block numbered 6320 in three places., Image of seven people, possibly a family, seated around a dining table; the table is set for a meal; a dog is in the foreground., “N.J. Wemmer 215 Pear St. Phila” – Back of block. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876., “A.S.S.U.”—Back of block in three places.
Block numbered in two places: 6292., Image of a man in a top hat gesturing toward and speaking to a man behind a fence, while a woman hangs laundry over the fence and looks on; a crowd of people and what appears to be a dog is visible in the distance, and one small figure appears to be running or punching., “N.J. Wemmer. 215 Pear St. Phila.” – Back of block in two places. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876., “Am.S.S.U” – Back of block.
Block numbered in two places (in pencil): 6000, also 1922 on small adhesive label on back of block ., Image of a girl holding a basket and standing a few feet away from three steps leading to a door of a house; a woman looks through or stands in front of a window slightly above the girl’s head., “N.J. W[emmer] Phi[la]” – Back of block., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down pieces of paper., “Sunday School Scholar [?] Poor.” – Inscribed on side of block., Illustration appears in New book of two hundred pictures, p. 98.
Block numbered in two places: 5466., Image of a lark perched on a branch, watching a caterpillar nearby in a natural setting., Inscribed on one side: "The Lark & the caterpillar. Perhaps he should...[illegible]." The story ‘The lark and the caterpillar’ appears in the Youth’s penny gazette (August 4, 1858); not accompanied by this illustration., “N.J. Wemmer. 5 Pear St. Phila.” -- Back of block. Nelson J. Wemmer is listed (as an artist) at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1848 to 1856., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
Block numbered in two places: 5838, also 45 in two places faintly, 34 in one place, 4 (defaced) before the number 5838 in two places., Image of three children looking at a cage with a mouse in it; the cage is placed on the seat of a chair, and a cat stands beside the chair., Signed: Van Ingen-Snyder. Van Ingen & Snyder, a partnership between William H. Van Ingen and Henry M. Snyder, was active between 1853 and 1871., “N.J. Wemmer. 5 Pear St. Phila.” – Back of block. Nelson J. Wemmer is listed (as an artist) at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1848 to 1856., Illustration appears in New book of two hundred pictures, p. 75.
Block numbered in two places: 5364., Image of a three llamas in a natural setting, one in the foreground, two next to each other in the background., “N.J. Wemmer. 5 Pear St. Phila.” -- Back of block. Nelson J. Wemmer is listed (as an artist) at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1848 to 1856.
Block numbered in two places: 4950., Image of a sparrow [?] perched on a branch in a natural setting., “N.J. Wemmer. 5 Pear St. Phila." -- Back of block. Nelson J. Wemmer is listed (as an artist) at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1848 to 1856., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
Block numbered in two places: 6214., Image of two women in European-style dresses facing five children, the boys wearing short tunics, the girl a dress, a veil, and earrings; one of the women is seated and appears to be reading or instructing from a book; they sit under an umbrella or patio covering, and a palm tree is visible in the distance., “Am.S.S.U” – Back of block in two places., “African Monitor Girl.” – Inscribed on side of block., “N.J. Wemmer. 215 Pear St. Phila.” – Back of block. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876.
Block numbered in two places: 5235 ; block restamped 5335 in both places., Image of an leopard crouching in a natural setting., Illustration appears in The Show of animals (Philadelphia, between 1832 and 1860?), p. 2., The Show of animals was listed in American Sunday-School Union catalogues from May 1832 to July 1860., “N.J. Wemmer. 5 Pear St. Phila." -- Back of block. Nelson J. Wemmer is listed (as an artist) at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1848 to 1856.
Block numbered in two places: 6219., Image of two boys who appear to be quarreling. A basket of fish and a stick are on the ground in front of them., “N.J. Wemmer. 5 Pear St. Phila.” – Back of block. Nelson J. Wemmer is listed (as an artist) at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1848 to 1856.
Block numbered (faintly) in two places: 6127., Image of a nicely-dressed man with a tall hat and umbrella as cane gesturing at a boy who regards him and holds a wooden hoop; three other boys in the foreground tussle or argue., “N.J. Wemmer. 215 Pear St. Phila.” – Back of block. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876., “Come away from bad Boys” – Inscribed on side of block., Illustration appears in Child's world, v. 7 no. 6 (Mar., 1868), p. 4.
Block numbered in two places: 6994., Image of a man and a woman looking out of a house into a yard or garden; the woman looks through an open window, and the man seems to lean out of what may be a Dutch door., Signed: Longacre [i.e. James B. Longacre?], “N.J. Wemmer & Son. 215 Pear St. Phila.” – Back of block. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876.
