Genre view of a barefoot girl, seated and holding a spoon, as a pig eats from a bowl in front of her., Copyrighted by Melander & Bro., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Distributor's label pasted on verso: James Cremer, publisher of stereoscopic views, 18 South Eighth St., Philadelphia. Stereoscopes and views, wholesale and retail., Manuscript note on verso: Muschamp, 21, Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Melander, L. M.
Date
c1876
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Melander - Genre [P.9022.16]
Series of illustrated trade cards for J. & J. Simpson's millinery, laces and trimmings' store at 725 and 727 Sixth Avenue, near 42nd Street in New York. Illustrations depict flowers; owls perched on a branch of a flowering tree; a girl feeding birds under the supervision of a woman; a naked cherub figure riding on the back of a turtle; and a little girl picking flowers and collecting them in her toy wagon., Title supplied by cataloger., Four prints copyrighted 1880 by F. Todd and numbered 245., Printers and engravers include J.H. Bufford & Co., 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 - Simpson's [1975.F.753; 1975.F.797; 1975.F.804; 1975.F.854 & 855]
Series of illustrated trade cards for John Wanamaker's Grand Depot at Thirteenth and Market Streets in Philadelphia, opened in 1876 to cater to Centennial Exhibition crowds. Illustrations depict a butterfly; two children walking outside with their parents; a harp with the figure of a mermaid forming the column; a round pediment inscribed "Constitution" resting on three caryatids; yellow flag with two horizontal red stripes; exterior views of the Grand Depot with pedestrian and vehicular traffic in the foreground; a girl feeding birds; a girl eating a piece of fruit; head portraits of girls wearing bonnets; cranes standing in water; sprays of flowers; children and a dog gathered around a piano, one of them playing a flute; a Japanese man tripping two boys with spools of "Stafford braid"; and two men dueling with swords., Title supplied by cataloger., Two prints [1975.F.945 & 947] part of Wemple & Kronheim's Series No. 43., Two prints [1975.F.908 & 999] copyrighted 1877 by L. Prang & Co., Two prints [1975.F.945 & 947] copyrighted 1879 by Wemple & Kronheim, N.Y., Two prints [1975.F.985 & 986] copyrighted 1878 by L. Prang & Co., Boston., Printers and engravers include L. Prang & Co. (Boston), Wemple & Kronheim (New York), Donaldson Brothers (New York), S.C. Duval (Philadelphia), Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann (New York), and Marcus Ward & Co. (Belfast)., Eight prints contain advertising text printed on versos., Two prints contain calendars printed on verso, one [1975.F.922] for 1881 and the other [P.9577.12] for 1900., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1877-1900]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - John Wanamaker [1975.F.316; 1975.F.908; 1975.F.918; 1975.F.920-922; 1975.F.943; 1975.F.945; 1975.F.947; 1975.F.954; 1975.F.956; 1975.F.985 & 986; 1975.F.989; 1975.F.999; 1975.F.1005; 1975.F.1008; P.9577.12]
