Illustrated trade card depicting a man and a woman seated at a table in a beer garden being served full beer mugs by a male waiter. The woman wears a large hat adorned with flowers and holds a decorative fan in her left hand. A boy kneels down and fills beer mugs from a cask in the right foreground. Reen & Trump, the partnership between Charles Reen and Watson Trump, operated a lithographic establishment in Philadelphia between 1872 and 1881., 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 - Reen [P.9941]
Illustrated trade card depicting an older man raising a full mug of beer and toasting to his health., Advertising text printed on verso: Headquarters for holiday goods will be at L.H. Rogers, no. 17 DeKalb St., 3 doors ab. Main St., Norristown, Pa., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of John H. Serembus., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Rogers [P.2005.30.2]
Illustrated metamorphic trade card for the Indianapolis Brewing Co. When folded, a gentleman attired in a suit, top hat, and cane expresses surprise upon viewing what appears to be a nude woman embracing a man. When opened, the trade card reveals that she is attired in a flesh-colored dress and stands on a veranda enjoying a beer with her male companion. Also shows two bottles of "Duesseldorfer" on the the table, a box of beer on the floor, and a servant delivering a silver platter to the couple. Includes a vignette of the company's brewing complex and trademark on verso. The consolidation of the C.F. Schmidt, P. Lieber, and C. Maus breweries resulted in the formation of the Indianapolis Brewing Co. in 1889., Title supplied by cataloger., Contains advertising text printed on verso: "Progress Brand" Duesseldorfer crowned over all others as the finest in the world. Paris Exposition 1900. Progress Brand. Indianapolis Brewing Co. brewers and bottlers of beer, ale & porter, Indianapolis, Ind., U.S.A., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Selma Kessler., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1901]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Duesseldorfer [P.2008.21.1]
Illustrated trade card for W. Spencer Rowland's hotel and lager beer saloon depicting casks labeled "French brandy" and bottles of liquor., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Rowland's [5786.F.176d]
