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Title: La. Berroth, stationery & fancy ornaments, No. 1212 Poplar St., Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a spray of flowers and a bird., 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 - Berroth [P.9802.8]

Title: Newgarden's up town ribbon box, 1224 Columbia Avenue, Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting two birds perched on a spray of flowers adjacent to the title., Copyrighted by J.H. Bufford's Sons, Boston., 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 - Newgarden's [P.9802.7]

Title: Compliments of Henry Baltz, Jr., meat and provisions, S.E. cor. of 18th and Fountain Sts. between Norris and Diamond
Description: Illustrated trade card for the meat and provisions business operated by Henry Baltz, Jr. Illustration depicts a boy and a girl sitting outside on the grass with birds perched on their fingers. An open birdcage is visible between them., 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 - Baltz [P.9771.2]

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

Title: [McIlvaine & Co. trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for McIlvaine & Co., grocers, at Juniper and Chestnut Streets in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict various birds, flowers and women outside feeding birds, picking flowers, and sitting near the ocean., Title supplied by cataloger., Four prints copyrighted 1879 by Bufford's Boston., Three prints, part of "Series No. 9", copyrighted by Wemple & Kronheim, N.Y., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1879]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - McIlvaine [1975.F.324; 1975.F.581; 1975.F.629 & 630; 1975.F.643; 1975.F.649 & 650]

Title: Compliments of Merscher Bros., tailors, 521 Poplar Street, Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated stock trade card depicting Asian symbols, including fans, a paddle fan, pottery, and cranes (one with a frog caught in its beak). Includes geometric borders., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Merscher [P.9615.16]

Title: [Kennedy Bros. trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting birds and a butterfly embellished by a geometric border; flowers in baskets; and portraits of women personifying a rose and a daisy by wearing large buds as hats. By the early 1880s, Kennedy Bros. was operated by Jacob and Harry Kennedy., Title supplied by cataloger., Three prints [1975.F.444; 1975.F.469 & 470] contain logo "J.H." printed on rectos. Most likely printed by Joseph Hoover., One print [1975.F.482] contains advertising text printed on verso: Fall opening, 1880. Kennedy & Bros., No. 1218 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, announce the opening of their importation of French millinery, on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 28th & 29th., Five prints contain advertising text printed on versos: At Kennedy's new store, 1404 Chestnut Street may be found all the latest novelties in Paris millinery. Trimmed bonnets & round hats, feathers, ribbons, plushes, velvets, flowers, etc., etc., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880-1882]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Kennedy [1975.F.444; 1975.F.469 & 470; 1975.F.472 & 473; 1975.F.482]

Title: L.W. Stewart, agt. wholesale and retail manufacturer and dealer in trunks, bags, satchels, ladies' & gents' traveling trunks, pocket books, &c. 29 South Tenth Street, Philadelphia Trunks neatly repaired and covered
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a small oval-shaped vignette of a dwelling and mountains. Vignette encircled by a flowering vine and a blue bird., 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 - Stewart [1975.F.775]

Title: Herr's book store, 53 and 55 North Queen St., Lancaster, Pa
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a winter snow scene with a blue jay bird perched on the bare branch of a tree. Includes a stream and dwelling in the background., Advertising text printed on verso: A Merry Xmas to all! You will be merry and you will be happy when you see our fine selection of holiday books, blocks, etc.: I. Children's toy and picture books. II. Boys' and girls' story books. III. Fine gift books for older ones. Cheap! You will soon decide that when you seem them. Nothing in the city to equal in prices. Herr's Book Store, 53 and 55 North Queen Street. Fine calendar for 1887 with every purchase., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1886]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Herr [P.2002.67.14]

Title: Compliments of L.A. Heyer & Son, the new headquarters for toys, fancy goods and dolls, "Rhoda" baby carriages, wagons, velocipedes, etc., and fireworks, 812 Arch St., Philad'a, Pa Dolls a specialty
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a woman skipping with flowers along a path on a hill with a dog and a bird following her. A covered pavilion and body of water are visible in the background., Copyright secured by Graf Bros. Phila., 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 - Heyer [1975.F.452]

Title: Greer & Son, N.E. cor. Tenth and Walnut Sts., Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting flowers and a bird., 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 - Greer [1975.F.355]

Title: Peter Schwindt, ladies' and gents' fine shoes, No. 1208 Columbia Avenue, Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a bird and a spray of flowers., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Schwindt [P.9802.5]

Title: [A.D. Curran & Co. trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards and bookmarks for the confectionery businesses operated by Arthur S. and John C. Curran, Jr. and Sigismund Leipzeiger at 1324 Chestnut Street and 475 North Fifth Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict flowers and birds and include the phrase, "compliments of the season"., Title supplied by cataloger., Four prints [1975.F.171; 1975.F.184a; 1975.F.197; 1975.F.217] printed and copyrighted 1878 by J.H. Bufford & Sons, Boston., One print [1975.F.150a] bears imprint below image: M. W. & Co. ; ent. sta. hall [entered at Statoners' Hall in London?]., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: c1878
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Curran [1975.F.150a; 1975.F.171; 1975.F.184a; 1975.F.197; 1975.F.217]

Title: Sea shore and country Japanese decorations, parasols, fans, scrolls, hammocks, &c. See our immense fire place screen fan, $1.65, all colors, George M. Lee, 1322 Chestnut St., Philad'a, Penna
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards die cut and shaped into hand-held fans depicting scenes of Japanese life, including a bird perched on the branch of a cherry blossom and a large man with a smaller male companion wading through water and carrying a baby bundled in cloth on his head., Title from text printed 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 - Lee [1975.F.398 & 399]

Title: E. McKelvey, fine family groceries, 1118 Columbia Ave Choice family flour a specialty
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a business card for M. McKelvey adjacent to a bird's nest in the grass with two brightly colored birds and a butterfly below the card., 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 - McKelvey [P.9802.13]

Title: Ripka & Co. artists' and wax flower materials, ebony and velvet frames, 146 S. Eighth St., Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting three birds surrounding a cherub sitting in the grass and playing a pan flute. Ripka & Co. was operated by John C. Ripka., 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 - Ripka [1975.F.735]

Title: Portuondo, manufacturers of Cuban hand made cigars, 1342 Chestnut St., Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated, embossed trade card depicting a red-breasted black bird. Jose M. Portuondo (i.e., Joseph M. Portuondo) operated a cigar shop from 1342 Chestnut Street until his death in 1882. His son Juan F. Portuondo succeeded him at this location until the late 1880s., 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 - Portuondo [1975.F.685]

Title: [James S. Loag trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting business cards for James S. Loag tucked into flowers embellished with birds and butterflies. Also depicts two boys jumping over a wooden fence or obstacle course and a woman painting on the beach under an umbrella with a male companion leaning over her shoulder., Printers and engravers include J.H. Bufford & Sons (Boston) and E. Ketterlinus & Co. (Philadelphia)., Two prints [1975.F.502 & 504] contain advertising text printed on versos: James S. Loag, dealer in ribbons, hats & millinery goods, trimmed goods a specialty, No. 1230 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. A full assortment of kid and lisle thread gloves., 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 - Loag [1975.F.486; 1975.F.493-497; 1975.F.502-504]

Title: [Household Sewing Machine trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for the Household Sewing Machine Company in Providence, Rhode Island. Illustrations depicts various kinds of birds, flowers, bees and butterflies., Title supplied by cataloger., Several prints [P.9801.1-4] contain advertising text printed on versos for the household sewing machine for sale by H.H. McCargo, 1609 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia., Several prints [1975.F.406-409] contain advertising text printed on versos for the household sewing machine and N.D. Stoops & Co., general agents, 17 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia., 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 - Household [1975.F.406-409 & P.9801.1-4]

Title: E.R. Smiley, pharmacist, N.W. cor. 12th & Jefferson, Philadelphia
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting birds perched on flower stems., Advertising text printed on versos: Perfumery, fancy toilet articles and ladies' requisites., 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 - Smiley [P.9810.1-3]

Title: [P. Fleischner & Co. trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards, holiday greeting cards, and grand opening notices for P. Fleischner & Co., manufacturer and importer of fine stationery and fancy leather goods, at 1026 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict business cards for P. Fleischner & Co. inset into flowers, a maid with a parakeet, a man bowing and tipping his hat to a woman, and a large jester figure., One print [1975.F.297] contains calendar for January through June of 1880 printed on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Fleischner [1975.F.297; 1975.F.303 & 304; 1975.F.310 & 311; 1975.F.322; 1975.F.326-333; 1975.F.343; 1975.F.345]

Title: Schomacker Gold String Piano Co., Philadelphia
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting birds and sprays of flowers. Schomacker Piano Co. was established ca. 1865 at 1109 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Schomacker [1975.F.821-824]

Title: [Shoneman Bros. trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for Shoneman Bros. trimmings and fancy goods' store at 116, 118 & 129 North Eighth Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict boats on the water, a child peaking through flowers, and a bird perched on flowers near its nest containing baby birds., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [1975.F.800] copyrighted 1880 by Thomas W. Price Co., One print [1975.F.800] contains Shakespeare quote printed on recto: Words are easy like the wind; faithful friends are hard to find. Every man will be thy friend, whilst thou hast wherewith to spend; but if store of crowns be scant, no man will supply thy want.", One print [1975.F.809] contains advertising text printed on verso promoting Shoneman Bros.' inexpensive gloves, fancy goods, fringe & buttons, and trimmings & fancy goods., 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 - Shoneman Bros. [1975.F.772; 1975.F.800; 1975.F.809]

Title: Regine. I.S. Custer, Son & Co. Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated trade card for the millinery and fancy goods store of I.S. Custer, Son & Co. in Philadelphia depicting a head portrait of a woman, Regine, wearing a hat flanked by vignettes of hats. Includes cranes in the top and bottom panels., 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 - Custer [1975.F.160]

Title: F. Defoney's oyster saloon, No. 545 North Third Street, Philadelphia. Fried oysters a specialty
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting birds, nests, butterflies, and flowers., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Defoney's [1975.F.247; 1975.F.275-276]

Title: Use Dalley's magical pain extractor. The great family ointment
Description: Series of whimsical illustrated trade cards depicting a male figure attired in a red, white, and blue scarf standing on a tree branch, reading a book as an ink stand with a feather falls from the tree and another male figure wearing a hat and ruffled collar standing on a reed, holding a hoop through which a frog leaps. Imagery also includes birds, frogs, a scythe, and an hourglass. Henry Dalley, Sr. began manufacturing "Dalley's magical pain extractor" in New York in 1839. Cornelius V. Clickener & Co. assumed control of the product name after Dalley's death in 1852. Henry Dalley, Jr. eventually regained control of his father's product in 1865, about five years after the dissolution of C.V. Clickener & Co., Includes advertising text promoting "the ten reasons" to use Dalley's magical pain extractor printed 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 - Dalley's [1975.F.288-289]

Title: A.J. Bunn's billiard and sample rooms, 1207 Chestnut St
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting a bird flying with a flower clasped in its beak. A business card containing the title is attached to the rose., 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 - Bunn's [1975.F.105; 1975.F.109]

Title: Martindale & Johnston, 10th and Market Sts., Philad'a "California store." Specialties:--California fruits, wines & brandies, coffees, teas, and staple and fancy groceries generally
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting an ornate jug and bowl and three birds surrounded by a decorative border. Martindale & Johnston operated their grocery and wine and spirits' shop from Tenth and Market Streets between 1869 and 1883, before the style changed to Thomas Martindale & Co., Contains a price list of a few specialties, mostly of various wines, printed on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - California [P.9755]

Title: J. & F. Cadmus, manufacturers and dealers in boots, shoes, trunks and bags, No. 734 Market Street, south side, one door below 8th St. Philadelphia
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting a sprig of flowers, birds perched on flowering tree branches, and ducks and ducklings in a pond., 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 - Cadmus [1975.F.72a; 1975.F.173-174]

Title: [Geo. A. Castor trade cards]
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting business cards inset into flowers. Includes a bird and a butterfly., Includes advertising text printed on versos promoting clearance sales at Geo. A. Castor's tailoring business at 730 Chestnut 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 - Castor [1975.F.122; 1975.F.135; 1975.F.164]

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

Title: Andrew Beash, wagon and carriage painter, 4119 Market Street, West Philadelphia
Description: Trade card depicting a vignette of a calligraphic image of a bird., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Beash [P.2006.20.62]

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]

Title: [Bartholomay Brewing Co. trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for the brewing company based in Rochester, N.Y. Illustrations include the company's trademark vignette of a wheel with wings; a spider hanging from a web attached to a sprig of flowers; and a bird perched on a branch below a nest filled with eggs. Founded in 1852 and in operation until 1934, the brewing company was styled "Bartholomay Brewing Company" from 1874 to 1889., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers include Hofstetter Bros., Prints contain advertising text on rectos for Bartholomay Brewing Co.'s Stock Lager. One print [1975.F.35] also includes addresses for the office and depot of the Philadelphia branch., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Bartholomay [1975.F.35 and 1975.F.81]

Title: [Asian decorative motifs]
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting Asian decorative motifs, including bamboo, a crane, and a fan. In the left a dragonfly flies over a stalk of bamboo. In the center is a large Asian character, possibly meant to be Chinese, surrounded by a geometric border. In ther right, a crane stands on one leg among reeds and a hand-held fan is spread open., Title supplied by cataloger., Date based on medium and content., 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 - Misc [1975.F.1034]

Title: [John Wanamaker's Grand Depot trade cards]
Description: 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]

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

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

Title: Lewis Voight & Son, artistic paper hangings
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting anthropomorphic blue bird with a portfolio under one wing and a painting palette under the other. A frog sits adjacent to the bird at the edge of a lily pond. Includes flowers and a paddle fan inscribed with the monogram of the company: LV&S., 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 - Voight [1975.F.887]

Title: The Kensington. Jas. H. Rodgers, proprietor. Saratoga Springs, New York
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting sunflowers behind a banner displaying the title, a spray of flowers and a bird. James H. Rodgers constructed the Kensington Hotel in Saratoga Springs, New York in 1881 and sold it to Paul C. Grening in 1887., Advertising text printed on versos spans both cards. Describes amenities offered by The Kensington in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., 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 - Kensington [1975.F.474 & 1975.F.742]

Title: [F.T. Howell & Co. trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for F.T. Howell & Co.'s paper hanging establishment at 1216 Chestnut Street and later Thirteenth and Chestnut Streets in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict Asian symbols, including fans, a paddle fan, bamboo, pottery, and cranes (one with a frog caught in its beak) and a witch with a broom in front of a full moon, witches flying on brooms in the distant background, snakes, rodents, an owl, and a castle atop a steep cliff. Includes geometric borders., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers and engravers include Theo. Leonhardt & Son and Craig Finley & Co., One print [1975.F.406] contains advertising text printed on verso: Antique drawings for the interior decoration of walls., 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 - Howell [1975.F.406a; 1975.F.412a & 1975.F.442]

Title: Nolan & Counsellor, fruits, flowers, &c. 1146 Broadway, bet. 26th and 27th Streets, New York
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a bird and a rose adjacent to a scroll with the title inscribed on it., 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 - Nolan [1975.F.697]

Title: Summit Water, from Harrison, Maine, the invaluable tonic that builds up the debilitated
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for Summit Water by Myers, Suter & Co., managers, 304 Broadway, New York. Illustrations depict a driver standing beside a lady seated in a goat-drawn carriage parked in front of two peacocks and entrance stairs. Also shows a drummer in uniform carrying an American flag indoors with a large eagle, dog, rabbits, an owl and various birds., Advertising text printed on versos promotes Summit Mineral Spring Water for "kidney and liver disorders, dyspepsia, constipation, nervousness, and general debility.", Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1881]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Myers [1975.F.845 & 846]

Title: [J. Peter Gohl trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards advertising fancy cakes, ice cream, and pastries for J. Peter Gohl's confectionery at 257 South Fifth Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict rustic landscapes including a cabin, castle, water mill, and pavillion and various animals and insects, including cattle, deer, a fox, grasshopper, dog, and stork. Also shows Santa Claus, or Saint Nicholas, looking through a book and standing in the snow with a large sack full of toys strapped to his back and a "good luck" horseshoe hanging from a ribbon., Title supplied by cataloger., 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 - Gohl [1975.F.352; 1975.F.369; 1975.F.371-373; 1975.F.377-386]

Title: [S. & H. Buckley trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for S. & H. Buckley, manufacturers and retailers of boots and shoes, at 127 North Eighth Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations include an old woman snooping on two young lovers; a boy and a girl walking arm in arm; and a bird perched on a nest feeding its young., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers and engravers include A. Haury., Advertising text on verso of one print [P.9728.11] promotes Buckley's line of wedding slippers., 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 - Buckley [1975.F.69; P.9728.11; P.9802.9]

Title: [Brownings trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for Brownings fine clothing and gent's furnishing store in the Girard House at Ninth and Chestnut Streets in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict ornate, gilt cards with decorative text and borders; flowers; birds; a horse-drawn carriage; a butterfly; an eagle; a hunting scene; a cabin; and a buffet of sweets, including fruit and cakes., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers include the New York firm Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Co. and the Boston firm L. Prang & Co., One print [P.9306.3] copyrighted 1878 by L. Prang & Co., Boston, U.S.A., Advertising text printed on rectos and versos. One print [1975.F.62] contains "Directions for Self-Measurement" on verso with front and back views of a man attired in a coat. Another print [1975.F.49] contains printed text on verso that attests to the quality of Brownings clothing., Two prints [1975.F.113 and 116] die cut and shaped into ovals., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., One print [P.9306.3] gift of Gordon Marshall., Digitized.
Date: [c1878-[ca. 1881]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Brownings [1975.F.49; 1975.F.62; 1975.F.113; 1975.F.116; P.9306.3]

Title: Souvenir. Stockton Hotel. Chas. Duffy, manager. Sunday eve'ng concert, by Simon Hassler's orchestra, August First, 1880
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a bird perched on the branch of a flowering tree. The seaside hotel opened in 1869 on the entire block between Howard and Gurney streets and Columbia Avenue and the Atlantic Ocean. The hotel, destroyed in the great fire of 1878, was rebuilt, and destroyed again by fire in 1889., Copyrighted 1878 by Wemple & Kronheim N.Y., Programme for the Sunday evening concert on August 1, 1880 by Simon Hassler's celebrated orchestra at the Stockton Hotel printed on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: c1878
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Stockton [1975.F.790]

Title: "Creme" oat meal toilet soap
Description: Trade card promoting soap manufacturer J.D. Larkin & Co. and depicting a racist caricature of an anthropomorphized chimpanzee as a man hunter. He stands in front of a section of tall grass and holds a clutch of birds in his left hand and a rifle under his right arm. He is attired in a hunting cap, red jacket, tan pants, and black high boots. Leather straps are criss-crossed over his chest. J.D. Larkin & Co. was founded in 1875. By 1881 the soap company included over 100 factory workers and sustained specialized departments for advertising and shipping, as well as solicited to door-to-door private residences in addition to shopkeepers. Trade cards with the company logo were included with each box of soap. By 1885 the firm only directly sold their products to residential customers and was known for their premiums. The company was sold in 1941 and continued as a mail-order business until 1962., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Copyright, Clay & Richmond, Buffalo, N.Y., 1881., Printed in upper right corner on recto: J, D, L, & C. monogram (ie. J.D. Larkin & Co.) surmounting "Buffalo, N.Y.", Series no. printed on recto: II., Advertising text printed on verso promotes "Creme" toilet soap sold by A.E. Snow, dealer in drugs, medicines, etc. in Plainfield, Vt. Also promotes "six different designs" of cards by the People's Mfg. Co., Buffalo, N.Y., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: 1881
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Patent Medicine Trade Card Collection - Pharmacists - S [P.9828.6852]

Title: [Morgan & Headly trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards promoting jewelers Morgan & Headly in the Mutual Life Building at the northwest corner of Tenth and Chestnut Streets in Philadelphia. Trade card depicts a large diamond jewel [1975.F.579]. Illustrated trade card depicts a caricaturized Japanese woman and boy playing a horn. The woman, wearing her hair tied up and decorated with kanzashi (decorative hair ornaments) and attired in a floral patterned kimono, stands before a Japanese-style building. She leans her left arm over a wall and looks down at a boy, wearing a shaved head with a small ponytail and attired in a tunic, a belt, pants, and cloth, slip-on shoes, playing a horn next to a bird with its beak open [1975.F.592]. Trade card depicting a Japanese-stylized scene of a crane bending over and cleaning its feathers with its beak. Also includes flowering tree branches [1975.F.593]., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from content and history of the advertised business., One print [1975.F.579] contains vignette printed on verso depicting a hand-held fan superimposed onto a ribbon., RVCDC, 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 - Morgan [1975.F.579; 1975.F.592 & 593]

Title: [John Mustin trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting a woman picking flowers; a man hanging a cloth with the title inscribed on it; a man holding an umbrella for a lady in the rain; a crane standing near flowers on the edge of a lake; ornate Japanese paddle fans; and a butterfly perched on flower stems., One print [1975.F.591] copyrighted 1881 by Thomas W. Price., Advertising text printed on versos: Established 1815. Mustin's original trimming store, the largest [Philadelphia,] wholesale hosiery, glove, trimming, zephyr worsted, knitting yarn, and thread & needle establishment, No. 515 Arch Street, and No. 510 Cherry Street, where storekeepers only, are supplied. Retail store, 1226 Chestnut 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 - Mustin [1975.F.591; 1975.F.609; 1975.F.618; 1975.F.635; 1975.F.644-646]

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