Billhead containing a vignette exterior view of the manufactory of the business established in 1855 by Frederick Stearns. View shows the multi-story, block long factory building in front of which street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn wagons travel. Also contains pictorial details, including a ribbon, flowers, and the company trademark designed as a coat of arms., Completed in type on September 12, 1895 to H. A. Kerste, Schenectady, N.Y. for 6 items, including "Edel. Cream," "Talc. Powd.," and "Tansy Pills" for $15.05., Typewritten on recto: 1 case. 9 LBS. For Wm. Sauter shipped in you care. Please notify by postal which we enclose in your case., Inscribed on recto: 15.05 Less 3% .45/14.60. Less freight .56/14.04., 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 Ephemera Collection - Billheads, etc. [P.2010.37.19]
