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- Title
- Union Tea Co., No. 1735 North 10th Street, teas, coffees, & spices. Handsome & useful presents given away with tea and coffee
- Description
- Illustrated trade card depicting a spray of leaves., Copyrighted 1880 by Bufford's Boston., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
- Date
- c1880
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Union [P.9802.14]
- Title
- [Willett & Quinby trade cards]
- Description
- Series of illustrated trade cards for Willett & Quinby at 416 North Second Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict a child painting the face of the figure from a jack-in-the-box and an idyllic scene showing a flowering plant and rustic church in a field., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [P.9642.6] contains advertising text printed on verso by Coward & Co. prs., 123 N. Third St. Phila., Advertising text printed on versos promotes Willett & Quinby's coffee as the "favorite" coffee and "the best blended coffee"., 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 - Willett [P.9636.4 & P.9642.6]
- Title
- [Francis Bond trade cards]
- Description
- Illustrated trade cards depicting stemmed flowers; a business card; and scenes of Japanese life, including men and women working outdoors and attired in traditional garb. Francis Bond succeeded Allen Cuthbert and operated a coffee, tea, and Japanese dry goods shop at 139 [or 130] South Eighth Street in Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloger., Two prints [1975.F.400-401] shaped like decorative fans., Advertising text printed on rectos and versos of three prints [1975.F.67, 1975.F.110 and 1975.F.400] listing the business address, coffee flavors, and types of Japanese goods imported by Francis Bond., 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 - Bond [1975.F.67; 1975.F.110; 1975.F.400-401]
- Title
- [Frederick A. Rex & Co. trade cards]
- Description
- Series of illustrated trade cards promoting coffee manufacturer Frederick A. Rex & Co. and depicting a fox leaping to grab grapes in its mouth from a vine running along the top of a tall stone wall. Racist trade card titled "An absorbing subject" and depicting a caricature an African American man lying on top of a barrel and drinking from it with a straw. Shows the barefooted man, portrayed with exaggerated features, and attired in a straw hat, a striped shirt with the sleeves rolled up to the elbows, and patched and torn pants. He lies straddling on top of a wooden barrel and rests his head in his hands. He closes his eyes as he drinks from a straw through a hole in the barrel. The barrel has a label pasted on it and is marked “XXX.” In the foreground, a painter’s palette leans against the front of the barrel. Frederick A. Rex (1850-1916) founded the Frederick A. Rex Company in the 1880s which manufactured coffee and tea. The firm had an office in Philadelphia and a mill in Camden, N.J., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [P.9651.20] copyrighted 1881 by Geo. M. Hayes., One print [P.9651.20] contains advertising text printed on verso promoting "Peerless Coffee," the finest coffee sold, roasted and packed by Fred'k A. Rex & Co., 39 North Front St., Philadelphia, with mills in Camden, New Jersey., Purchase 1999, 2001., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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 - Rex [P.9651.20 & P.9984.2]
- Title
- Look back gentlemen, into the future
- Description
- Racist trade card promoting Frederick A. Rex & Company's Peerless Coffee and depicting a caricature of an African American man peddler standing on a stage. The man, attired in a blue plaid suit with gold buttons, a white shirt with an enormous collar around the neck, and black shoes, is portrayed with an oversized head and exaggerated features. He stands behind a small table on a stage, places his left hand on the table, raises his right hand in the air, and winks his left eye. In the right on the stage is top hat turned upside down with an orange cloth coming of out it. In the left leaning against the table is a green umbrella with a black handle. Frederick A. Rex (1850-1916) founded the Frederick A. Rex Company in the 1880s which manufactured coffee and tea. The firm had an office in Philadelphia and a mill in Camden, N.J., Title from item., Place of publication from place of operation of advertised business., Date deduced from history of advertised business., Advertising text printed on verso: The Peerless Coffee, finest coffee sold. Always ask your Grocer for this Popular Brand, and you will be sure to have the best. Roasted and packed by Fred'k A. Rex & Co. 39 North Front St. Philadelphia. Mills, Camden, N.J. Illustration of a square package labeled, "The Peerless Coffee.", Gift of David Doret., Library copy has manuscript inscription on the verso: Emma J. Hottle.
- Date
- [1890]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Fredrick [P.2017.95.65]
- Title
- [Southwark Coffee & Spice Mills. J. O. Thornley.]
- Description
- Advertisement showing J.O. Thornley Coffee Roaster & Spice Factory at 1215 South Third Street in Southwark. Depicts the factory buildings, including a “coffee roasting” facility, in the left of the image. Horse-drawn factory wagons, one marked “J.O. Thornley Coffee Roaster & Spice Factory Southwark,” drawn by horse are parked in, and arrive and depart from around the factory, including the alley between the complex and a residence (Mrs. Smith). A laborer hoists a barrel up the front of the main building while in the street below another moves a sack from a pile of them marked “D&B.” Two marked barrels also appear in the pile. Sheds adjoin the main factory building, and workers are visible operating equipment within the structures. Also shows an elegantly-attired couple walking past the residence in the right of the image., Title supplied by Wainwright., Manuscript note on recto: South 3rd St. below Federal Philada. East Side 1855. Residence of Mrs. Smith., pdcp00011, Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Factories, etc.
- Creator
- Reynolds, Robert F., artist
- Date
- [ca. 1847]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - Factories, etc. - S