Illustrated trade card depicting a business card displaying the title, surrounded by a garland of flowers. Includes a seated cherub figure in the lower right corner and a bust statue in the lower left corner., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Busche [P.9802.6]
Series of illustrated trade cards depicting two girls gathered around a table picking at a large plate of sweets and two boys in horseback riding gear trying to mount the back of a large muzzled dog. Alfred Maron, son of Anna Maron who worked with Charles Penas at his 830 Walnut Street establishment, succeeded in Penas ca. 1885. Alfred Maron owned confectioneries at both 830 Walnut Street and 1612 Chestnut Street in 1885., 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 - Maron [1975.F.627 & 1975.F.631]
Series of illustrated trade cards for Dudley L. Page's "pure candy" and "Boston candy manufactory" at 918 Arch Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict hands holding bunches of flowers and a cricket player attired in uniform holding his cricket bat in the air., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [1975.F.673] copyrighted 1881 by O.J. Ramsdell., 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 - Page [1975.F.673 & 1975.F.681-683]
Illustrated trade card depicting a girl's head framed by torn paper and cracks after poking her head through., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1883]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Musselman [1975.F.615]
Illustrated trade card depicting a winter holiday scene showing a man walking up a snow-covered path to a church. A holly plant with red berries flanks the vignette on the left side., 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 - Veit [P.9706]
Series of illustrated trade cards and bookmarks depicting an owl, a rat, and a pelican with a fish in its beak., 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 - Liggins [P.9642.2 & 3]
Illustrated trade card depicting a business card for Chr. Jud surrounded and embellished by flowering vines and cherubs., Manuscipt note on verso: M.H. Smith, 863 11th St., 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 - Jud [1975.F.456]
Illustrated trade card depicting a sprig of flowers., Copyrighted by Boston Frame & Chromo., 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 - Inscho [1975.F.455]
Illustrated trade card depicting a large butterfly and flowers., Title from advertising text printed on verso., 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 - Hayward's [P.9588.3]
Series of illustrated trade cards depciting boys and girls outside fishing, climbing trees, and taking eggs from a property with a "no trespassing" sign attached to a stone wall., 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 - Hess [1975.F.424 & 425]
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]
Illustrated trade card depicting a swag of flowers., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
1880
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Goodwin [P.9802.2]
Illustrated trade card depicting a business card tucked into a spray of flowers., Advertising text printed on verso: At our dining rooms, 58 North Eighth Street, we furnish elegant dinners at reduced prices. Extra fine oysters in every style. Delicious creams and ices. Orders for weddings and parties promptly attended to and sent to any part of the city., 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 - Shuster [1975.F.834]
Series of illustrated trade cards entitled, "Eggs of redstail," "Eggs of tree pipit," and "Eggs of Blue Ti[?]," depicting various kinds of unhatched eggs in the grass., Two prints [1975.F.273-274] contain manuscript notes on versos: Jumbo glacé., 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 - Dexter [1975.F.270; 1975.F.273-274]
Series of illustrated trade cards promoting confectioners Croft, Wilbur & Co. and depicting children performing a variety of activities, including two white girls playing tug-of-war over a wrapped piece of candy; and boys and girls eating sweets, including a white boy eating a candy stick while holding his dog on a leash. Also shows flowers; a courting white boy and girl couple sitting on a log; two white boy clowns dancing, playing a drum, and strutting a homemade pitchfork; and a man in Colonial attire popping out of a large cracker or bon-bon and dumping candy to white woman who catches it in her skirt. Racist card depicting an African American boy, portrayed in caricature, and a white girl on a candy stick seesaw. In the left, shows the white girl attired in a large, white bonnet; a yellow dress with red polka dots; a blue and white checked smock; orange stockings; and brown shoes, sitting on a red and white striped candy stick. In the right, the barefooted African American boy, attired in an orange shirt and gray pants, sits on the other side of the candy see saw. The fulcrum is a piece of chocolate. Founded in Philadelphia in 1865 by Samuel Croft and Henry Oscar Wilbur, Croft, Wilbur & Co. divided into H.O. Wilbur & Sons and Croft and Allen in 1884., Title supplied by cataloger., Four prints printed by E. Ketterlinus & Co., Includes two prints [1975.F.120 and 1974.F.141] with advertising text printed on versos., Gift of Emily Phillips, 1883., 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. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Croft [1975.F.120; 1975.F.141; 1975.F.145; 1975.F.168; 1975.F.176; 1975.F.178; 1975.F.182a; 1975.F.196; 1975.F.210]
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]
Series of illustrated trade cards for Etienne Burthey's Philadelphia confectionery at 324 South Third Street. Eight prints illustrate the French folksong, "Marlbrough s'en va-t-en guerre". Views show the Duke of Marlborough leaving for war; Marlborough with another man carrying his sabre; Marlborough's wife looking through a telescope from a stone tower; two men with the deceased Marlborough's helmet; his wife's worried page carrying a letter; and his wife seated, with the page crying into a handkerchief nearby, after receiving news of Marlborough's death; and two men carrying his coffin. Additional illustrations depict men and women playing lawn tennis and archery; a group of children performing a variety of activities, including playing with a train, performing magic tricks, and training a dog; naked cherubs in the snow and on a swing; flowers; birds; bees; and butterflies. Burthey's confectionery business occupied 324 South Third Street from 1877 to 1881., Printers and engravers include A. Ponsot (Paris, France), Stafford (Frankford, Pa.), and Thomas S. Dando & Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.), Includes series of five prints by Thomas S. Dando & Co. with advertising text printed on versos: F. Burthey, manufacturer of all sorts of chocolates, bonbons, Parisian style, 324 South Third St., Philadelphia. Prints also contain titles on rectos, including "Royal lawn tennis," "Le petit mencanicien," "Le petit magicien," "Le chien d'education," and "Tir a l'arc.", Includes series of eight prints printed by Ponsot, Paris with imprint, "E. Burthey, maison Francaise de chocolat et confiserie, 324 South Third St., Philadelphia" and various titles in French on rectos including, "Marlborough s'en va-t-en guerre," "L'un portrait son grand sabre," "Madame monte à sa tour," "L'autre portrait son casque," "Elle voit venir son page," "Monsieur Marlborough est mort," "Chacun s'en fut chez soi," and "J' l'ai vu porter en terre.", 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 - Burthey [1975.F.37; 1975.F.39; 1975.F.41-44; 1975.F.46; 1975.F.48; 1975.F.64-65; 1975.F.70; 1975.F.74; 1975.F.77; 1975.F.84; 1975.F.96; 1975.F.98-99; 1975.F.101-104; 1975.F.108; 1975.F.115]
Series of illustrated trade cards for A.J. Chauveau's Philadelphia confectionery business at 110 South Eleventh Street. Illustrations depict a man courting a woman in Colonial garb in a garden; a boy and a monkey wearing the same style feathered hat sitting on top of a drum; and a vignette within an artist's palette depicting an idyllic coastal scene, including pedestrians, buildings, a docked sailboat, and a body of water., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [1975.F.211] copyrighted 1881 by J.H.H., One print [1975.F.211] die cut and shaped into an artist's palette., One print [1975.F.211] contains advertising text on verso: A.J. Chauveau, manufacturer of choice caramels and pure confections, 110 South Eleventh St., six doors below Chestnut, 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 - Chauveau [1975.F.151; 1975.F.153; 1975.F.211]
Illustrated trade cards depicting women's hands holding bunches of flowers. German-native Christian Becker started his confectionery business in Philadelphia circa 1875., 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 - Becker [1975.F.27 and 1975.F.73]
