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- Title
- [Tradecard for S. Drapers' Uncle Tom's Cabin]
- Description
- Trade card promoting Simeon Draper's touring stage company's production of "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Shows a grimacing monkey trying to force feed a dead rat to a small white dog by pulling its tail. A trap and water bowl lay at the animals' feet. Also shows a partial view of a dog house in the right., Title supplied by cataloger., Series no. printed on recto: B.7., Text printed on verso: Music Hall! One week, commencing Monday, May 19th. Family matinees – Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Gigantic revival! S. Drapers’ Uncle Tom’s Cabin, with attractions offered by no other Manager. 2 Great Topsy’s with songs, dances and banjo solos. 2 Funny Marks’. Pack of Cuban bloodhounds. The celebrated Nashville University students. The wonderful child artist, Little Libbie Putnam, as Eva. Popular prices, - 15, 25 and 35 cents. No extra. No higher. Matinee admission – 10, 15 and 25 cents., 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., Purchase 2006., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
- Creator
- Gies & Co.
- Date
- [ca. 1884]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Trade cards - D [105880.D]
- Title
- The "Reading" route for Philadelphia and New York, is the quickest and best
- Description
- Illustrated trade card depicting two men dueling with swords and shields. In the background, a lady stands with her back to the fight and a dog runs toward the viewer in the foreground. Includes a thermometer adjacent to the title. The Bound Brooke Route, operated by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, operated between Ninth and Green Streets in Philadelphia and New York City. Route opened about 1876 and capitalized on the Centennial celebration in Philadelphia., Attributed to E. Ketterlinus & Co. based on similar trade cards in the collection, see trade card - Bound [1975.F.45; 1975.F.86; 1975.F.90]., Time tables for trains bound to Philadelphia and New York, including the "Bound Brook Route", printed on verso. Signed J.E. Wootten, gen'l manager and C.G. Hancock, G.P. & T. agt., 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 - Reading [1975.F.729]
- Title
- Use Eavenson's diamond soap
- Description
- Illustrated trade card depicting a girl attired in a blue dress and matching bonnet walking with her dog on an autumn day. She holds a stick in her right arm and is poised to whack the branches with it. Eavenson & Sons was founded ca. 1857 in Philadelphia by Jones Eavenson and his eldest son Allen Eavenson., Copyright 1882 by Graf Bros., Contains advertising text listing varieties of Eavenson & Sons' high grade pure soaps printed on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized., Graf Brothers, the lithograph firm operated by German brothers Julius F. (b. 1846) and Charles L. Graf (1849-1900) in Philadelphia 1873-1970s, produced advertisements, trade cards, labels and maps.
- Date
- c1882
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Eavenson [1975.F.290]
- 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
- Greenfield's candies. 909 Broadway
- Description
- Illustrated trade card depicting a man and a dog playing tug of war with a goose near the edge of 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 - Greenfield's [1975.F.367]
- Title
- Estey organs. E.M. Bruce & Co., 18 North Seventh St., Philadelphia
- Description
- Illustrated trade card depicting a dog with a ball under its paw. E.M. Bruce & Co. relocated from 1308 Walnut Street to 18 North Seventh Street in Philadelphia in 1879., Manuscript note on verso: Samuel Gray, age -- 73 yrs., 2 mos., 12 days., Advertising text printed on verso: If you think of purchasing an organ, be sure to send for a catalogue and price list of the "Estey" first. These instruments are thoroughly reliable, have a world-wide reputation, and the prices are as low as any first-class organ can be made. E.M. Bruce & Co., 18 N. Seventh Street, Philadelphia.", Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William Helfand., Digitized.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Bruce [P.9651.2]
- Title
- A. Maron, 1612 Chestnut Stret, Philadelphia
- Description
- 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]
- Title
- E.H. Parry, fashionable hatter, S.E. cor. 10th & Market Sts. Phila
- Description
- Illustrated trade card depicting two couples walking arm-in-arm in opposite directions. Includes two dogs and random items scattered on the ground including a rifle, bucket, and eyeglasses., Advertising text printed on verso promotes gentlemen's and youths' hats and a comprehensive line of straw hats for sale at E.H. Parry's store., 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 - Parry [1975.F.667]
- Title
- Fannie Price, dealer in all kind of county produce, stalls, 125 & 127 Farmer's Market, Philadelphia
- Description
- Illustrated trade card depicting a man attired in a uniform standing next to two children seated in a goat cart. A small dog barks at the goats in the foreground. A balustrated staircase is partially visible behind the title., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
- Date
- c1881
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Price [1975.F.656a]
- Title
- [Van Haagen's Toilet Soap, Benj. Brooke & Co., Manufs., Philadelphia trade cards]
- Description
- Series of illustrated trade cards depicting a man holding a bouquet of flowers standing with two women; a man with an envelope approaching a woman standing at a mirror; a couple walking with arms clasped and a poodle by their side; and a soldier peering over the shoulder of a woman who pulls petals off of a flower., Title supplied by cataloger., Two prints [1975.F.898 & 901] contain distributor's imprint printed on bottom of rectos in black text: McIlvaine & Co., grocers, S.E. cor. Chestnut & Juniper Sts., Philadelphia., Two prints [1975.F.899 & 900] contain advertising text printed on bottom of rectos in black text: 1st Regiment Bouquet Toilet Soap for sale at soap stand in the fair., Advertising text printed on versos promotes the purity, quality and general superiority of the soap produced by Benjamin Brooke & Co. with the expertise of Mr. A. Van Haagen, formerly of McKeone, Van Haagen & Co., 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 - Van Haagen's [1975.F.898-901]
- Title
- [Jones & Fisher trade cards]
- Description
- Series of illustrated trade cards for Jones & Fisher, the mourning dry goods store operated by Chalkley L. Jones and Frederick F. Fisher at 918 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations entitled "Le roi Dagobert" and "M' de la Palisse" show children depicting Good King Dagobert and Jacques de la Palisse; men and women startled after observing their large, distorted reflections in mirrors and a crystal ball; a man and a woman attired in Medieval or Renaissance clothing; flowers; and a dog., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [P.9669.2] copyrighted 1882 by G. Kahn., 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 - Jones [P.9669.1-11]
- Title
- Compliments of the West End Clothing House, 1634 Market Street, Philadelphia. J. Kuh; prop'r
- Description
- Series of illustrated trade cards depicting a boy in a sailor's outfit and straw hat with his pet dog and a girl wearing a purple flower hat holding a doll in her arms., Price lists printed on versos for suits sold by the West End Clothing House, No. 1634 Market 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 - West End [1975.F.978 & 1975.F.981]
- Title
- [Joseph Hoover trade cards]
- Description
- Series of illustrated trade cards for Joseph Hoover's pictures and frames business at 628 Arch Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict a business card for Hoover tucked into a pink roses and a boy crying and watching another boy pull on the legs of a dog that is attacking another animal. Joseph Hoover, a Swiss-German chromolithographer, operated his chromolithography, engraving, and picture frame business from 628 Arch Street in Philadelphia between 1880 and ca. 1888., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [P.9651.13] copyrighted 1888 by J. Hoover., Advertising text printed on versos promotes Joseph Hoover's products as holiday presents, including paintings, engravings, plain and colored photographs, velvet, ebony and gold photograph frames, and oleographs. Also promotes a moving sale (c1888) with reduced prices on these items., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
- Date
- [ca. 1888]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Hoover [1975.F.412 & P.9651.13]
- Title
- [Duryeas' Glen Cove Manufacturing Co. trade cards]
- Description
- Series of illustrated trade cards depicting a bird's eye view of Duryea's manufactory in Glen Cove, New York; facsimilies of prize medals awarded the company, including the obverse and reverse sides of the gold medal awarded at the Paris Exposition in 1878; and a man posting a broadside advertisement for "Duryea's improved cornstarch" on the side of a brick building as two children and a dog stand nearby and watch., Printers and engravers include the Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Co., Includes advertising text promoting Duryea's improved corn starch and satin gloss starch 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 - Duryea's [1975.F.250; 1975.F.252; 1975.F.256; 1975.F.267]
- Title
- [Charles E. Hires Company trade cards]
- Description
- Series of illustrated trade cards entitled, "Grandma's present," "His first suspender," "An uninvited guest," and "Come back! I'll tell moth-er!". Illustrations depict girls and boys posed with "Hires root beer" boxes; a dog stealing root beer from a toddler's glass; and one duckling swimming away from a sibling who stands on shore., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [P.9651.11] copyrighted 1883., Printers and engravers include Donaldson Brothers (New York), J. Ottmann Lithographic Company (New York), and Gast Art Press (New York and St. Louis)., Advertising text promoting Hires rootbeer for good health and Hires cough cure for instant relief printed on versos. One print [P.9651.11] also includes testimonials for Hires root beer from customers printed on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., One print [P.9306.1] gift of Gordon Marshall., Digitized.
- Date
- [ca. 1880-1883]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Hires [P.9306.1; P.9588.1 & 2; P.9651.11 & 12]
- Title
- [Louis J. Selliez trade cards]
- Description
- Series of illustrated stock trade cards for Louis J. Selliez's hat store, formerly William Hopson's store, at the northwest corner of Eleventh and South Streets in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict two couples walking arm-in-arm in opposite directions. Includes two dogs and random items scattered on the ground including a rifle, bucket, and eyeglasses. Also shows two performers, one lying on the ground and balancing a ball on his feet and the other demonstrating his strength by lifting weights., Title supplied by cataloger., Advertisement on verso of one print [1975.F.832] printed by John H. Johnson., Advertising text printed on versos promotes fall and winter styles of hats for 1879 and spring styles for 1880., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
- Creator
- E. Ketterlinus & Co.
- Date
- 1879-1880
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Selliez [1975.F.831 & 832]
- Title
- Colgate & Co.'s "new" soap. The "new" soap in oval cakes unequalled for laundry use
- Description
- Illustrated trade card depicting a newsboy, with a bag of newspapers slung over his shoulder and a paper advertising "new" soap in his left hand, standing and leaning against a wall on the sidewalk. A dog sits at his feet. A broadside for Colgate & Co.'s "New" soap hangs on the wall behind him. William Colgate founded the company as William Colgate & Company in New York City in 1806. Upon his death in 1857, the style changed to Colgate & Company., Advertising text printed on verso: To our patrons. Thanking you for your favorable reception of our "new" soap, we beg you again to ask your special attention to its peculiar and substantial advantages in the matter of economy, when used (as it always should be) according to directions printed on the wrappers. To meet the requirements of all classes of buyers as to the size cake they may specially prefer, we put up the "New" soap in 9 oz. and 16 oz. cakes, the prices of which vary proportionately. Soliciting your continued patronage, we remain, respectfully, Colgate & Co., 53 and 55 John Street, New York. Established 1806., 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 - Colgate [1975.F.179]
- Title
- Colburn's Phila. mustard
- Description
- Illustrated die cut trade cards shaped into a dog and an owl with the label "Colburn's Phila. mustard" printed on the animals' collars. Connecticut-native Arthur T. Colburn began his spice business ca. 1856 in Philadelphia., Advertising text printed on versos: Colburn's Philadelphia mustard, king of condiments. Always reliable for table & medicinal uses. Flavor, pungency, strength, combined in perfection. Better than imported and cheaper. Saving 14 cts. per 1 lb. in duty. For sale by grocers & druggists in 1/4, 1/2, & 1 lb. cans. Full weight., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., One print [P.2009.5] gift of David Rowland., Digitized.
- Date
- [ca. 1885]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Colburn's [1975.F.124; P.2009.5]
- Title
- The esthetic drive. 122 North Eighth Street, near Arch, common sense shoemaker, Sylvan Dalsimer, manager
- Description
- Illustrated trade card depicting a couple riding in a cart drawn by a goat. Includes a dog running along side the goat, a peacock blocking the goat's path in the foreground, and a carousel in the distant background., Copyright 1882, Graf Bros., Advertising text printed on verso: For your common sense shoes go to the common sense shoemaker. 122 North Eighth St., near Arch. For your children's shoes, go to the common sense shoemaker., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized., Graf Brothers, the lithograph firm operated by German brothers Julius F. (b. 1846) and Charles L. Graf (1849-1900) in Philadelphia 1873-1970s, produced advertisements, trade cards, labels and maps.
- Date
- c1882
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Common [1975.F.231]
- Title
- [Bound Brook Route trade cards]
- Description
- Series of illustrated trade cards depicting a comical, theatrical scenario with two boys, a girl, a dog, and a thermometer. The boys court and fight over the girl, whose desires seem to change with the season. Additional imagery includes flowers and one of the boys reading. The Bound Brooke Route, operated by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, operated between Ninth and Green Streets in Philadelphia and New York City. Route opened about 1876 and capitalized on the Centennial celebration in Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloger., Advertising text printed on rectos: "19 trains daily, between Philadelphia and New York. Low fare, quick transit, perfect equipment. New York. Trenton. Elizabeth. Long Branch." Prints also contain tables of schedules for train stops between Philadelphia and New York 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 - Bound [1975.F.45; 1975.F.86; 1975.F.90]
- Title
- Charles Brintzinghoffer, wholesale and retail brush manufacturer, No. 935 Market Street, Philadelphia
- Description
- Illustrated trade card depicting a girl standing in the snow on the edge of a frozen pond bundled in a winter coat, hat, and tights, holding ice skates in her left hand. A duck flies away from a dog sitting next to the girl., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized., Graf Brothers, the lithograph firm operated by German brothers Julius F. (b. 1846) and Charles L. Graf (1849-1900) in Philadelphia 1873-1970s, produced advertisements, trade cards, labels and maps.
- Date
- c1882
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Brintzinghoffer [P.9724.1]
- Title
- Walter W. Bragg, printer. Fine gift & bevel edged card a speciality [sic]
- Description
- Illustrated trade card depicting a comic scene with two men and a dog on a wooden pier fishing in a lake. Another man swims in the water unseen by the fishermen and pulls their fishing lines toward the shore., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., See trade card - Loudenslager [1975.F.507] for similar illustration., Digitized.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Bragg [P.9111.22]
- Title
- What's the matter with that ere dog?
- Description
- Illustrated stock trade card depicts a bear with a rifle behind a man that sits on the ground with his legs spread out before him. With a fork in his right hand and a meal in front of him, the man wonders why his dog runs away., Copyrighted Bufford, Boston., Advertising text printed on recto for Atlantic Clothing House, No. 204 North Second Street, Philadelphia, two doors above Race. Morris Salinger, proprietor., Manuscript note on verso: Chester., 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 - Atlantic [P.9577.17]
- Title
- Maillard's chocolate
- Description
- Illustrated trade card depicting two girls, one in bed, the other seated in a chair nearby, drinking hot chocolate. A dog has its front paws on the bed begging for hot chocolate. Boxes and packages of Maillard's "breakfast cocoa," "dietetic cocoa," and "pure cocoa" are piled in the foreground. Prize medals awarded to Henry Maillard are depicted in the upper left and upper right corners above the title., Retail price-list of Maillard's chocolates and notification of their gold medal prize at the Paris Exhibition in 1878 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 - Maillard's [1975.F.621]
- Title
- G.M. Loudenslager, dealek [sic] in cigars and tobacco, 480 North Third St., Philad'a
- Description
- Illustrated trade card depicting a comic scene with two men and a dog on a wooden pier fishing in a lake. Another man swims in the water unseen by the fishermen and pulls their fishing lines toward the shore., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., See trade card - Bragg [P.9111.22] for similar illustration., Digitized.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Loudenslager [1975.F.507]
- Title
- [H. N. Harbach trade cards]
- Description
- Series of illustrated trade cards for Horatio N. Harbach's stationery and frame business at 807 Filbert Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict flowers, dogs and holiday winter snow scenes, including Santa Claus wrapped in a blue blanket holding a Christmas tree and reindeer pulling Santa Claus in his toy-filled sleigh., Title supplied by cataloger., Two prints [1975.F.433 & 446] printed by Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann (New York)., 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 - Harbach [1975.F.429; 1975.F.433; 1975.F.446; P.9728.8]
- Title
- [Sooy's trade cards]
- Description
- Series of illustrated trade cards depicting sprays of flowers; a man smelling flowers while his female companion lies on her stomach in the grass nearby; a hunting scene labeled "Autumn" showing a dog and two boys walking, one of them with a rifle slung carelessly over his shoulder, which has just discharged and knocked the hat off of the boy behind him; and Santa Claus approaching a chimney with a sack of toys on his back. His reindeers and sleigh wait for him on the rooftops overlooking the skyline of the city., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [1975.F.827] contains trimmed "List of Streets of Philadelphia, North and South of Market St." 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 - Sooy [1975.F.761; 1975.F.776 & 777; 1975.F.785; 1975.F.811; 1975.F.827-829]
- Title
- A. Erkenbrecher's St. Bernhard Starch Works, Cincinnati, O
- Description
- Illustrated trade card depicting a vignette of two St. Bernard dogs sitting in the snow with an incapacitated traveller framed by ears of corn to represent the starch industry and patriotic symbols, including laurel wreaths, bugles, and a flag., Contains "Legend of the St. Bernhard Dog" 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. 1875]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Erkenbrecher [1975.F.291]
- Title
- The beginning and the end of life (hold the picture 1 foot away for life and 20 feet for death.) Presented by William Deering & Co. Chicago, Ill. Grain & grass machinery
- Description
- Illustrated trade card and metamorphic picture depicting two girls playing with their pet dog and toys, strategically placed so that when viewed from afar, the scene forms the shadows of a human skull. William Deering became the sole owner of a reaper company in 1879 in Plano, Illinois and subsequently moved the business to Chicago, Illinois in 1880. The business was incorporated as William Deering & Company in 1883., Advertising text printed on verso promotes various harvesting and mowing machines manufactured by William Deering & Co., including the Junior Deering, the Standard Deering, the Deering Mower, Deering Giant Mower, the Warrior Mower, and the Deering Light Reaper. Informs readers that "the skull duggery practiced by some manufacturers of harvesting machinery, in palming off cheap machines on unsuspecting farmers, finds no favor in the Deering factory.", 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 - Deering [P.9631.5]
- 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
- [B.T. Babbitt's Best trade cards]
- Description
- Series of illustrated trade cards for B.T. Babbitt's Best products. Illustrations depict children engaged in various activities, including playing with a dog and a cat, washing laundry, fishing, and painting; children attired in adult Colonial dress with wigs; a boy dressed in a soldier's uniform surrounded by patriotic symbols, including a sword, drum, horn, cannon, cannon balls, and an American flag; boys chivalrously offering girls bars of soap; and vignettes of people from various nations surrounding a bird's eye view of B.T. Babbitt's manufactory complex bounded by Washington, West, Rector, and Morris Streets in New York City. Babbitt was purportedly the first company to manufacture and market soap in individual bars in 1851., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers include the Hatch Lith. Co. and Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Co., Prints contain advertising text on versos for B.T. Babbitt's Best products, including soap, baby soap, medicinal yeast, and laundry powder. Within the illustrations, seven prints depict a box labeled "B.T. Babbitt's 1776 trademark. New York City," and six include the motto, "Soap for all nations. Cleanliness is the scale of civilization.", 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 - Babbitt [1975.F.57; 1975.F.59; 1975.F.63; 1975.F.87;1975.F.89; 1975.F.91; 1975.F.92; 1975.F.100; P.8666.3e; P.8666.3f; P.8666.3g; P.8666.3h]
- Title
- Vienna pudding, G.W. Barlow, manufacturer, New York
- Description
- Illustrated trade card depicting a male server carrying pudding and spilling the tray as a dog runs under his feet. Another man, amused by the scene in front of him, carries a stack of plates and men and women seated at a dining table in the next room watch as the dessert spills., Advertising text printed on verso promotes "Barlow's specialties", including Vienna pudding, English plum pudding, blanc mange, browned flour, and Piercy's purity flavoring extracts., 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 - Vienna [1975.F.895]
- Title
- [The Singer Manufacturing Company trade cards]
- Description
- Series of illustrated trade cards depicting comic views entitled "This coat was sewed on a Singer machine," "What I have sewed together and no one rip asunder," "Making ends meet," and "As ye sew so shall ye rip," showing a man caught and hanging from a windowsill by his coat looking in the face of a frightened cat with its back arched; a couple attired in their wedding clothes, which Cupid stitches together behind them; a boy sewing the ends of two cat's tails together with a Singer sewing machine. Two other boys hold the horrified looking cats, while a dog sits near the machine; a boy sitting on the edge of a sewing machine with his back to the viewer as another boy sews; musicians playing french horn, flute, and baritone; and two men lounging in a hay field, one of them asleep and mischeviously being prodded by the other with a twig, with a post and rail fence in background. The Singer Manufacturing Company relocated to 1106 Chestnut Street from 1609 Ridge Avenue ca. 1876 and moved to 1202 Chestnut Street in 1882., Title supplied by cataloger., Four prints contain the following advertising text printed on versos: Advertising text printed on verso: Principal Office of The Singer Manufacturing Company Removed to 1202 Chestnut Street. Genuine Singer Sewing Machines. At Low Prices For Cash., Two prints contain the following advertising text printed on versos: The world's award. First premium to the singer. 232, 444 (Two hundred and thirty-two thousand four hundred and forty-four,) machines sold in one year, 113, 254 more machines than were sold by the next highest company. Machines sold on easy monthly installments, No. 1106 Chestnut St., Phila., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Two prints [P.9387.1 & 2] gift of Alan Smith., For duplicate of "Making ends meet" see Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.59], Digitized.
- Date
- [ca. 1876-1882]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Singer [1975.F.786; 1975.F.864-866; P.9387.1 & 2]
- Title
- [Clark's O.N.T. spool cotton trade cards]
- Description
- Series of illustrated trade cards for Clark Thread Company's O.N.T. spool cotton. Illustrations depict children in various settings, including flying a kite with a thread from Clark's O.N.T. spool and a little girl fishing. Also shows a family walking with their dog on the sidewalk in front of a large advertisement for Clark's; a mother sewing buttons onto her daughter's coat; and a mother using a Clark's spool thread to keep her walking toddler from falling., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers and engravers include Wemple & Kronheim (N.Y.) and Chas. Shields Sons' (N.Y.)., Two prints [1975.F.213 and 1975.F.879] contain advertising text printed on rectos and versos for Joseph H. Traeger's foreign and domestic dry goods store in Bethlehem, Pa., Two prints [1975.F.186 and 1975.F.190] contain six-month calendars on versos., One print [P.9988.2], die cut and shaped into a cylinder, contains advertising text for Clark's O.N.T. spool cotton on verso along with a distributor's stamp: Holm & McKay, 50, Worcester, Mass., 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 - Clark's O.N.T. [1975.F.147; 1975.F.186; 1975.F.190; 1975.F.213; 1975.F.879; P.9988.2]
- Title
- R. & J. Beck, opticians, No. 1016 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia W.H. Walmsley, manager. Spectacles, eye glasses, opera glasses, microscopes, thermometers, telescopes
- Description
- Illustrated trade cards for R. & J. Beck opticians depicting children attired in long coats with an umbrella walking in the rain toward an anthropomorphic thermometer and children with binoculars and a telescope looking toward an anthropomorphic owl and moon. The owl gazes back through a telescope at the children and their dog. Founded in London in 1843, the company's name changed to R. & J. Beck in 1865., 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 - Beck [1975.F.71-72]
- Title
- Beauty on the street--front view E. B. Hall, druggist. Established 1852. Wellsville, N.Y
- Description
- Racist trade card promoting druggist E.B. Hall and depicting an African American woman, portrayed in racist caricature and attired in a brimmed hat with decorative feathers, an elegant, long-sleeved dress with ruffles, gloves, who carries a tiny purse. She walks down the street carrying a parasol in her right hand and her small dog's leash in the other. Edwin B. Hall opened his drug in Wellsville, N.Y. in 1852., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Purchase 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. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Hall [P.9984.3]
- Title
- [William B. Dixey trade cards]
- Description
- Series of illustrated trade cards, including the titles, "Caught!" "Peacemaker," "Eggspectation," "The glorious fourth," "Sleighing," and "A fowl blow," for William B. Dixey's plumbing, gas and steam fitting business at 3826 Market Street in West Philadelphia. Illustrations include Christmas and Independence Day imagery and depict children performing a variety of activities, including picking apples, playing and pulling a Christmas tree in the snow, smelling flowers, acting, and diving. Also includes a man being blown up by a gas explosion, a group of men thrown onto the ice from their horse-drawn sleigh, frogs, ducks, chicks, eggs, flowers, balloons, dogs and cats., Printers and engravers include E. Ketterlinus & Co., Eleven prints contain the following advertisement: Agents for Hellyer's Water Closets., Four prints die cut and shaped into decorative fans., 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 - Dixey [1975.F.93; 1975.F.222a; 1975.F.224; 1975.F.228; 1975.F.232; 1975.F.233 & 234; 1975.F.236-239; 1975.F.241-243; 1975.F.263 & 264; 1975.F.278-281; 1975.F.285; 1975.F.287]
- 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
- [Van Stan's Stratena and Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil trade cards]
- Description
- Series of illustrated trade cards for products produced by Van Stans Stratena Co. in Philadelphia. One racist card entitled, "Great lecture on Van Stan's Stratena by Julius Augustus Cesar at Ethiopian Hall," after the 1878 Sol Eytinge illustration "Blackville, 1878" depicts an African American man, portrayed in racist caricature, lecturing on a stage in front of an audience of well-dressed African American men. The lecturer, attired in a brown jacket, a tan waistcoat, a white shirt with gold cuff links, a white bowtie, blue pants, and black shoes, leans on a wooden table labeled "Van Stan's Stratena." Rolls of paper stick out of his back pocket, and his upturned top hat is visible underneath the table. A decorative object advertising Stratena and a cup sit on the table. He speaks in the vernacular, "one drop of dis yere Stratena on de conscience of a politician will make him stick to his principles. One drop on de marriage certificate will prevent de divorce court from separating you from de wife of your bosom. Do you heah me! Gentlemen I am a talking." Other illustrations include a double-sided metamorphic trade card showing white women and children upset when their objects and toys are broken and happy after using Van Stans Stratena to repair them and, on the other side, two white men and a white woman cringing while taking a dose of cod liver oil, but smiling after taking Van Stan's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil. Card shows two white boys' jackets glued together by Stratena after they sat in it. A white boy standing nearby laughs and says, "Ha! ha! ha! No use boys!!! Been sitting in Van Stan's Stratena. Ha! ha! Ha!!", Another series of illustrations entitled, "Marriage a-la-mode. Matter of money," "Marriage a-la-mode. The result," and "The marriage of the future," depicts a white man and woman couple being wed by a white man standing under a sign reading "License marriage fee. $1.00" and a dog standing behind the groom thinking, "I'll be dog-goned if this is anything more than a matter of cur-ency and my privileges are sure to be cur-tailed. Give him a bone." A subsequent scene shows the husband running away from his wife, two children and chaotic household. His wife runs after him with a frying pan as the toddler in the background cries, "Father dear father come home," and the baby, lying on the floor, cries "No one to love me." The final scene shows a wedding ceremony in the "Tabernacle hearts cemented" with the officiator standing before the bride and groom announcing, "with this Stratena I thee wed." The groom replies, "One consolation, if I ever break her heart, I can mend it with Van Stans Stratena." The bride counters, "I'll stick to him through thick and thin.", Title supplied by cataloger., Printers and engravers include Chas. Shields' Sons (New York) and E. Ketterlinus & Co. (Philadelphia)., Advertising text printed on versos promotes Van Stan's Emulsion of Pure Norwegian Cod-Liver Oil and Van Stan's Stratena cement to repair glass, china, marble, iron, bone, jewelry, jet, coral, leather, wood, earthenware, porcelain, ornaments, lamp shades, metals, Meerschaum pipes, billiard cues, and leather belting., 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 - Van Stan's [1975.F.888-890 & 1975.F.892-894]
- Title
- [Geo. G. Burbank, druggist and apothecary, 235 Main St., Worcester, Mass.]
- Description
- Series of illustrated trade cards depicting Japanese boys wearing fanciful, stylized versions of traditional attire and geta shoes and performing a variety of activities, including watching a fly pull toys on the ground, playing a stringed instrument as a dog dances on its hind legs, and holding a piece of paper of an illustration of a man and woman. Also includes "Ole zip coon," depicting a racist scene of an African American man stealing a chicken in the countryside. He hangs suspended on a wooden fence, snagged by the seat of his pants. He holds two squawking chickens by the legs in his right hand as another squawking chicken runs away in the left. The man is portrayed with exaggerated features and a look of fear. His mouth is open and the corners turned down. His wide eyes look to the right. In the background in the right, a white man, holding a rifle, runs with a dog towards the fence. A house is visible in the center background., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [P.9828.5576] numbered 450 and printed by Bufford, Boston., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William 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
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Patent Medicine Trade Card Collection - Pharmacists - B [P.9828.5573-5576]
- Title
- Waterbury Drug Store, established 1797. Leavenworth & Dikeman, Exchange Place, Waterbury, Conn
- Description
- Series of illustrated trade cards containing "Fishing" showing a white man and woman couple fishing in a rowboat with a pet dog that has its head in their picnic basket; "Caught on the fly" depicting a white man attached to the hook of his own fishing rod as he stands next to a stream; "We met by chance, or waiting for the swell" showing a white man floating on a wave in the ocean and colliding with a white woman as she stands in the ocean near other white women and children; "What are the wild waves saying sister?" depicting a boy, attired in overalls and a wide-brimmed hat, standing next to his sister, attired in a bonnet and long-sleeved dress, looking out at the ocean with their backs to the viewer; "Oh, come and see us" showing a group of white children standing in a pond jeering at an older, white man who stands on dry land in the foreground; and "Scoot, brother scoot!" depicting an African American boy and girl holding hands and scurrying from the approaching waves of the ocean. Leavenworth & Dikeman, the partnership between Elisha Leavenworth and Nathan Dikeman, operated in Waterbury, Connecticut between 1850-1890., Title from item., Date inferred from dates of operation of advertised business., Four prints [P.9828.7033-7036] printed by Phoenix Card Co., 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
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Patent Medicine Trade Card Collection - Pharmacists - W [P.9828.7031-7036]
- Title
- Compliments of J.C. Williams & Son, Central Pharmacy, 50 South Salina St., Syracuse, N.Y
- Description
- Series of illustrated trade cards promoting pharmacist J.C. Williams & Son and including "Surrender" depicting a white man winking as he puts his arms around a white woman from behind. The woman, attired in a hat with red feathers, a red dress with a white collar, and black, fingerless gloves, puts her head down as the man grasps her chin with his left hand and puts his right hand on her shoulder. They stand behind a picket fence. Also includes "Retribution" showing a dog chasing a cat and knocking a startled African American man off of his feet near a fence in a yard. The man, portrayed in racist caricature and attired in a white collared shirt with blue stripes and white pants with blue patches, flies into the air while his white hat falls to the ground., Title from item., Date from copyright statment on one print: Copyrighted 1882 by Onondaga Lith. Co., Syracuse, N.Y. [P.9828.7105]., 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
- [ca. 1882]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Patent Medicine Trade Card Collection - Pharmacists - W [P.9828.7105 & 7106]
- Title
- [Sharpless & Sons trade cards]
- Description
- Series of illustrated trade cards depicting women in a variety of settings, including a woman sitting on the beach with a parasol and fan; a woman attired in gypsy-inspired clothing kneeling next to an urn; the bust of a woman wearing a large plumed hat superimposed onto a painting palette; and another bust portrait of a woman wearing a hat. Also shows men in hunting gear with rifles and dogs; clowns balancing on the hardware of a clock; a couple on the beach stopped in front of an enormous hermit crab, birds and guitar; a chef wielding a large knife with his hand around the throat of a large duck; a couple standing inside of a large lantern; men working on a large paper lantern that hangs from a tree branch; a couple being transported in a covered gondola; and a table containing wine, fruit, bread and dishes superimposed onto a painting palette., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers and engravers include D. Hutinet (Paris), Bognard (Paris) and John A. Lowell & Co. (Boston)., Advertising text printed on versos: Sharpless & Sons, importers, jobbers & retailers of dry goods, 801, 803, 805 & 807 Chestnut Street, 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 - Sharpless [1975.F.760; 1975.F.762; 1975.F.766-768; 1975.F.780; 1975.F.794; 1975.F.812; 1975.F.814; 1975.F.825; 1975.F.838-840]
- Title
- [Croft, Wilbur & Co. trade cards]
- Description
- 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]
- Title
- [Clark's mile end spool cotton trade cards]
- Description
- Series of illustrated trade cards for John Clark Jr. & Co.'s mile end spool cotton products numbered 24, 30, and 60. Illustrations depict circus performers or acrobats; an artist tethered and hanging from a large spool of cotton as he paints "Clarks mile end" on the side of a cliff overlooking the ocean; a boy attired in robes navigating a chariot pulled by two white horses; a backyard view of a dog stealing the bone of a much larger dog that is restrained by a thread from a large spool of cotton; and flowers., Title supplied by cataloger., Three prints [1975.F.137, 1975.F.139, 1975.F.143] contain advertising text printed on versos., Three prints printed by Forbes Co. (Boston) and two prints printed by Donaldson Brothers (New York)., Four prints [1975.F.140, 1975.F.144, 1975.F.166, 1975.F.170] contain six-month calendars on versos, with the imprint for Thomas Russell & Co., sole agents, New York., 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 - Clark's mile end [1975.F.137; 1975.F.139-140; 1975.F.143-144; 1975.F.166; 1975.F.170]
- Title
- [Chas. McKeone & Son Soap Manufacturing Co. trade cards]
- Description
- Series of illustrated trade cards for Chas. McKeone & Son Manufacturing Co. at 2518-2550 Callowhill Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict a dog biting and pulling the pants of a white boy carrying a basket of fruit while another white boy climbs a stone wall to escape; a white child sitting on a pile of blankets with their pet dog beside an open doorway; a white boy hanging with his shirt caught on a tree branch while another white boy looks on with a basket on fruit at his feet; a white woman cradling a baby on her lap. Racist card depicting white women, an African American woman, and Chinese men working in a laundry room. In the center, a white woman and an African American woman, portrayed in racist caricature and attired in an orange head kerchief, a red dress, and a white checked apron, stand beside a wash basin and hold up a white cloth. A well-dress white woman comes over to inspect the cloth. In the left, a Chinese man, wearing a queue and mustache and attired in a black cap, a blue shirt, tan pants, and slip-on, cloth shoes, holds up and inspects a box of "McKeone's Extract of Soap." Behind him in the background, another Chinese man, wearing a queue and attired in a yellow shirt, washes a white cloth in a steaming wash basin. In the right, a white woman carries a basket of clothes and another white woman washes laundry in a wash basin and looks on at the scene. Also visible are wooden crates, a basket of laundry, and a drying rack filled with clothes., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [1975.F.620] printed by E. Ketterlinus & Co., Advertising text promoting McKeone's "Crown Jewel Soap" and "Kalistine concentrated extract of soap" 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., Added to African Americana Digital Collection 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
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - McKeone [1975.F.181; 1975.F.183; 1975.F.185; 1975.F.620; 1975.F.622]
- Title
- [Chas. McKeone & Son Soap Manufacturing Co. trade cards]
- Description
- Series of illustrated trade cards for Chas. McKeone & Son Manufacturing Co. at 2518-2550 Callowhill Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict a dog biting and pulling the pants of a white boy carrying a basket of fruit while another white boy climbs a stone wall to escape; a white child sitting on a pile of blankets with their pet dog beside an open doorway; a white boy hanging with his shirt caught on a tree branch while another white boy looks on with a basket on fruit at his feet; a white woman cradling a baby on her lap. Racist card depicting white women, an African American woman, and Chinese men working in a laundry room. In the center, a white woman and an African American woman, portrayed in racist caricature and attired in an orange head kerchief, a red dress, and a white checked apron, stand beside a wash basin and hold up a white cloth. A well-dress white woman comes over to inspect the cloth. In the left, a Chinese man, wearing a queue and mustache and attired in a black cap, a blue shirt, tan pants, and slip-on, cloth shoes, holds up and inspects a box of "McKeone's Extract of Soap." Behind him in the background, another Chinese man, wearing a queue and attired in a yellow shirt, washes a white cloth in a steaming wash basin. In the right, a white woman carries a basket of clothes and another white woman washes laundry in a wash basin and looks on at the scene. Also visible are wooden crates, a basket of laundry, and a drying rack filled with clothes., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [1975.F.620] printed by E. Ketterlinus & Co., Advertising text promoting McKeone's "Crown Jewel Soap" and "Kalistine concentrated extract of soap" 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., Added to African Americana Digital Collection 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
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - McKeone [1975.F.181; 1975.F.183; 1975.F.185; 1975.F.620; 1975.F.622]
- Title
- [Chas. McKeone & Son Soap Manufacturing Co. trade cards]
- Description
- Series of illustrated trade cards for Chas. McKeone & Son Manufacturing Co. at 2518-2550 Callowhill Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict a dog biting and pulling the pants of a white boy carrying a basket of fruit while another white boy climbs a stone wall to escape; a white child sitting on a pile of blankets with their pet dog beside an open doorway; a white boy hanging with his shirt caught on a tree branch while another white boy looks on with a basket on fruit at his feet; a white woman cradling a baby on her lap. Racist card depicting white women, an African American woman, and Chinese men working in a laundry room. In the center, a white woman and an African American woman, portrayed in racist caricature and attired in an orange head kerchief, a red dress, and a white checked apron, stand beside a wash basin and hold up a white cloth. A well-dress white woman comes over to inspect the cloth. In the left, a Chinese man, wearing a queue and mustache and attired in a black cap, a blue shirt, tan pants, and slip-on, cloth shoes, holds up and inspects a box of "McKeone's Extract of Soap." Behind him in the background, another Chinese man, wearing a queue and attired in a yellow shirt, washes a white cloth in a steaming wash basin. In the right, a white woman carries a basket of clothes and another white woman washes laundry in a wash basin and looks on at the scene. Also visible are wooden crates, a basket of laundry, and a drying rack filled with clothes., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [1975.F.620] printed by E. Ketterlinus & Co., Advertising text promoting McKeone's "Crown Jewel Soap" and "Kalistine concentrated extract of soap" 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., Added to African Americana Digital Collection 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
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - McKeone [1975.F.181; 1975.F.183; 1975.F.185; 1975.F.620; 1975.F.622]
- Title
- [Partridge & Richardson trade cards]
- Description
- Series of illustrated trade cards and caricatures for Artemus Partridge & Thomas D. Richardson's "bee hive" dress trimmings' store at 17, 19 & 21 North Eighth Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations include various series depicting flowers; men and women couples promenading; bust-length portraits of well-dressed women; children playing and fishing on the beach; frogs and cherubs seated on or near mushrooms holding umbrellas in the rain; and anthropomorphic rabbits jumping rope, one rabbit pulling another on a sleigh with a banner labeled "Rabbit Transit," the sleigh crashing through the ice, and two African American men, portrayed in racist caricature, trying to lure rabbits into a trap. Other imagery includes an anthropomorphic moon smiling down at a boy sitting on the limb of a bare tree with two cats singing from sheet music labeled "Clair de lune"; a portrait of a mother holding her infant; a female cherub picking flowers; a girl picking flowers; a fox standing under a grapevine trellis; three cats in a basket; a girl blindfolding a dog; and a boy fishing in a pond., Title supplied by cataloger., Four prints [1975.F.660-662 & 665] copyrighted 1881 by Chas. Moritz., Printers and engravers include Graf Brothers (Philadelphia), Sunshine Publishing Company (Philadelphia), Wemple & Kronheim (New York), and Craig, Finley & Co. (Philadelphia)., Four prints [1975.F.701-704] signed with the same trademark initials (C.A. or A.C.) and contain French titles, including "Zozor revenant du bain," "Lili pechant la crevette," "Nini prenant sa leçon de natation," and "Petit marin faisant une découverte"., 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., Added to African Americana Digital Collection 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
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Partridge [various]
- Title
- [Partridge & Richardson trade cards]
- Description
- Series of illustrated trade cards and caricatures for Artemus Partridge & Thomas D. Richardson's "bee hive" dress trimmings' store at 17, 19 & 21 North Eighth Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations include various series depicting flowers; men and women couples promenading; bust-length portraits of well-dressed women; children playing and fishing on the beach; frogs and cherubs seated on or near mushrooms holding umbrellas in the rain; and anthropomorphic rabbits jumping rope, one rabbit pulling another on a sleigh with a banner labeled "Rabbit Transit," the sleigh crashing through the ice, and two African American men, portrayed in racist caricature, trying to lure rabbits into a trap. Other imagery includes an anthropomorphic moon smiling down at a boy sitting on the limb of a bare tree with two cats singing from sheet music labeled "Clair de lune"; a portrait of a mother holding her infant; a female cherub picking flowers; a girl picking flowers; a fox standing under a grapevine trellis; three cats in a basket; a girl blindfolding a dog; and a boy fishing in a pond., Title supplied by cataloger., Four prints [1975.F.660-662 & 665] copyrighted 1881 by Chas. Moritz., Printers and engravers include Graf Brothers (Philadelphia), Sunshine Publishing Company (Philadelphia), Wemple & Kronheim (New York), and Craig, Finley & Co. (Philadelphia)., Four prints [1975.F.701-704] signed with the same trademark initials (C.A. or A.C.) and contain French titles, including "Zozor revenant du bain," "Lili pechant la crevette," "Nini prenant sa leçon de natation," and "Petit marin faisant une découverte"., 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., Added to African Americana Digital Collection 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
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Partridge [various]