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Title: [Business stationery of Hopkins-Weller Drug Co., importers & jobbers, corner Washington Ave. & Main St., St. Louis, Mo.]
Description: Includes a letterhead and billhead with corresponding envelope. Letterhead and billhead contain decorative type, pictorial and ornamental details, and a vignette view of the offices and laboratory of the firm established circa 1878 by George K. Hopkins as Geo. K. Hopkins & Co. View also shows a locomotive passing on a bridge in the background and street and pedestrian traffic, including several horse-drawn carts and wagons. Hopkins-Weller Drug Co. (George K. Hopkins, William H. Weller, and Louis V. Clark) succeeded Geo. K. Hopkins & Co. in 1889. William H. Weller retired in 1894 and the firm was purchased by Meyer Bros. Drug Co. in 1899 following Hopkins retirement., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers include Gast, St. L. & N.Y., Names of proprietors printed above image., P.2011.46. 163 completed in type to Dr. J. R. Wolff, Bingen, Ark. from Hopkins-Weller Drug Co. Per, Bascom on November 22, 1891 regarding an enclosed duplicate invoice for Cheatham's Chill Tonic not entitled to any discount, but which can be deducted from his bill for advertising when remitted., P.2011.46.164 completed in manuscript to Dr. J. R. Wolff, Bingen, Ark. on November 25, 1891 for several items, including Carters Carb Soap, Salt Petre, and Leaus Almanacs for $14.14. Stamped on recto: 60 days, or 1 1/2% discount for Cash. Printed on recto: Sent for your account and risk, per [Hope to Nashville]., P.2011.46.164a addressed in manuscript to Dr. J. R. Wolff, Birgen, Ark. Contains printed return address: Hopkins-Weller Drug Co., Importers and Jobbers, 601 N. Main Strteet, St. louis; ink-stamp post mark: Saint Louis, Mo. Nov 27; and two-cent stamp printed in red ink and containing profile portrait of George Washington., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand., The Gast firm, established by Leopold and August Gast in 1852, operated as Gast Banknote & Lithographing Co. 1887-1975.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - H [P.2011.46.163-164a]

Title: Bought of Collins Brothers Drug Company, wholesale druggists. 418, 420, 422 & 424 N. 2d. St
Description: Billheads containing ornamented lettering and variant vignette views of the several-story building of the firm originally operated by Henry Blakesley in the 1850s. Views also show street and pedestrian traffic. Horse-drawn wagons travel in the street, and another is loaded at a side entrance to the building. A working smoke stack is visible on the roof. J.S. Merrell Company assumed the firm circa 1897., Printed upper right corner: Salesman [ ]; House No. [ ]., Printed above image: All Claims for Errors Must Be Made Within 10 Days. Interest Charged After Maturity. We Do Not Guarantee Safe Delivery of Goods. We Ship and Take Receipts "In Good Order," And they Are At Consignee's Risk After Receipts Are Signed by Transportation Company., Printed below image: Terms [ ] ; Sent for your account and risk per [ ]., P.2011.46.142 completed in manuscript to J. E. Chamberlain, Malvern, Ark. on November 6, 1894 for several items, including Eastman soap, bug juice, Bramo Seltzer, and "Lanaline" for $23.35., P.2011.46.143 completed in manuscript to J. E. Chamberlain, Malvern, Ark. on September 18, 1895 for several items, including "Jaynes Exph., "Asst Phos. sm.," and Caffeine for $41.00., 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 Stationery Collection - C [P.2011.46.142 & 143]

Title: [Business stationery of Strother Drug Co., previously W. A. Strother & Son, wholesale druggists, 906 Main Street, Lynchburg, Va.]
Description: Includes three letterheads and one billhead. Letterheads illustrated with ornamental and pictorial details, the trademark of the firm, and a vignette exterior view of the manufactory. Details include banners, sprigs of flowers, clouds, and art nouveau iconography. Trademark depicted as a mortar and pestle marked with the monogram WAS and "Semper Idem." Exterior view shows the multi-story, block long factory building in front of which cars and a train travels. Two of the prints also contain an ornament comprised of a frame resembling a belt surrounding the monogram SDC and marked "Established 1853.", Title supplied by cataloger., Printers include Corlies, Macy, & Co. Incp'd, New York; Gast, St. Louis; and Brown-Morrison Co., Lynchburg, Va., P.2011.46.233 and P.2011.46.234 completed in type on June 18th, 1896 and May 20, 1898 to Polk Miller Drug Co., Richmond, Va. from W. A. Strother, President about the exchange of Sarsparilla and Poultry Feed between the firms and the associated corroborative business discounts and fees. P.2011.46.234 annotated in red print: W.M. Strother, President, Geo. L. Marsteller, Vice Pres't, Sidney Strother, Sec'y and Treas. Strother Drug Co. successors., P.2011.46.235 completed in type to Fowlkes Haythe Co. on April 25, 1903 for "1 keg Soda 112 lbs" and "1 doz Ext. Lemon #0" for $1.80. Also contains typed notes: 25-5, case 12 and sent to C. H. Beasley & Bro. Stamped: Less 2% if paid in 10 days. Interest charged after 60 days., 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-ca. 1935]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - S [P.2011.46.233-236]

Title: [Collection of billheads of pharmaceutical firms and related businesses, United States, 1886-1899]
Description: Collection of billheads, dated between 1886 and 1899, containing decorative and ornate lettering, ornamented type, vignette illustrations, and pictorial details. Illustrations depict exteriors of storefronts and factories (some adorned in signage); mortars and pestles, including a trademark with an eagle perched on the tool; and an allegorical scene juxtaposing a mule caravan in tropical setting with a "Quinine Chemical Works." Pictorial details include floral and cloud imagery, frames, and flourishes. Firms represented include New York Quinine Chemical Works (N.Y.); Nichols & Harris (New London, Conn.); Noyes Brothers & Cutler (St. Paul, Minn.); Ohio Truss Co. (Cincinnati); Gilbert R. Parker (Johnston, R.I.); Charles H. Pleasants (N.Y.); Plimpton Cowan & Co. (Buffalo, N.Y.); John B. Raser (Reading, Pa.); Raynolds & Churchill (Burlington, Ia.); Robert Baker & Co. (Philadelphia); R. W. Robinson & Son (N.Y.); and Rodgers, Tedford & Co. (Knoxville, Tenn.). Billed patrons include The Resinol Chemical Co., Baltimore, Md.; C. D. Clark; A. Hirschle Smith, Amenia, N.D.; C. H. Case, Jefferson, Ohio; Walter W. Place; [New York] Dept. of Public Charities & Correction; A. E. Phillips, Sinclairville, N.Y.; J. F. Wagonhurst, Mertztown, Pa.; J. S. Banes, Villisca, Ia.; J. F. Wagernhuss (i.e., Wagonhurst?); E. S. Stokes; and Marion Roberts., Some items contain manuscript notes and/or stamps acknowledging receipt of payments and terms of sale., Printers include Falls City Litho. Co. Louisville, KY; Ketterlinus, Phila; Gast, St. LS. N.Y; G.H. Dunston, Buffalo, N.Y.; and Lith. Pioneer Press Co., St. Paul, Minn., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date: [1886-1899]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Billheads, 1880- (N-R) [P.2011.46.391-402]

Title: [Collection of billheads of pharmaceutical firms and related businesses, United States and United Kingdom, 1883-1905]
Description: Collection of billheads, dated between 1883 and 1905, containing decorative and ornate lettering, ornamented type, vignette illustrations, and pictorial details. Illustrations depict exteriors of storefronts and factories (some adorned in signage); pharmaceutical apparatus and tools; a sick-bed scene showing a doctor with a thermometer at the side of his female patient; an eagle perched on a cliff; the interior of a drug store; and a horse and groom. Some of the exterior views include patrons entering buildings, street and pedestrian traffic, as well as laborers at work. Pictorial details include a thermometer, floral imagery, frames, filigree and flourishes. Firms represented include Sagar Drug Co. (Duluth, Minn.); Sandhop, Fritsch & Co. (N.Y.); J. J. Seinsoth (Hartford, Conn.); S. H. Wetmore Company (N.Y.); J. E. Silliman (Erie, Pa.); Smith, Benedict & Company (Boston); Southern Drug Co. (Morristown, Tenn.); Stone, the Druggist (Fitchburg, Ma.); Strong, Cobb and Co. (Cleveland); Tarrant & Company (N.Y.); Thomsen & Muth (Baltimore); Dr. G. Ulrich (Erie, Pa.); Van Natta-Lynds Drug Co. (St. Joseph, Mo.); Van Vleet-Mansfield Drug Co. (Memphis, Tenn.); Vogeler, Winkelmann & Co. (Baltimore); William A. Whittem (Philadelphia); Winkelman & Brown Drug Co. (Baltimore); and Alfred Wright (Rochester, N.Y.). Billed patrons include T. Belhummeur, Lake Linden, Mich.; New York Department of Public Charities; Hartford Street Railway Company; H. A. Kerste, Schnectady, N.Y.; A. A. Beckman; Geo. H. Gilbert Mfg. Co.; A. S. Emmons; Carriger & Roberts; Fitchberg [?] Electric Light Co.; A. E. Phillips, Sinclairville, N.Y.; Dr. H.C. Porter & Son (Towanda, Pa.); W. P. Carriger, Morristown, Tenn.; J. F. Walther; D. W. Marris, Emporia; J. E. Chandler, Malvern; A. W. Holsey; Resinol Chemical Company; and H. F. Belanger, Houma, La. Collection also contains billhead of British chemist and druggist R. C. Walshaw (Huddersfield)., Some items contain manuscript notes and/or stamps acknowledging receipt of payments, terms of sale, and changes of address., Printers include Christie & Collier, Litho. Duluth; Strobridge & Co., Lith Cincinnati; A. Hoen & Co. Baltimore; S. C. Toof & Co., Memphis; and Craig, Finley & Co. Lith. Phila., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date: [1883-1905]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Billheads, 1880- (S-Z) [P.2011.46.410-428]

Title: [Collection of letterheads, stationery, and form letters of pharmaceutical firms and related businesses, United States and Canada]
Description: Collection of letterheads and stationery from the late 19th century containing decorative and ornate lettering, ornamented type, vignette illustrations, and pictorial details. Illustrations depict trademarks, including Mishhler's Herb Bitters anchor of "Hope"; exteriors of factories and storefronts (some including signage); druggists rubber goods, including a bulb syringe and atomizer; and the waiting room and exam room of a dental office. Some of the exterior views include patrons entering buildings, street and pedestrian traffic, as well as laborers at work. View of New York Sumac Extract Company factory complex (20 Cedar Street) also shows a ship docked at the factory pier. Pictorial details include a phoenix, quarter moon, banners, mortar & pestle, frames, filigree and flourishes. Firms represented include Naph B. Greensfelder & Co. (San Francisco, Ca.); New York Sumac Extract Company (Long Island City, N.Y.); Rev. Jasper Marx Medicines (Jersey City, N.J.); Richardson Drug Company, Omaha (Salt Lake City, Ut.); S. B. Hartman & Co, Office of Eastern Laboratory and Wholesale Depot (Lancaster, Pa.); R.H. Mcdonald & Co. (San Francisco, Ca.); Smith, Kline & French Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.); Smith & Prime (Ausable Forks, N.Y.); Spink & Co. (Minneapolis, Minn.); H.N. Stratton (Brooklyn, N.Y.); Judson B. Todd (Ithaca, N.Y.); Tyer Rubber Company (Andover, Ma.); Westlake & McIntyre (Grand Rapids, Mi.); Whitall, Tatum & Co. (Philadelphia); Wm. H. Armstrong & Co. (Indianapolis, Ind.); and G. F. Witter (Grand Rapids, Wis.). Correspondence relates to product orders and fees, solicitations for business, and payments. credits, and payment disputes., Correspondents include Parchen-D'Acheul Drug Co.; Brooks R. Webber; R. B. Hutchings; H.M. Parchen & Co.; Samuel Newton; S. B. Hartman & Co.; H. R. Sands & Co.; R. H. McDonald & Co.; Polk Miller Drug Co.; F.M. Hopkins Sons; Henry A. Kerste; C.W. Prindell; Leonard Kellar; and Henry Bartry., Printers and engravers include Seifert & Lawton, Milwaukee; Baker-Randolph Litho. & Eng. Co. Chicago; and [George W.?] Mills., 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. 1860-ca. 1896]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Letterheads & Stationery (N-Z) [P.2011.46.464-479]

Title: [William H. Helfand graphic popular medicine stationery collection]
Description: Collection of stationery, primarily illustrated and typographical letterheads, billheads, and form letters, of pharmaceutical firms and related businesses and institutions in the United States (predominantly New York City, New York, Philadelphia, and Pennsylvania) issued between circa 1840 and 1935. Subjects include invoices and receipts, shipping arrangements and fees, product orders, payments and payment disputes. Firms, businesses, and institutions well represented include James S. Aspinwall; William P. Blanding; L. N. Brunswig; Caswell, Massey & Co.; C.J. Lincoln Co.; College of Pharmacy of the City of New York; Geo. C. Goodwin & Co.; Hall & Ruckel; Dr. William A. Hammond's Sanitarium; Hopkins-Weller Drug Co.; James Baily & Son; J. D. Marshall & Bros. (D. Marshall & Bro.); J. L. Lyons & Co.; A. M. Knowlson; Lanman & Kemp; McKesson & Robbins; Nichols & Harris; P. D. Orvis; S. R. Van Duzer; Wells, Richardson & Co. (Wells & Richardson Co.); Wilson Drug Co.; and W. J. Gilmore & Co. Philadelphia firms represented include A.W. Wright & Co.; Barker, Moore, Mein; Bean & Stevenson; Browning & Brothers; C.H. Butterworth & Co.; Robert Shoemaker & Co.; W.H. Schieffelin & Co.; and Strother Drug Co. Collection also contains several pieces of stationery of firms in New England, including Massachussetts (particularly Boston), Maine, Connecticut, Vermont, and Rhode Island; the Mid-West, including Ohio, Michigan, and Minnesota; and the South, including Louisiana (particularly New Orleans), Virginia, and Tennessee. A small number of items also represent businesses in the Western United States, United Kingdom, and Canada. A song sheet, envelope, and stereograph also form the collection., Illustrations depict various subjects. The most numerous are views of pharmaceutical factories and storefronts, often including street and pedestrian traffic. Imagery also depicts pharmaceutical apparatus and trademarks, including mortars and pestles; medical supplies, including trusses; allegorical scenes; heraldry; and art nouveau pictorial details and designs. Other illustrations show medieval apothecaries; the interiors of a pharmacy and dental office; and the mythical creature phoenix., Title supplied by cataloger., Various engravers, printers, and publishers, including Smith Bros.; Gast; A. Hoen & Co.; Collier & Cleveland; Craig, Butt, & Finley; Calvert Lithographing Co.; Snyder & Black; Detroit Litho. Co.; American Bank Note Company; Gies & Co.; Strobridge & Co.; E. Weber; Craig, Finley & Co.; G. H. Dunston; and Wm. H. Brett & Co., Majority of the billheads, letterheads, and form letters completed in manuscript or type and contain manuscript and typewritten notes on recto and verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand., Digitized for AMD: Popular Medicine. Series I.
Date: [ca. 1840-1935, bulk 1870-1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Graphic Popular Medicine Stationery Collection [P.2011.46]

Title: [Collection of billheads of pharmaceutical firms and related businesses, United States and United Kingdom, 1850-1879]
Description: Collection of billheads, dated between 1850 and 1879, containing decorative and ornate lettering, ornamented type, vignette illustrations, and pictorial details. Illustrations depict allegorical figures and scenes, exteriors of storefronts and factories (some adorned in signage), and pharmaceutical apparatus and goods, including mortar and pestles, distillers, and barrels, crates, and cans of medicinals. Some of the exterior views include patrons entering buildings, street and pedestrian traffic, as well as laborers at work. Pictorial details include trademarks depicting a white lily (White Lily Catarrh Cure) and a serpent wrapped around an adorned staph. Firms represented include A. B. & D. Lands (N.Y.); Adie & Gray (Richmond, Va.); Frank S. Allen (N.Y.); Almy, Milne & Co. (Fall River, Ma.); Barrick, Roller & Co. (Philadelphia); Beates & Miller (Philadelphia); Bentley & Miller (New Haven, Ct.); B.H. Douglass & Sons (New Haven, CT); Breinig, Fronefield & Co. (Philadelphia); Burdsal & Brother (Cincinnati); H. H. Burrington (Providence, R.I.); Jno. S. Carter (Erie, Pa.); C. & J. L. Van Deusen (Roundout, N.Y.); A. L. Cutler (Boston); C. V. Clickener & Co. (N.Y.); Davis & Tucker (Canton, Oh.); Rutger L. Drake (Troy, N.Y.); and I. C. Dubose & Co. (Mobile, Ala.). Also contains billheads of the Glasgow Dispensing Chemist Thomas Davison and Stony Stratford Retail Chemists and Druggists Cox & Robinson., Billed patrons include Wynard & Sayer, Warwick, N.Y.; Jar. Courier, Blue Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier; H.L. Plumb; A.H. Dailey; J.B.M. Linn & Co.; Jos. Abrams; Warner, Clark & Taylor; J. F. Rambo; L. & N. Cross; Geo. E. Doolittle & Co., Erie, Pa.; Late C.W. Bersford S. Lowndes; J. Burnhamer; D. F. Lamon & Co.; Lorin Schaefer, Sr., Canton ; M. L. Filley; Thos. McMillan; and Wm. Jas. Comper, Holmwood, Cathcart., Some items contain stamps or pasted labels., Printers include J. L. Brooks Bank Check Co. Lith. Boston; Middleton, Strobridge & Co.; Billing Bros. & Whitmore Birmm.; and W. Weatherston & Son., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date: [1850-1879]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Billheads, -1879 (A-D) [P.2011.46.271-289]

Title: [Collection of billheads of pharmaceutical firms and related businesses, United States, 1882-1902]
Description: Collection of billheads, dated between 1882 and 1902, containing decorative and ornate lettering, ornamented type, vignette illustrations, and pictorial details. Illustrations depict allegorical figures and scenes, including a griffin; exteriors of storefronts and factories (some adorned in signage); and pharmaceutical apparatus and goods, including mortar and pestles, scales, and trusses. Some of the exterior views include patrons entering buildings, street and pedestrian traffic, as well as laborers at work. Pictorial details include tropical imagery, banners, filigree and flourishes. Firms represented include Clarence S. Abrams, Ph. G. (Middleton, N.Y.); Henry Adams, Phar. D (Amherst, Ma.); Allan Pfeiffer Chemical Co. (St. Louis, Mo.); American Silver Truss (Buffalo, N.Y.); Apothecaries Hall Co. (Waterbury, Conn.); A. M. Foster & Co. (Chicago); Arthur Peter & Co. (Louisville, Ky.); M. F. Benjamin (Riverhead, L.I.); Benton, Myers & Co. (Cleveland); Andrew Blair (Philadelphia); Boykin, Carmer & Co. (Baltimore); Blumauer-Frank Drug Co. (Portland, Ore.); J. H. Boher (Harrisburg, Pa.); Stephen Bowen (Blossburg, Pa.); W[illiam] E. Brown (Providence, R.I.); W. E. Brown (Calverton, Md.; Bush & Co. (Worcester, Ma.); Bruen Bros. & Ritchey (N.Y.); Carr Brothers & Co. (Baltimore); Carter, Carter & Meigs (Boston); Joe/J.E. Chamberlain (Malvern, Ark.); Charles Hubbard Son & Co. (Syracuse, N.Y.); Charles Leich & Co. (Evansville, Ind.); Chas. W. Snow & Co. (Syracuse, N.Y.); C. W. Coulter & Co. (Slippery Rock, Pa.); Demoville & Co. (Nashville, Tenn.); and Davis & Lawrence Co. (Schnectady, N.Y.), Billed patrons include C. A. Stanton, Wurtsboro, N.Y.; G. C. Lee; Joseph Schnell, Binghamton, N.Y.; O.H. Case, Jefferson, Ohio; Duscher & Kiel; J. E. Chamberlain's Drug Store, Malvern, Ark.; Carreger Roberts & Co., Morristown, Tenn.; Goldsmith & [Fairhill?]; A. E. Phillips; Mrs. W. Hinckle Smith; The Clifton Mfg. Co., Clifton, S.C.; Benjamin Foster; Mrs. J. Boyle; W. H. Place; Resinol Chemical Co.; C. W. Phillips; Gilbert Bigelow; A. & G. Hewitt; J.W. Garrien & Co; L. D. Cooper; Rhoden & Miller; A. B. Brooks; Schultz Thurman; A. McKinney; McClellan Bros., Red Boiling Springs; and H. A. Kerste, Schnectady, N.Y., Some items contain manuscript notes and/or stamps acknowledging shipment or receipt of payments., P.2011.46.315 title annotated from Bought of C. W. Coulter & Co. to C. W. Coulter, "& Co." is crossed out., Printers include Shober & Carqueville Litho. Co.; Equitable Litho. Eng. Co. Balto. MD; J. L. Brooks Bank Check Co. Springfield, Mass.; Moser, Lyon & Co., Syracuse, N.Y.; Heincke-Fiegel Litho. Co. St. L.; Thomas & Miller Printers, New Castle; Foster & Webb Print, Nashville; G. H. Dunston Lith. Buffalo, N.Y.; and Gilmour & Kearns Lith. Montreal., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date: [1882-1902]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Billheads, 1880- (A-D)[P.2011.46.290-317]

Title: [Collection of billheads of pharmaceutical firms and related businesses, United States, 1852-1879]
Description: Collection of billheads, dated between 1852 and 1879, containing decorative and ornate lettering, ornamented type, vignette illustrations, and pictorial details. Illustrations depict exteriors of storefronts and factories (some adorned in signage); pharmaceutical apparatus and goods, including "patent shaving mug," mortar and pestles, scales, and rates, barrels, and jugs of medicinals; and a medieval scene of an apothecary in his laboratory. Some of the exterior views include patrons entering buildings, street and pedestrian traffic, as well as laborers at work. Pictorial details include a key; a druggist and also a lion using a mortar and pestle; banners; flourishes; and frames. Firms represented include Earl P. Mason & Co. (Providence, R.I.); E. Hartshorn & Sons (Boston); F. M. Keeler & Co. (Boston); D. H. Fonda (Albany, N.Y.); Frambes & Wright (Absecon, N.J.); Frederick Klett & Co. (Philadelphia); Gauntlett & Brooks (Ithaca, N.Y.); Geo. E. Greene (Brattleboro, Vt.); G. & S. Crawford & Co. (N.Y.); Geo. W. Norton & Fitch (Lexington, Ky.); Jos. B. Gorrell (Culpeper, Va.); H. H. Hay (Portland, Me.); Henry C. Willard & Co. (Brattleboro, Vt.); H. O. D. Banks & Co. (Philadelphia); William Hadde (New York); J. S. Ingraham (Bangor, Me.); I. N. Thorn & Co., partnership between Thorn and George E. Greene (Brattleboro, Vt.); J. M. & W. W. Cubbison (New Castle, PA); John F. Henry, Curran & Co. (N.Y.); Klein & Fleet (N.Y.); Kenyon, Potter & Co. (Syracuse, N.Y.); Lanman & Sevin (Norwich, Conn.); A. J. McKean (Mercer, Pa.); McMonagle & Rogers (Middletown, N.Y.); and Martin Kalbfleisch's Sons (N.Y.)., Billed patrons include H. Warner; F. A. Richards; A. H. Dailey, Fall River; W. H. Barnes, Chartam Village; Ebenezar Somer; C. Schrack; Gauntlett & Brooks, Ithaca; Julius J. Estey; C. S. Clark, Center Brook, Conn.; D. J. Ayers; D. W. A. Hill; T. A. Pewdexter; Frederick Ehrhardt; Mr. Leverich; J. M. Daniels; A. McKinney; F. L. Norton; McKiney Bros; C. W. Philips; and New York Eyelet Co., P.2011.46.324 title annotated: Gauntlett & Brooks, crossed out., Engravers include Redman-Kenny, N.Y.; J. Spittall; Richardson; and Gibson & Co., Cincinnatti., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date: [1852-1879]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Billheads, -1879 (E-M) [P.2011.46.318-342]

Title: [Collection of billheads of pharmaceutical firms and related businesses, United States and United Kingdom, 1880-1898]
Description: Collection of billheads, dated between 1880 and 1898, containing decorative and ornate lettering, ornamented type, vignette illustrations, and pictorial details. Illustrations depict exteriors of storefronts and factories (some adorned in signage); pharmaceutical apparatus and goods, including "patent shaving mug," mortar and pestles, scales, and rates, barrels, and jugs of medicinals; and scenes of a harbor view, a druggist in his pharmacy, and a blacksmith at work on his anvil. Some of the exterior views include patrons entering buildings, street and pedestrian traffic, as well as laborers at work. Pictorial details include trademarks, art nouveau imagery, an incense burner, truss, sun bursts, scrolls, medallions and shields, flowers, frames, flourishes, and filigree., Firms represented include Edward C. Jones & Co. (Philadelphia); E. J. Hart & Co. (New Orleans); E. L. Stanwood & Co. (Portland, Me.); F. B. & Thos. Tomlinson (Tate Spring, Tenn.); Finlay, Dicks & Co. (New Orleans); E. B. Fletcher (Erie, Pa.); Forney & Knouse (Harrisburg, Pa.); Fox, Fultz & Co. (N.Y.); Fritzche Brothers (N.Y.); Fuller & Fuller (Chicago); George A. Kelly & Co. (Pittsburgh); F. Hagerman (Birmingham, Ala.); The Hastings and McIntosh Truss Co. (Philadelphia); Henry, Johnson & Lord (Burlington, Vt); Hub Drug Co. (Boston); Orlando H. Jadwin (N.Y.); J. E. Goold & Co. (Portland, Me.); J. K. McKee Company (Pittsburgh); John Reynders & Co (N.Y.); Edward L. Johnson (N.Y.); John W. Perkins & Co. (Portland, Me.); Kalish Pharmacy (N.Y.); Lamar, Rankin & Lamar (Atlanta, Ga.); Lee & Osgood (Norwich, Conn.); Lord, Owen & Co. (Chicago); Lord, Smith & Co. (Chicago); J. R. McCampbell (Knoxville, Tenn.); J. A. McDonald (Reedsville, Pa.); McClure, Walker & Gibson (Albany, N.Y.); John M. Maris & Co. (Philadelphia); John W. Perkins & Co. (Portland, Me.); Jordan & Scott (Charlotte, N.C.); Lewis W. Booth & Co. (Bridgeport, Conn.); William E. Mann (Bangor, Me.); Meyer Brothers Drug Company (St. Louis, Mo.); J. E. Moore (Albany, N.Y.); and Moyer Bro.'s (Bloomsburg, Pa.). Collection also includes billhead of Great Britain dispensing chemists Fletcher & Pater (Retford) and R. K. Kermode (Castletown)., Billed patrons include Jos. P. Remington; H. F. Belanger; A. & B. Young; Burdett Organ Co.; E. H. Light; H. A. [Kerste]; Resinol Chemical Co.; D. W. Morris; McKinney Bros.; E. K. Thompson & Son; D.J. Saunders; E.C. Mathews; S.M. Bixley & Co.; L.M. & G.W. Putney; Wm. H. Hays; Hinkley, Cragin & Field; Clifton Mfg. Co.; John A. Rockwell; Quincy Mining Corporation; Marian Roberts; Samuel Hegarty; C. H. Case; Herrick, Smith & Co.; Warner & Clark; D. S. Sanders; J. E. Chamberlain; and William Davenport., Some items contain manuscript notes and/or stamps acknowledging receipt of payments., P.2011.46.367 title annotated with stamp: Jno M. Scott & Co., Successors To., Printers include H. B. Church; Kentucky Litho Co., Louisville; Henry Siebert & Bro. Co. N.Y.; C. Otto [Triel?]; J.H. Warner, N.Y.; Budden & Son Lith, Atlanta, Ga.; J. Reynders Co.; Golder Co., Pitt.; Lakeside Press, Portland, Me.; and Shober & Carqueville Lith. Co., Chicago., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date: [1880-1898]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Billheads, 1880- (E-M) [P.2011.46.343-381]

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