J. P. Mounier & Lallou, hair dressers from Paris and ornamental hair manufacturers, wholesale & retail, no. 28 South Fourth Street, corner of Ranstead's Court, (nearly opposite the Indian Queen Hotel,) between Market and Chesnut [sic] Streets, Philadelphi
Title
J. P. Mounier & Lallou, hair dressers from Paris and ornamental hair manufacturers, wholesale & retail, no. 28 South Fourth Street, corner of Ranstead's Court, (nearly opposite the Indian Queen Hotel,) between Market and Chesnut [sic] Streets, Philadelphia
Description
Billhead illustrated with two bust-length white male figures, one in three-quarter profile and one in profile. Three-quarter profile view shows man with full head of hair. Profile views shows a bald man with his head diagramed to key "Manner of Taking Measure of a Wig by Any Person." He wears a jacket with epaulette., Includes several lines of advertising text, including Mounier & Lallou's dissatisfaction policy of a new wig free of additional expense with "transportation at the cost of the purchasers. Price $10"; "manner of taking measure for a wig by any person"; and a list of goods, relating to their profession, found in their store such as curls, puffs, wigs, scalps, braids, frisette, gentlemen's "WHISKERS," and imported artificial flowers., Completed as bill on recto to Mr. [Swerangen?] on Feb. 20, 1834 for $69.36 (after less 3 percent) worth of items, including curls Grecian, puffs, frieze, frisettes, and "1/2 d[ozen] negro braid.", Inscribed on verso: J.P. Mounier & Lallou. Bill Feby. 20th, 1834. $69.36 copied., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Date
[ca. 1830]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Freedman Collection - Certificates, etc. [P.2013.87.72]
[Unnumbered plate and advertisements from Rae's Philadelphia pictorial directory & panoramic advertiser. Chestnut Street, from Second to Tenth Streets]
Title
[Plate 15 and advertisements from Rae's Philadelphia pictorial directory & panoramic advertiser. Chestnut Street, from Second to Tenth Streets]
Description
Plate 15 showing a section of the 900 block (244-293) of Chestnut Street. South side includes Burd Mansion (identified with pencil inscription) and C. N. Robinson, Looking Glasses (248). North side includes Markoe House, W. Watson, proprietor (293); the women's exchange Ladies Depository (289); S. H. Mattson, Tailor (287); boot and shoe maker M. Lauer & Co. (285); E. Griffith, Fancy Dry Goods (283); J. H. Farrand’s, Confectionery (281); C. Dan[g]uy , Hair Dresser (279); and Charles S. Rand, Druggist & Chemist (279)., Accompanying advertisements promote ten of the depicted businesses, as well as businesses from adjacent plate, including F. A. Hoyt’s Boy’s Clothing Store (264); T. W. Dufrene, Composition Marble Cement (Chestnut, below Tenth); Rand; Danguy; Farrand; Laurer; Mattson; and the Ladies Depository. Advertisements contain promotional text and ornamented type. Promotions include Rand noting the availability of "Vaccine Virus"; Dufrene highlighting the advantages of imitation marble; and the Ladies Depository listing "Surplices, Ladies and Gentlemans Dressing Gowns, as well as Plain and Fancy Needlework, of every description, neatly executed, - also marking with Indelible Ink.", Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., LCP also holds trimmed duplicate depicting North side [P.2008.34.16.13]., Folder 16.
Creator
Rae, Julio H.
Date
[1851]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Rae - Folder 16 [*Am 1851 Rae, 2975.Q]
[Unnumbered plate and advertisements from Rae's Philadelphia pictorial directory & panoramic advertiser. Chestnut Street, from Second to Tenth Streets] [graphic].
Title
[Plate 15 and advertisements from Rae's Philadelphia pictorial directory & panoramic advertiser. Chestnut Street, from Second to Tenth Streets]
Description
Plate 15 showing a section of the 900 block (244-293) of Chestnut Street. South side includes Burd Mansion (identified with pencil inscription) and C. N. Robinson, Looking Glasses (248). North side includes Markoe House, W. Watson, proprietor (293); the women's exchange Ladies Depository (289); S. H. Mattson, Tailor (287); boot and shoe maker M. Lauer & Co. (285); E. Griffith, Fancy Dry Goods (283); J. H. Farrand’s, Confectionery (281); C. Dan[g]uy , Hair Dresser (279); and Charles S. Rand, Druggist & Chemist (279)., Accompanying advertisements promote ten of the depicted businesses, as well as businesses from adjacent plate, including F. A. Hoyt’s Boy’s Clothing Store (264); T. W. Dufrene, Composition Marble Cement (Chestnut, below Tenth); Rand; Danguy; Farrand; Laurer; Mattson; and the Ladies Depository. Advertisements contain promotional text and ornamented type. Promotions include Rand noting the availability of "Vaccine Virus"; Dufrene highlighting the advantages of imitation marble; and the Ladies Depository listing "Surplices, Ladies and Gentlemans Dressing Gowns, as well as Plain and Fancy Needlework, of every description, neatly executed, - also marking with Indelible Ink.", Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., LCP also holds trimmed duplicate depicting North side [P.2008.34.16.13]., Folder 16.
Creator
Rae, Julio H.
Date
[1851]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Rae - Folder 16 [*Am 1851 Rae, 2975.Q]