Pictorial envelope containing vignettes of live stock on recto and verso. Vignettes on recto depict oval-framed images of the head of a cow and the head of a horse. Vignettes on verso depict full-length portraits of a cow, two pigs, and a ram. Images also include grass and fencing. The National Live Stock Journal was established in 1870., Addressed in manuscript to: Clark Co. Democrat, Winchester, Ky., Date inferred from stamp., Contains cancelled one-cent stamp printed in blue and depicting a profile portrait of Benjamin Franklin., Printed on verso: Price of cuts, this size, post paid, one cut, $2.50; two cuts $1.00. For specimen sheet of cuts, address Stock Journal Co., Chicago, Ills., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Envelopes [P.2011.10.86]
Includes cut-out paper doll figure "8" depicting a tiger and separate die cut costume, probably from the Chicago coffee company's "Mr. and Mrs. Whimsical Wild Animal" series. Costume design is a pink, mutton sleeve dress, with gold sash, and gloved hands holding a closed fan. McLaughlin Coffee, established in 1852, introduced lines of promotional paper dolls following the Columbian Exposition of 1893 and their discontinuation of trade cards., Instructions printed on verso of P.2011.10.37: To make figure stand, bend right foot forwar[d] and tail and left foot backward, thus forming as stand., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date
[ca. 1895]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.37 & 37a]
