In Philadelphia and its Manufactures . . . in 1857 (Philadelphia, 1859), 460., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Freedley.
Creator
Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886 lithographer., creator
Date
1859.
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W445-2.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W445.2
Wainwright retrospective conversion project., LCP copy trimmed, lacking title and advertising text., Poulson inscription: June 1847. Market Street., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc38 W827., HSP copy contains advertising text printed in red ink by letterpress by Bryson & Cooper, Fancy Job Printer. No. 2 North Sixth Street, Philadelphia. Image hand-colored.
Creator
Rease, W. H. lithographer., creator
Date
June 1847]
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W449.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W449 [P.2238]
Location: Delaware River above the Navy Yard., LCP exhibit catalogue: Made in America #71., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
Creator
Dreser, William, b. ca. 1820 lithographer., creator
Date
ca. 1850.
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W165.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W165 [P.2074]
Billhead containing a cameo stamp depicting "French & Richards' New Wholesale Drug, Paint & Glass Warehouse, N.W. Cor. of 10th & Market St., Philada." Shows the exterior of the four-story building, including a tower. Crates and barrels line the side of the store. Also shows the adjacent hardware store. Established in 1844 by Clayton French, William Campbell, and William H. Richards, the firm was renamed French, Richards & Co. in 1855. The business operated from Market and Tenth streets 1844-1890. French, Richards & Co. merged with the Smith & Kline Company (later GlaxoSmithKline) in 1891., Completed in manuscript to Mr. [blank] on August 23, 1854 for "50 lbs White lead" @ 9 1/2: $4.75., List of products for which French & Richards are "Agents For"; "Manufacturers of"; Importers of"; and Wholesale Dealers in" printed on recto. Products include American Zinc Paints, Putty, Rough Plate Glass Tiles; and Paper Maker's Clay, Satin, White., Printed below image: All Deductions or claims for allowance of any kind must be made within three days after delivery, otherwise they will not be allowed in the settlement., 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. 1850]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.132]
Illustrated bookmark and trade card depicting a white flower on a branch with white buds and large green leaves. Includes ornate scroll work and filigree around the text., List entitled "The Principal Heathen Gods and Goddesses" 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 - Tisseau [1975.F.880]
Advertisment showing a waist-length, profile view of a woman with dark, loose-curled hair, draped in a cloth, and looking into a mirror. She also wears an arm band., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 58, Library of Congress: DLC PP 2001: 068 Dr. Roby
Date
c1860
Location
Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC DLC PP 2001: 068 Dr. Roby
Advertisement with ornate floral border including two female figures and two centaurs surrounding a central text panel listing a large variety of products manufactured by the firm. Products include perfumes; soaps; toothpastes; cosmetics; lotions; extracts; hair oil and dyes., Published in Colton's atlas of America, illustrating the physical and political geography of North and South America...Commercial edition with business cards of the prominent houses in Philadelphia. (New York: J.H. Colton and Company, 1856), page 45 1/2. (HSP O 458), Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 2
Date
[1856]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Advertisements [P.8945]
Partial advertisement for the wholesale druggists showing the upper half of the storefront at 213 1/2 Market Street covered in signage. Signage reads "Potts, Linn, & Harris Whoslesale Druggists," "Drugs," and Potts & Linn. Medicines, Chemicals, Chemical Tests, Medicine Chests, Surgical Instruments." Includes, boxes, bottles, and barrels visible in the upper-floor windows. Potts, Linn & Harris, comprised of partners Robert B. Potts, Claudius B. Linn, and John Harris, M.D. operated from 213 1/2 Market Street 1843-circa 1847., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 619, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 38 P 857, Lower half missing., See advertisement in O'Briens Business Directory for 1844, p. 28-29.
Date
[ca. 1843]
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 38 P 857
Location: Seventh and Market Streets., LCP copy lacking title and imprint., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Manuscript note at lower right: April 1847.
Date
[April 1847]
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W107.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W107 [P.2043]
Location: Old York Road, later 435-437 and Willow St., S.E. corner., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
Date
[ca. 1855]
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W236.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W236 [P.2106]
Location: 102-104, later 306-308 Chestnut Street., Imprint from duplicate printed in colors., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
Creator
Luders, E., lithographer., creator
Date
ca. 1856.
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W159.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W159 [P.2079]
A wrapper., Charles Magarge & Co., paper warehouse, was in business from 1853 to 1878., Printed in blue., The illustration shows a scene of a Civil War battle., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Halleck Mills
Date
[between 1861 and 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1861 Halleck (6)5777.F.87a (McAllister)
Illustrated trade card depicting metal hardware flanking the title., Title annotated to No. 228 Arch Street from No. 116 Arch Street., Manuscript note on verso: Office hours 12 to 26c., 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 - Tolman [P.2006.20.63]
Billhead of the Philadelphia druggist containing block lettering and pictorial details, including a frame-like ornament, filigree, and flourishes. Ornament overprinted with text reading "Barker's Sarsaparilla. Barker's Pills. Moore's Syrup Tar. Mein's Syrup Blackberry. Ffirst National White Lead and Colors. Barker's Flavoring Extracts., Completed in manuscript to J. F. Wagernhuss (i.e., Wagonhurst) on December 31, 1895 for several items, including fenugreek and salt petre, for $22.27., Stamped on recto: 30 days, Less 1 per cent. Discount in 10 days., Inscribed on recto: Paid 1/31/96., 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 - Billheads 1880- (N-R) - R [P.2011.46.400]
Billhead of the Philadelphia druggist containing block lettering and pictorial details including ribbons, filigree, and flourishes., Completed in manuscript to A. W. Kelsey on October 1, 1893 for several items, including "Apollinaire's Pt," eye shade, Pears soap, camphor, rubber bands, tooth brushes, and dental floss, for $24.07., Stamped on recto: Paid Oct 3 1893 Wm. A. Whittem, per F.R., Printed above image: No toilet is complete without a bottle of Whittem's Rosemary and Catharidine Hair Tonic. It is Refreshing, Cleaning, and Invigorating., 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. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Billheads 1880- (S-Z) - W [P.2011.46.426]
Manuscript numbers on verso, including No. 356, No. 1., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1900]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Moore [P.2004.36.5]
Robert Reid relocated his machinist shop to 71 East Laurel Street in 1886., Manuscript note written diagonally across recto: Removed to 71 East Laurel St., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized., Craig, Finley & Co., the partnership between William Craig, James G. Finley and James Ferguson, Jr., relocated to 1018/1020 Arch Street in 1875.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Reid [P.2006.20.36]
Series of trade catalog illustrations showing different styles of chandelier lamps produced by the chandelier works in Frankford. Includes views of three-, four-, and six-light chandliers with globe-, bell-, and fluted-shaped glass shades, Style numbers include no. 362, no. 363, no. 404, no. 457 and no. 661 (including "for Coal Oil"). Prints also includes the spread (from 19 to 36 in.) of the light fixtures., Three of the four prints contain plate numbers in upper right corner: Plate 59, 62, and 63., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Boell relocated his establishment to 312 & 314 Walnut Street in 1868.
Creator
Boell, William
Date
[ca. 1866]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.229-230]
Series of trade catalog illustrations showing different styles of chandelier lamps produced by the chandelier works in Frankford. Includes views of three-, four-, and six-light chandliers with globe-, bell-, and fluted-shaped glass shades, Style numbers include no. 362, no. 363, no. 404, no. 457 and no. 661 (including "for Coal Oil"). Prints also includes the spread (from 19 to 36 in.) of the light fixtures., Three of the four prints contain plate numbers in upper right corner: Plate 59, 62, and 63., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Boell relocated his establishment to 312 & 314 Walnut Street in 1868.
Creator
Boell, William
Date
[ca. 1866]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.229-230]
Manuscript note on verso: Benjamin F. Skeen, no. 3651 Market St., fireman, Baldwin's boiler., 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 - Eagle [P.2006.20.8]
Illustrated trade card depicting a boy wearing a straw hat. Ecker & Co. consisted of Henry J., Joseph A., Frederick and George F. Ecker., Contains advertising text promoting "swiftsure soap" printed on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1885]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Ecker [P.9782]
Billhead containing a vignette showing a menagerie of furniture, including chairs, a sofa, and ottoman surrounded by an ornamental border and captioned "Old Chairs Re-Caned and Varnished.", Title annotated: Read [crossed out]; No. 536 North Front St. [crossed out]., Year altered in pencil from 186_ to 187_., Completed in manuscript to Mr. Smith & Borden on November 8, 1870 for "1 doz 1/2 of bell 17.00 a doz, 8.50, 25.50: $15.00 on a count., Manuscript note on recto: Received Payment. Recvd payment 10.00. Mr. Sutter., Contains punched hole in center., 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. 1860]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.144]
![West Philadelphia Manufacturing Cos. starch & farina works. Chestnut & Bridgewater Streets, Philadelphia. Refined pearl starch & corn farina. [graphic] / James Queen.](https://digital.librarycompany.org/sites/default/files/islandora_default_thumbs/replace_icons/prints_icon.png){kind=icon}
