Robert Barker & Co. Manufacturers and wholesale druggists. Selling agents for Barker's H&C Powder & N&B Liniment. 135 Arch Street.
Title
Robert Barker & Co. Manufacturers and wholesale druggists. Selling agents for Barker's H&C Powder & N&B Liniment. 135 Arch Street Robert Barker. S. B. Ousey
Description
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]
Bought of William A. Whittem, apothecary, dealer in segars, stationery &c. Opposite rail road depot.
Title
Bought of William A. Whittem, apothecary, dealer in segars, stationery &c. Opposite rail road depot Established 1875
Description
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]
Bought of A. W. Wright & Co., importers and dealers in drugs, medicines, paints, oils, refined coal and lubricating oils, druggists' sundries, &c. Paint department, 124 Market Street. N.E. cor. Market and Front Streets.
Title
Bought of A. W. Wright & Co., importers and dealers in drugs, medicines, paints, oils, refined coal and lubricating oils, druggists' sundries, &c. Paint department, 124 Market Street. N.E. cor. Market and Front Streets Sole proprietors Kaighn's Syrup of Tar, Wild Cherry and Hoarhound. Proprietors of the Haddonfield Paint and Oil Works, Haddonfield, N.J. Manufacturers of Dr. Hutchinson's Vegetable Worm Destroyer
Description
Billheads containing ornamented type lettering., P.2011.46.6 completed in manuscript to L. Somers on August 10, 1887 for several items, including "1 Quart Castor Oil" for $8.12. Signed October 12, 1887 By Cash $4.12; December 14, 1887 Recd. Payment A. Wright & Co., P.2011.46.6a completed in manuscript to L. Somers on March 28, 1888 for Chester Oil for $4.58. Signed Recd Payment A.W. Wright & Co. 4/25/88. Manuscript note on recto: 1/4 cents off H.L. Oil if paid in 30 days., P.2011.46.7 completed in manuscript to L. Somers on April 25, 1888 for several items, including "1/2 doz Paint Brushes, #5" for $13.73. Signed June 16, 1888 By Cash $5.73; September 12, 1887 Recd. Payment A. Wright & Co., "Book" and "Page" numbers inscribed in upper left corner., 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]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - A [P.2011.46.6-7]
Bought of Browning & Brothers, wholesale druggists, and dealers in white and red lead, litharge, linseed oil, oil of vitriol, window glass, putty, dye stuffs, &c.&c. No. 33 Market Street.
Title
Bought of Browning & Brothers, wholesale druggists, and dealers in white and red lead, litharge, linseed oil, oil of vitriol, window glass, putty, dye stuffs, &c.&c. No. 33 Market Street
Description
Illustrated billheads containing an exterior view of the "Browning & Brothers Drug and Chemical Warehouse" and storefront on the 100 block of Market Street. Crates and barrels line the sidewalk, near awning posts, in front of the store. One is marked "Oil Vitriol." Also shows partial views of adjacent buidlings. Established by Maurice Browning and his brothers circa 1839, the firm was one of the earliest involved in the United States dye trade and operated a factory known as the Aroma Mills in Camden, N.J., P.2011.46.17 completed in manuscript to Mess. Camitt & Albertson on July 18, 1849 for five items including "2 [fg.?] Laudamun" and "1# Cinnamon Bark" for $9.60. Signed "Recd Payment" Browning & Bros., P.2011.46.18 completed in manuscript to Mess. Camitt & Albertson on March 7, 1850 for six items including "5 #os Liquorice [sic] Root" and "4 doz. Batemans drops" for $3.80. Signed "Recd Payment" Browning & Bros., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[1840]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - B [P.2011.46.17 & 18]
Andrew Blair, apothecary, Chestnut & 18th Sts., Philadelphia.
Title
Andrew Blair, apothecary, Chestnut & 18th Sts., Philadelphia For over 30 years the head of the late firm of Henry C. Blair's Sons, apothecaries, Philadelphia
Description
Billhead for the apothecary containing a vignette composed of a tourniquet-like frame surmounted by a scale and surrounding a shield illustrated with the head of a hog. Henry C. Blair's Sons was dissolved in 1893 and Andew Blair assumed sole operations of the business., Completed in manuscript to Mrs. W. Hinckle Smith, 1816 Chestnut St. on January 1, 1890 for several items, including Pratt's Chlorides, Maltine Plain, and Castor Oil-Olive Oil for $6.00., Stamped on recto: Received Payment, Jan 9 1895 Andrew Blair [K. J.], 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. 1893]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Billheads 1880- (A-D) - B [P.2011.46.299]
[Collection of business stationery of Robert Shoemaker & Co., wholesale druggists, N.E. cor. Fourth and Race Streets, Philadelphia]
Title
[Collection of business stationery of Robert Shoemaker & Co., wholesale druggists, N.E. cor. Fourth and Race Streets, Philadelphia]
Description
Includes one billhead, one form letter, one letterhead, and one blank form. Letterhead contains ornamented type and "Robert Shoemaker and Company, Philadelphia" trademark. Trademark depicts the seal of Pennsylvania (horses, eagle, shield adorned with ship) framed by the dates 1837 and 1867., Billhead (P.2011.46.214) completed in manuscript to Jas. [Atramis?], New Bloomfield on August 16, 1869 for several items, including sweet oil, camphor, and ginger. Also contains punched hole., Form letter (P.2011.46.215) completed in manuscript to Saml. Hegarty, Hegartys X Roads Pa. on March 24, 1875 confirming enclosed check for $25., Letterhead (P.2011.46.216) completed in manuscript to Samuel Hegarty, Coalsport, Pa. on August 25, 1886 about enclosed receipts., Blank form (P.2011.46.217) completed in manuscript to Jos. P. Remington c/o College Pharm. on February 28, 1895 containing his January and February monthly statement., 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. 1867-1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - R [P.2011.46.214-217]
[Billheads of Benjamin W. Fetters, wholesale druggist, N.E. cor. Third & Brown Streets, Philadelphia]
Title
[Billheads of Benjamin W. Fetters, wholesale druggist, N.E. cor. Third & Brown Streets, Philadelphia]
Description
Billheads of the business originally established in 1824. Contain ornate lettering . One of the prints also contains an ornament detail, including filigree cornices. Surrounds text reading "Importer of French and German Drugs, Wholesale Dealer in White Lead, Glass Putty, Oils, Varnishes, French Zinc, Paints, Chemicals & Patent Medicines. Aniline. Fetters succeeded John Horn at the Brown Street address circa 1863 where he operated until his death in 1886., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers include Craig, Butt & Finley, PRS., Printed on rectos: All Claim for Deduction of Any Kind Must Be Made Within Five Days After Delivery, Or They Will Not Be Allowed In the Settlement., P.2011.46.146 completed in manuscript to W. L. Gas Co. on July 29, 1869 for "1 Reg. 25 Lewis P. Lead" for $3.75. Inscribed on recto: Services covered. E.G. Mullen. Inscribed on verso: Fetters $20., P.2011.46.147 completed in manuscript to W. L. Gas Co. on March 11, 1871 for "1/2 Gall. Linseed oil" for $.55. Inscribed on recto: Repairs covered. E.G. Mullen., 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. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - F [P.2011.46.146 & 147]
Bought of Breinig, Fronefield & Co. Druggists & chemists, no. 187 North 3rd Street. Wholesale dealers and importers of drugs, medicines, paints, dye stuffs, glass, perfumery &c.&c.
Title
Bought of Breinig, Fronefield & Co. Druggists & chemists, no. 187 North 3rd Street. Wholesale dealers and importers of drugs, medicines, paints, dye stuffs, glass, perfumery &c.&c
Description
Billhead for the drug firm established in 1848 by Dr. Charles Fronefield and Dr. Breinig. Contains vignette showing druggists' apparatus and supplies, including beakers, flasks, a scale, distiller, mortar and pestle, barrels, casks, and crates of oil of vitriol and glass., Completed in manuscript to Mr. J. F. Rambo on August 13, 1853 for two items, including salt petre for $1.26., Manuscript note on recto: Received Payt Breinig, Fronefield & Co., Manuscript note on verso: Aug 13, J. F. Rambo 1853 with Breinig, F. & Co., 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]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Billheads - 1879 (A-D) - B [P.2011.46.278]
Bought of Edward C. Jones & Co. Successors to Amos H. Yarnall & Co. Wholesale druggists, manufacturers and dealers in drugs, chemicals, pharmaceutical preparations, perfumery, spices, patent medicines, druggists' sundries, & c. Also, paints, oils, glass,
Title
Bought of Edward C. Jones & Co. Successors to Amos H. Yarnall & Co. Wholesale druggists, manufacturers and dealers in drugs, chemicals, pharmaceutical preparations, perfumery, spices, patent medicines, druggists' sundries, & c. Also, paints, oils, glass, varnishes, acids, dye-stuffs, &c. S.E. cor. of Market & Fifteenth Sts. Painters' materials and tools in their varieties Established 1854. Edward C. Jones. W. H. Earl
Description
Billhead of the Philadelphia druggist containing an exterior view of the four-story storefront, heavily adorned in signage, at the southeast corner of Market and Fifteenth Streets. Pedestrians walk on the sidewalk and a horse-drawn omnibus passes in the street. Print also contains two frame-shaped pictorial details. One surrounds a list of products, including white lead, window glass, sal soda, calcined plaster, and "pure wines & liquors for medicinal purposes" and the other, the text "E. C. Jones, Vermin Exterminator Has No Equal." Edward C. Jones & Co. was originally established as a firm by Amos Yarnell for whom Jones served as an apprentice 1860-1864. Jones became Yarnell's partner in the later 1860s and succeeded to the head of the firm in 1877. Jones retired by the early 1890s and W.H. Earl & Co. assumed the operations of the business until 1895 when taken over by A. Eugene De Reeves., Completed in manuscript to Joseph P. Remington on October 24, 1887 for varnish for $1.65., 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- (E-M) -E [P.2011.46.343]
Bought of the Hasting and McIntosh Truss Co. Manufacturers of indestructible hard rubber trusses, (trade mark registered.), leather covered & elastic trusses, supporters, shoulder braces, etc. For the U.S. government, home & export trade. 224 South Ninth
Title
Bought of the Hasting and McIntosh Truss Co. Manufacturers of indestructible hard rubber trusses, (trade mark registered.), leather covered & elastic trusses, supporters, shoulder braces, etc. For the U.S. government, home & export trade. 224 South Ninth Street
Description
Billhead of the Philadelphia truss manufacturer containing ornate lettering, cloud imagery and pictorial details. Details depict a sheet of paper reading "Owners McIntosh N.U. Supporter Co. Reliable Water Pads a Specialty" and a truss labeled "The Hastings Truss Co.", Title annotated with stamp in blue ink: 912 Walnut Street., Completed in manuscript to E.K. Thompson & Son, Titusville, Pa. on March 23, 1904 for "Fig 99" and "straps for Fig 99" for $5.50., Stamped on recto: Paid Jul 19, 1904, E.K. Thompson & 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
[ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Billheads 1880- (E-M) - H [P.2011.46.356]
Bought of Russell & Landis, importers & wholesale druggists, & dealers in paints, oils, glass, varnishes, & c., also manufacturers of pure lily white lead, hunters iron paint, & ivory white lead. no. 5 North Fifth Street (3 doors above Market.)
Title
Bought of Russell & Landis, importers & wholesale druggists, & dealers in paints, oils, glass, varnishes, & c., also manufacturers of pure lily white lead, hunters iron paint, & ivory white lead. no. 5 North Fifth Street (3 doors above Market.) Geo. P. Russell. D. C. Landis
Description
Billhead of the Philadelphia druggist containing ornate lettering and an exterior view of the firm's storefront on Fifth Street. View also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including a horse-drawn omnibus and a man pushing a hand cart. Print also contains a pictorial detailed composed of a ribbon overlaid filigree and reading "All Claims to Be Reported Within Ten Days After Receipt of Goods." Terms of payment and shipping are also included. Russell & Landis relocated from the 400 block of Market and Fifth Street circa 1870., Completed in manuscript to F. P. Magraw on October 27, 1870 for $12.60., Stamped on recto: Paid Jul 19, 1904, E.K. Thompson & 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
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Billheads -1879 (N-R) - R [P.2011.46.389]
Bought of Stretch, Bennett & Co. (Successors to Peter T. Wright & Co.) Importers of and dealers in drugs and medicines. Also brandies & wines for medical purposes. No. 609 Market St.
Title
Bought of Stretch, Bennett & Co. (Successors to Peter T. Wright & Co.) Importers of and dealers in drugs and medicines. Also brandies & wines for medical purposes. No. 609 Market St
Description
Billhead of the Philadelphia firm containing ornate lettering and an exterior view of the business's six-story store front at 609 Market Street. View also shows crates in the second floor windows, a passing horse-drawn omnibus, and laborers loading crates onto drays. Joseph S. Bennett entered into the established business of Peter T. Wright & Co. in 1858, which was reestablished as Stretch, Bennett & Co. circa 1865. The firm was later succeeded by Joseph S. Bennett & Co., Completed in manuscript to Ebun Somers on January 21, 1867 for two items for $14.80., Manuscript note in pencil on recto: Pd by Cash. E. Pope., Manuscript note in ink on recto: Rec'd Payment Stretch Bennett & Co. pr Grigg., 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. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Billheads -1879 (N-R) - R [P.2011.46.407]
Heintzelman's Pharmacy, N.W. cor. Ridge Ave. & Master St., Philadelphia.
Title
Heintzelman's Pharmacy, N.W. cor. Ridge Ave. & Master St., Philadelphia
Description
Letterhead containing a vignette of the Philadelphia pharmacist's trademark. Trademark depicts a cherub atop a mortar and pestle. A snake is entwined around his arm and he wears a sash reading "Heintzelman's Pharmacy." Figure framed by an archway of a fence on which vinery climbs around the edges., Completed in manuscript in German on March 15, 1894 to [illegible] from Heintzelman., 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 - Letterheads & Stationery (A-M) - H [P.2011.46.451]
Bot. of Frederick Klett & Co., wholesale dealers & importers of drugs, medicines, dye-stuffs, paints, black lead and sand crucibles, window glass &c.
Title
Bot. of Frederick Klett & Co., wholesale dealers & importers of drugs, medicines, dye-stuffs, paints, black lead and sand crucibles, window glass &c
Description
Billhead of the Philadelphia druggist containing an exterior view of the storefront at the northeast corner of Callowhill and Second streets. Shows a patron entering the three-and-a-half story building adorned with a sign and an awning, while a horse-drawn dray is loaded in front. Also shows adjacent buildings. Klett established his business in 1818 and continued in operation until his retirement in 1855., Completed in manuscript to C. Schrack on March 28, 1851 for "1 DR Kletts [Worm tea?] for $.75., Contains punched hole., 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. 1850]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Billheads -1879 (E-M) - F [P.2011.46.323]
Bought of H.O.D. Banks & Co., wholesale dealers in drugs, chemicals, paints, glass, coal oil, & c. Store, s. w. cor. fourth & Callowhill Sts.
Title
Bought of H.O.D. Banks & Co., wholesale dealers in drugs, chemicals, paints, glass, coal oil, & c. Store, s. w. cor. fourth & Callowhill Sts Henry O.D. Banks & Co., wholesale dealer in drugs and chemicals, American window glass, pure white leads, putty, linseed oil, spirits of turpentine, benzine, alcohol, whiting, glue, kerosene and coal oils, herbs, roots and barks. Also, in fine essential oils and flavors. Henry O. D. Banks. F. Aschenback. A. W. Miller
Description
Billhead of the Philadelphia druggist containing an exterior view of the five-story storefront, adorned in signage, at the southwest corner of Fourth and Callowhill Streets. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn drays and a cart stopped near the building. Also contains a frame-shaped pictorial detail surrounding a list of products, including pure white leads, American pure zincs, artists' tube colors, and kerosene and coal oils., Completed in manuscript to Frederick Ehrhardt on August 12, 1863 for several items, including Fahnestock's Vermifuge, small family dyes, schnapps, and glue for $18.19., Manuscript note on recto: Rec. Payt. H.O.D. Banks & Co., 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]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Billheads -1879 (E-M) -H [P.2011.46.333]
Bean & Stevenson, importers and wholesale druggists, store, 47 and 49 N. Second Street. Sole proprietors of angora, white lead, and color works! And royal spice mills.
Title
Bean & Stevenson, importers and wholesale druggists, store, 47 and 49 N. Second Street. Sole proprietors of angora, white lead, and color works! And royal spice mills L. U. Bean. H. A. Stevenson. Successors to Alex. Fullerton, Moyer & Hazard & Co. and Wetherill & Bro. Established 1822. Robert Barker, John Moore, Benj. V. Mein. Sole proprietors of the celebrated first national white lead and colors. Manufacturers and proprietors of Barker's Celebrated Vegetable Horse and Cattle Powder, and Barker's Nerve and Bone Liniment
Description
Illustrated letterheads containing ornate lettering, an ornament, and inset exterior view of the firm's building at 47-49 North Second Street. View shows the five-story building adorned in signage reading "Wetherill & Brother" and "Bean & Stevenson, Wholesale Druggists." Patrons stand in the doorway, pedestrians walk on the sidewalk, and a horse-drawn cart is unloaded in front of the storefront as another marked "Rogers" travels in the street., P.2011.46.12 completed in manuscript on September 17, 1873 to J. Smith Futhey Esq. from Bean & Stevenson about "keep[ing] away from said meeting" with "Josh" who owed the firm., P.2011.46.13 completed in manuscript on February 6, 1874 to J. Smith Futhey Esq. from Bean & Stevenson about "[they] will not be needed as Josh no doubt will take it out of count for arbatration [sic]...", Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand., John Smith Futhey, Chester County attorney, also co-authored The History of Chester County and served as a president of Penn Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Chester County.
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - B [P.2011.46.12 & 13]
[Collection of business stationery of C.H. Butterworth & Co., wholesale druggists and dealers in paint, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Title
[Collection of business stationery of C.H. Butterworth & Co., wholesale druggists and dealers in paint, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description
Includes one letterhead and four billheads. Billheads contain ornamented type, ornamental details, and an exterior view of the firm's storefront at 125 Market Street. View also shows pedestrian traffic in front of the store with large display windows and adorned in signage, including a promotion for "Holstein's Aromanna." Billheads also contain promotional text, and terms of purchase and liability. Letterhead contains vignette depicting a mortar and pestle and a list of the products manufactured by the firm, including Butterworth Pulmonic Syrup, S.C. Cure, and Corn Cure, and Hassinger's Buttter Color, and American Cattle Powder. Collection also contains one billhead for the precedessor firm Budd, Butterworth & McClure established in 1886. The Market Street storefront was razed by fire in 1906., Title supplied by cataloger., Four billheads (P.2011.46.23; P.2011.46.25-27) completed in manuscript to: Lewis Somer, Oceanville, N.J. on June 16, 1888 for $3.25 and Ebun Somers, Oceanville, N.J. on February 27, 1895 for $7.57; on March 9, 1896 for $25.25; and December 10, 1896 for $7.10. Billed items include opium, paregolic, flaxseed, white lead, and peppermint., One letterhead (P.2011.46.24) completed in type on July 5, 1895 to E. Somers from C. H. Butterworth & Co. requesting an account balance due for "expressage" as Butterworth & Co make no exceptions for out of city customers., 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. 1886-1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - B [P.2011.46.23-27]
[Billheads from J.D. Marshall & Bros., later D. Marshall & Bro., druggists, 1215 Market Street, Philadelphia to E. Somers]
Title
[Billheads from J.D. Marshall & Bros., later D. Marshall & Bro., druggists, 1215 Market Street, Philadelphia to E. Somers]
Description
Illustrated billheads containing ornate lettering, pictorial and ornamental details, and a vignette exterior view of the sign-covered, five-story storefront of the firm established by Joseph D. Marshall, and Robert T. Marshall circa 1870. Signage reads "Paints, Oils & Glass. Coal Oil. J.D. Marshall & Bro. Drugs and Chemicals." View also shows a horse-drawn wagon and carriage in the street and partial views of adjacent buildings. Pictorial and ornamental details include a mortar and pestle in a shield-shaped frame and art-noveau-style borders decorated with garlands, a vase, and sprigs of leaves. Prints also contains lists of products sold by the firm, including Anchor Varnish Works and Hubbard Varnish Works, Annatta, Lamp Chimneys, Pure Neatsfoot Oil, Sweet Oil, and "Spts Turpentine." Joseph D. Marshall left the partnership by 1891., Printers include Stockdale, Printer, 117 S. Second St., P.2011.46.170 completed on March 29, 1873 for $6.55; P.2011.46.17 completed on November 27, 1876 for $6.65; P.2011.46.172 completed on May 12, 1879 for $4.45; P.2011.46.173 completed on October 18, 1879 for $12.81; P.2011.46.174 completed on May 15, 1891 for $7.75; and P.2011.46.175 completed on June 12, 1891 for $8.68. Items billed include soap, candles, lard, candy, matches, cigars, pomade, toilet powder, ginger, German chocolate, and nutmeg., Majority of prints contain punched holes., All prints annotated as payment received., 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. 1870 - ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - J [P.2011.46.170-175]
Bought of Barker, Moore, Mein, wholesale druggists and paint dealers, no. 609 Market Street, above Sixth.
Title
Bought of Barker, Moore, Mein, wholesale druggists and paint dealers, no. 609 Market Street, above Sixth Robert Barker, John Moore, Benj. V. Mein. Sole proprietors of the celebrated first national white lead and colors. Manufacturers and proprietors of Barker's Celebrated Vegetable Horse and Cattle Powder, and Barker's Nerve and Bone Liniment
Description
Billheads containing vignette exterior view of the six-story building adorned in signage of the Philadelphia firm established circa 1868. A pyramid shaped display is visible in the lower floor show window. Also shows heavy street and pedestrian traffic, including a horse-drawn delivery wagon marked "Drugs." One of the prints also contains two "reduced copies of our beautiful large Chromo lithographs Show cards in six colors, handsomely framed in walnut and gilt, given away with the first order of the goods represented." The views show horses, cows, sheep, and pigs gathered in landscape settings near a railroad bridge and farm, and mountains and a lake. Billheads also contain "Terms," including claims policies and the honoring of retails prices, and a list of "Some of Our Other Specialties.", Engravers include Smith Bros., P.2011.46.10 completed in manuscript to C.N. Phillips on June 1887 for "1/2 doz. Barker's H.C. & P. Powder" and "1/4 Doz. Barker's N & B. liniment" for $1.13. Also stamped "On Sale" and inscribed "Rec'd check June 27-88.", P.2011.46.11 completed in manuscript to J. H. Griffin on February 1, 1887 for several items, including "1 doz. Assafoetida 5d size, "1 Doz. White Castile soap," and "1/2 Doz. Beans Hair Oil sml" for $23.21. Manuscript note on recto: To Port Matilda via Tyrone. Manuscript note on verso: 1887 Feb 1, Barker, Moore & Mein, Amt Bill #23,21., 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]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - B [P.2011.46.10 & 11]
[Collection of billheads of pharmaceutical firms and related businesses, United States, 1852-1878]
Title
[Collection of billheads of pharmaceutical firms and related businesses, United States, 1852-1878]
Description
Collection of billheads, dated between 1852 and 1878, containing decorative and ornate lettering, ornamented type, vignette illustrations, and pictorial details. Illustrations depict exteriors of storefronts (some adorned in signage) and an allegorical scene showing crates and barrels on the coast in front of a ship sailing in the distance representing imported "English, French & India drugs." Some of the exterior views include patrons entering buildings, street and pedestrian traffic, as well as laborers at work. Pictorial details depict frames, including a medal engraving, and flourishes, and filigree. Firms represented include N. S. Harlow (Bangor, Me.); O.B. Curran & Son (Ithaca, N.Y.); Peckham & Glading (Providence, R.I.); Penfold, Clay & Co. (N.Y.); R. A. Robinson & Co.; Robinson & Church (Troy, N.Y.); Robinson & Hassard (Providence, R.I.); Russell & Landis (Philadelphia); and Charles H. Rutherford (N.Y.). Billed patrons include Mills & Kimball; Gauntlett & Brooks; J.S. Frayne; C.P. Severich; Athey & Hill, Holly Springs, Miss.; M.B. Callaghan; Mr. Warren; F. P. Magraw; and Glover, Warner & Clark., Printers and engraver include Reilly, Lou. NY and Longacre & 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
[1852-1878]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Billheads, -1879 (N-R) [P.2011.46.382-390]
[Collection of billheads of pharmaceutical firms and related businesses, United States, 1886-1899]
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]
[William H. Helfand graphic popular medicine stationery collection]
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]
[Collection of billheads of pharmaceutical firms and related businesses, United States and United Kingdom, 1850-1879]
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]