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Title: Niagara corn starch, Wesp, Lautz Bros. & Co., Buffalo, N.Y
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a boy standing in a corn field holding an ear of corn comparable in size to him., Advertising text printed on verso promotes Acme soap and Niagara starch as "the purest, the sweetest, the best"., Distributor's imprint printed on verso: Mrs. A. Gelzer, wholesale and retail grocer, N.W. corner of 3d and Green Streets, Philadelphia. Manuscript note above address: Chester. Refers most likely to Loretta Gelzer, wife of Peter Gelzer, who operated a grocery store at 600 North Third Street in Philadelphia., 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 - Wesp [P.9651.15]

Title: E.R. Smiley, pharmacist, N.W. cor. 12th & Jefferson, Philadelphia
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting birds perched on flower stems., Advertising text printed on versos: Perfumery, fancy toilet articles and ladies' requisites., 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 - Smiley [P.9810.1-3]

Title: For the world of sufferers. For warding off disease. For securing good health. To enjoy cheerful spirits, health, and happiness. Take Simmons Liver Regulator
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a Roman soldier protecting a mother and child and is equipped with a galea or helmet, a sword labeled "regulator" and a shield labeled "Simmons Liver Regulator". He lifts his sword to slay snakes labeled "dypepsia," "fever," "biliousness," and "heartburn". Simmons Liver Regulator was manufactured by J.H. Zeilin & Company., Advertising text printed on verso promotes Simmons Liver Regulator as purely vegetable and a safe family medicine and includes testimonials., 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 - Simmons [1975.F.853]

Title: "Queen Bess" corset and skirt supporter. This is by far the best corset and skirt supporter ever made and is warranted in every particular. Manufactured only by the Worcester Corset Co., Worcester, Mass Pat. June 12th 1877 & Aug. 31st. 1880. Name registered as a trade mark July 24th, 1877
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting two women attired in corset and skirt supporters., Distributor's imprint printed on verso: John Wanamaker, Grand Depot, City Hall Square, Philadelphia, Pa. Provides five reasons for recommending Worcester Corset Co.'s corset and skirt supporter and patent cloth steel protector., 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 - Worcester [1975.F.1011]

Title: Star-braid and Fleisher's worsted yarns
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for Fleisher's Star Braid Mills at Twenty-fifth and Hamilton Streets in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict two women on a balustraded balcony, one matching up a large roll of "Star Braid" yarn with the long train on the other woman's dress. Also shows a woman standing on a balcony under a shining sun pulling yarn from a large spool labeled "Star Braid" on the ground below her. A man stands adjacent to the spool on the ground and serenades the woman with a lute., One print [P. 9815] contains distributor's imprint printed on verso: Presented by J.P. Coburn, dealer in general merchandise, Orwell, Pa. Save money buying your dress trimmings at Coburn's. Hats, caps, boots and shoes, cheap at Coburn's. Clothing at Coburn's. Choice groceries at Corburn's. Everything guaranteed as represented at Coburn's., 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 - Star-braid [P.9815 & P.9822]

Title: Vacuum Harness Oil, renders everything soft and pliable. For sale here
Description: Illustrated trade card for the Vacuum Oil Company in Rochester, New York. Divided into three titled panels, the first and third panels, entitled "Don't worry, swate biddy: the harness won't spile, for I've just rubbed it well wid favorite ile," show a man and woman sitting in a carriage protected from rain by a large umbrella. The second panel, "Hans, your muddar says she vants some hair oil; give her dat already, unt maybe it makes her more soft unt bliable, ain't it?" depicts a man handing a large container of Vacuum Harness Oil to his son., Advertising text printed on verso of three panels promotes Vacuum Harness Oil as a leather dressing that softens and preserves leather and a "sure cure for all diseased hoofs"., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1895]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *trade card - Vacuum [P.9993.7]

Title: Compliments of Hershey Baking Co., York, Pa
Description: Illustrated trade card surrounded by a flower border depicting the profiles of two women in Renaissance robes reading a letter in a garden. Hershey Baking Company was founded by Jacob S. Hershey in 1899 as a bread bakery in York, Pennsylvania., Embossed., 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 - Hershey [P.9631.4]

Title: Thomas Patton, steam dyeing & scouring. Principal office, No. 1622 Pine Street. Works: 510 S. Thirteenth Street. Offices: 1704 Fairmount Ave., 4012 Market Street, 1622 Pine Street No connection with any similar establishment
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a portrait of a woman framed by roses, putti, a snow-covered tree, and a framed portrait of a girl., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: 1882
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *trade card - Patton [1975.F.720]

Title: Compliments of E.M. Bruce & Co., general managers for the Estey Organ, 18 North 7th St., Phila
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a fuchsia plant. E.M. Bruce & Co. relocated from 1308 Walnut Street to 18 North Seventh Street in Philadelphia in 1879., Advertising text on verso printed by M'Farland & Son, printers, 311 Walnut Street., Advertising text printed on verso promotes "a concert by the celebrated McGibeny family (oregonians,) on Wednesday evening, December 10th, 1879 at Scott's Presbyterian Church, Spruce Street, below Fourth"., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humani+ties (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: 1879
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **trade card - Bruce [1975.F.9b]

Title: Henry Disston & Sons, incorporated. Keystone, saw, tool, steel, & file works, Philadelphia, U.S.A Machine knives, paper trimming knives a specialty. Moulding blanks ; planer knives all sizes ; straight knives
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting hardware. The firm Henry Disston & Son was incorporated in 1886., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Disston [P.2002.67.9]

Title: The secret out at last. Why Mrs. Brown has such a perfect figure. Adjustable duplex corset. Made only by the Bortree M'f'g Co., Jackson, Mich. Office & salesroom 15 and 17 Mercer St. New York
Description: Illustrated metamorphic trade card depicting two women standing outside of a bedroom, one peeping through the keyhole of the closed door. The open flap shows a woman, "Mrs. Brown," attired in a corset and undergarments looking at her relflection in a mirror. The Bortree Company started to produce the duplex corset in 1875., Contains advertising text printed on verso: Adjustable duplex corset. The best corset in the world. Perfect in shape, and the most comfortable and durable corset known. Double bone, double steel, double seams. Warranted not to rip. Ask for it! See that the word "Duplex" is stamped on every corset. Made only by the Bortree M'f'g Co., Jackson, Mich. Office & salesroom 15 and 17 Mercer St. New York., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Duplex [P.2002.36]

Title: [Duryeas' Glen Cove Manufacturing Co. trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting a bird's eye view of Duryea's manufactory in Glen Cove, New York; facsimilies of prize medals awarded the company, including the obverse and reverse sides of the gold medal awarded at the Paris Exposition in 1878; and a man posting a broadside advertisement for "Duryea's improved cornstarch" on the side of a brick building as two children and a dog stand nearby and watch., Printers and engravers include the Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Co., Includes advertising text promoting Duryea's improved corn starch and satin gloss starch printed on versos., 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 - Duryea's [1975.F.250; 1975.F.252; 1975.F.256; 1975.F.267]

Title: [Duesseldorfer "Progress Brand," Indianapolis Brewing Co. trade card]
Description: Illustrated metamorphic trade card for the Indianapolis Brewing Co. When folded, a gentleman attired in a suit, top hat, and cane expresses surprise upon viewing what appears to be a nude woman embracing a man. When opened, the trade card reveals that she is attired in a flesh-colored dress and stands on a veranda enjoying a beer with her male companion. Also shows two bottles of "Duesseldorfer" on the the table, a box of beer on the floor, and a servant delivering a silver platter to the couple. Includes a vignette of the company's brewing complex and trademark on verso. The consolidation of the C.F. Schmidt, P. Lieber, and C. Maus breweries resulted in the formation of the Indianapolis Brewing Co. in 1889., Title supplied by cataloger., Contains advertising text printed on verso: "Progress Brand" Duesseldorfer crowned over all others as the finest in the world. Paris Exposition 1900. Progress Brand. Indianapolis Brewing Co. brewers and bottlers of beer, ale & porter, Indianapolis, Ind., U.S.A., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Selma Kessler., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1901]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Duesseldorfer [P.2008.21.1]

Title: William Heaton, rubber goods of every description, 503 Chestnut St., Philad'a
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting two women attired in large plumed hats and gloves holding walking sticks and spectacles and standing outdoors on a dirt path near a body of water., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Heaton [P.9651.8]

Title: [Charles E. Hires Company trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards entitled, "Grandma's present," "His first suspender," "An uninvited guest," and "Come back! I'll tell moth-er!". Illustrations depict girls and boys posed with "Hires root beer" boxes; a dog stealing root beer from a toddler's glass; and one duckling swimming away from a sibling who stands on shore., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [P.9651.11] copyrighted 1883., Printers and engravers include Donaldson Brothers (New York), J. Ottmann Lithographic Company (New York), and Gast Art Press (New York and St. Louis)., Advertising text promoting Hires rootbeer for good health and Hires cough cure for instant relief printed on versos. One print [P.9651.11] also includes testimonials for Hires root beer from customers printed on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., One print [P.9306.1] gift of Gordon Marshall., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880-1883]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Hires [P.9306.1; P.9588.1 & 2; P.9651.11 & 12]

Title: [Hassler's trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting two jesters and three pigs running in opposite directions down a street. The jester in the foreground carries a pig under his arm and the jester in the background carries a cane. Also shows a bust portrait of boy or girl and flowers., Title supplied by cataloger., Advertising text promoting services and products offered by Hassler's umbrella and cane factory, including umbrella covering, lining, and repairing, printed on versos., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Hassler's [1975.F.413; 1975.F.420; 1975.F.426; 1975.F.440]

Title: Finale of a breakfast on biscuits made of Heckers' self-raising flour
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting an anthropomorphic frog attired in trousers and suspenders smoking a pipe. Heckers' self-raising flour was introduced in 1850 by Hecker & Brother, a partnership started in 1843 between John Hecker, Jr. and George Valentine Hecker in New York City., Advertising text printed on verso: Housekeepers should always be ready to take advantage of anything that will lighten their laborous duties and relieve them from some of the many vexations that are sure to occur in their busy lives. Certainty of results, saving of time, trouble and labor are only a few of the many advantages that may be gained from using Hecker's self-raising flour. This flour comes put up in 3 and 6 lb. packages, ready for use at a moment's notice; requires no salt, yeast or baking powder. Only the exact proportions of raising material are put in, thus insuring a perfect certainty. Your grocer sells it. Directions on every package., 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 - Heckers [1975.F.411]

Title: [Charles Herder trade cards]
Description: Illustrated trade cards with vignettes on rectos and versos depicting a roller skate, shaving knife, utensils, and an array of knives and tools. Also shows an anthropomorphic frog attired in trousers and suspenders aiming a revolver., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers and engravers include the Charles A. Dixon Printing House (Philadelphia) and Rowley & Chew (Philadelphia)., Advertising text printed on versos promotes products manufactured, imported and repaired by Charles Herder at 830 Arch Street in Philadelphia, including roller skates, ice skates, shears and scissors, razors, table cutlery, pocket cutlery, and carving and pen knives. The business of Charles Herder began in 1847 as Clarenbach & Herder, changed to L. Herder & Son in 1871 and by 1879, the style changed to Charles Herder., 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 - Herder [1975.F.434 & 435; 1975.F.410a]

Title: [J.C. Finn & Son trade cards]
Description: Series of trade cards for J.C. Finn & Sons paper hanging store at Tenth and Walnut Streets in Philadelphia depicting a girl applying adhesive to wallpaper strips and sloppily hanging them on the wall and flowering vines bordering a framed landscape view of a watermill., One print [1975.F.307] copyrighted by Chas. W. Frost 1881., One print [1975.F.308] contains advertising text promoting "French tapestry papers" and "special designs for ceiling ornamentation" printed on verso., Printers and engravers include Farmer, Livermore & Co., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: ca. 1881
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Finn [1975.F.307 & 308]

Title: F.O. Goodwin, dealers in improved copper lightning conductors, cor. 53d St. & Wyalusing Ave., West Philadelphia Established A.D. 1869. Successor to Goodwin & Bro., also Goodwin & Cliff, as the Keystone Lightning Rod Co. N.B.--Orders by mail, or requests for estimates or interview, will receive prompt attention
Description: List of F.O. Goodwin's patrons printed on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: 1880
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Goodwin [P.2006.20.15]

Title: R.L. Shute, 695 Broadway, below 4th St., west side, New York
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a spray of flowers., Advertising text printed on verso: Fancy goods, chromos, vases, picture frames, swiss carvings, gold pens, fans, stationery, etc. Wedding & visiting card engraving. The following at wholesale and retail: decalcomanie, gilt and velvet frames, passe-partouts, colors, gold bronze, brushes, wax flower materials, envelopes, and diaphanie. Varnish to preserve natural leaves. 695 Broadway, New York., 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 - Shute [1975.F.778]

Title: Schomacker Gold String Piano Co., Philadelphia
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting birds and sprays of flowers. Schomacker Piano Co. was established ca. 1865 at 1109 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia., 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 - Schomacker [1975.F.821-824]

Title: What the wild waves are saying. Dainty miss, of germs be wary is your towel sanitary? Is it pure, and sweet and fair, like the ocean and the air? Is it soft - yet giving vim - when you rub down from your swim? If it's all this, maid so chary, then it's surely San-knit-ary
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a woman wearing a red swimsuit standing on the beach watching the water approach her. Men and women sit in the sand in the background. Simon Muhr founded the Philadelphia Straw Braid Sewing Machine Company in 1879, which eventually became the Unique Textile Mills around the turn of the century. The firm changed once again in 1907 to the San-knit-ary Textile Mills., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1910]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - San-knit-ary [P.9761]

Title: Cluett, Peabody & Co., collar makers
Description: Illustrated trade card and easel cutout shaped into an upturned hand displaying a collar. Cluett, Peabody & Co., manufacturers of men's shirt collars, began as Maullin & Blanchard in 1851 in Troy, New York. After several style changes, Cluett, Peabody & Co. officially formed in 1899., Directions to display easel cutout printed on verso., 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 - Cluett [P.9983.6]

Title: F.G. Ford's patent support for bed slats (patented April 7th, 1885.) Manufactured and sold by Thos. Devlin & Co., American Street and Lehigh Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a hook and socket patented by F.G. Ford, along with vignettes of a table and a person in a bed surrounded by a net., Advertising text printed below engravings on recto lists potential uses for Ford's hook and sockets, including bed slats, mattresses, wardrobes, tables, benches, shelving in stores, windows, wagons, closets, bath tubs, seats in water closets, and for use by carriage builders, cabinet makers, carpenters, paper hangers, farmers, and poultry raisers., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Creator: Ware Bros., engraver
Date: 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *trade card - Devlin [P.2006.20.52]

Title: Dundas Dick & Co.'s compliments. 1776-1876
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a business card for Dundas Dick & Co. inset into autumn leaves. Commemorates the Centennial year in 1876., Contains calendars for 1876 and 1877 printed on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Dundas [1975.F.271]

Title: Colgate & Co.'s "new" soap. The "new" soap in oval cakes unequalled for laundry use
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a newsboy, with a bag of newspapers slung over his shoulder and a paper advertising "new" soap in his left hand, standing and leaning against a wall on the sidewalk. A dog sits at his feet. A broadside for Colgate & Co.'s "New" soap hangs on the wall behind him. William Colgate founded the company as William Colgate & Company in New York City in 1806. Upon his death in 1857, the style changed to Colgate & Company., Advertising text printed on verso: To our patrons. Thanking you for your favorable reception of our "new" soap, we beg you again to ask your special attention to its peculiar and substantial advantages in the matter of economy, when used (as it always should be) according to directions printed on the wrappers. To meet the requirements of all classes of buyers as to the size cake they may specially prefer, we put up the "New" soap in 9 oz. and 16 oz. cakes, the prices of which vary proportionately. Soliciting your continued patronage, we remain, respectfully, Colgate & Co., 53 and 55 John Street, New York. Established 1806., 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 - Colgate [1975.F.179]

Title: F. Defoney's oyster saloon, No. 545 North Third Street, Philadelphia. Fried oysters a specialty
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting birds, nests, butterflies, and flowers., 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 - Defoney's [1975.F.247; 1975.F.275-276]

Title: Colburn's Phila. mustard
Description: Illustrated die cut trade cards shaped into a dog and an owl with the label "Colburn's Phila. mustard" printed on the animals' collars. Connecticut-native Arthur T. Colburn began his spice business ca. 1856 in Philadelphia., Advertising text printed on versos: Colburn's Philadelphia mustard, king of condiments. Always reliable for table & medicinal uses. Flavor, pungency, strength, combined in perfection. Better than imported and cheaper. Saving 14 cts. per 1 lb. in duty. For sale by grocers & druggists in 1/4, 1/2, & 1 lb. cans. Full weight., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., One print [P.2009.5] gift of David Rowland., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Colburn's [1975.F.124; P.2009.5]

Title: Collis & Lees, dealers in card novelties, 162 North Fourth Street, Philadelphia New designs in business cards
Description: Illustrated comic stock trade card with the caption, "Tables turned," depicting two fishermen, one in mid-air holding a large fish to his chest, as his fellow fisherman reels them both in., Copyrighted by Bufford, Boston., Advertising text printed on verso: To printers. The series of advertising cards of which this is a sample comprises ten different sets, each containing 6 designs, or 60 in all. They are comic and sentimental in character, finely drawn and beautifully executed, and are the cheapest and most attractive for the price now in the market. The series comprise riding scenes, dog cards, steamboat cards, farm scenes, plantation scenes, gunning scenes, fishing mishaps, yachting scenes, winter on ice, sleighing sports. They are put up in packages of 500, and can be furnished so that in 1000 lots there will be 12 designs; in 1500 lots, 18 designs; in 2000 lots, 24 designs; in 2500 lots, 30 designs; in 3000 lots, 36 designs; in 3500 lots, 42 designs; and so on till the sixty designs are supplied. Price per 1000, $2.75. Discount to printers only, 10 per cent. We have constantly in stock a large assortment of comic and floral cards for advertising., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized., Gift of Alan Smith.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Collis [P.9387.3]

Title: Martindale & Johnston, 10th and Market Sts., Philad'a "California store." Specialties:--California fruits, wines & brandies, coffees, teas, and staple and fancy groceries generally
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting an ornate jug and bowl and three birds surrounded by a decorative border. Martindale & Johnston operated their grocery and wine and spirits' shop from Tenth and Market Streets between 1869 and 1883, before the style changed to Thomas Martindale & Co., Contains a price list of a few specialties, mostly of various wines, 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 - California [P.9755]

Title: [Carter Medicine Co. trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting a large frog towering over a small, frightened child and a little girl pointing and instructing her ailing grandfather to take Carter's back ache plasters., Title supplied by cataloger., Advertising text printed on versos for products made and sold by Carter Medicine Co., including "Carter's little nerve pills" and "smart weed and belladonna back ache pilasters"., 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 - Carter [1975.F.131; 1975.F.134]

Title: Dr. Browning's C. & C. cordial. For coughs and colds
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a doctor checking the pulse of a sick man seated in an armchair and attired in a dressing gown and cap. A large bottle of medicine sits on a table next to the doctor., Advertising text printed on verso promotes Dr. Browning's C. & C. cordial for colds, asthmatic coughs, bronchitis croup, and for the relief of consumptives. Also promotes Dr. Browning's tonic and alternative, which "purifies the blood, enriches the blood, [and] improves the appetite." Also informs patrons of Browning's impending move from 1117 Arch Street to 1321 Arch Street after January 1st, 1881., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: 1880
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Browning's [1975.F.75]

Title: Bush & Co.'s borax soap company, Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a boy sitting on a rock near a body of water playing with a model sailboat. Bush & Co. was operated by John V. and Van Camp Bush., Manuscript note on verso: Chester., Contains advertising text printed on verso: Always buy Bush & Co's improved borax soap, because it is made of the purest and best materials. It is the best laundry soap--making your clothes clean and sweet, with very little labor. It works equally well in hard or soft, or in salt water. It is a splendid luxury for the toilet or bath; wonderful in its beneficial action on the skin, equaling the imported castile soap. It is remarkably good for washing the head, cleansing the scalp and rendering the hair soft and glossy. It is the most economical, being sold at a reasonable price, and one cake will do as much work as two cakes of the ordinary, so-called cheap soaps. Ask your grocer for Bush & Co.'s borax soap and take no other., 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 - Bush [P.9651.3]

Title: Rowlett's star roller skate, manufactured by the Champion Roller Skate and Wagon Co J.F. Reeves, Prest. J.V. Rowlett, Manager. Reuben Myrick, Sec'y and Treas. Full line of skate repairs and rink supplies. Boxwood rollers, with or without metal boxing, in quantities. Send for illustrated catalogue. Office and factory: 1118 to 1124 North E Street, Richmond, Ind. [Over.]
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a roller skate and a large trademark star with "Rowlett" and "1884" written across the front. Identical text and mirror image printed on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1884]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Champion [P.2006.20.54]

Title: Diamonds, mutilated coins, old gold, silver, teeth plates, jewelry, and silverware. Full value paid. J.L. Clark, refiner, 823 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a vignette of a winter snow scene inset into a bouquet of flowers., Copyrighted 1882 by Frank Vernon, N.Y., Series title printed on recto in lower left corner., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: c1882
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Clark [P.9728.12]

Title: Charles Brintzinghoffer, wholesale and retail brush manufacturer, No. 935 Market Street, Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a girl standing in the snow on the edge of a frozen pond bundled in a winter coat, hat, and tights, holding ice skates in her left hand. A duck flies away from a dog sitting next to the girl., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized., Graf Brothers, the lithograph firm operated by German brothers Julius F. (b. 1846) and Charles L. Graf (1849-1900) in Philadelphia 1873-1970s, produced advertisements, trade cards, labels and maps.
Date: c1882
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Brintzinghoffer [P.9724.1]

Title: William Boekel & Co., metal spinners and manufactr's of metal goods, 110 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia, Pa Wm. Boekel ; J. Boekel ; Steam atomizers, stethoscopes, hot air blow-pipes, blow pipes, bed warmers, spittoons, spring candlesticks, closet pans & cups, soil cups & grease boxes, sprinklers, tumbler bases, &c. Brass railings and fixtures for stores and store windows, to order
Description: Manuscript note in ink on verso: A.J. Holt, Manuscript note in pencil on verso: J. Potter, treas. Bush Electric Co., Cleveland, Ohio., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Boekel [P.2006.20.28]

Title: A notorious character. [See other side.]
Description: Trade card with a bust-length portrait of a man on the recto and text composed in a tongue-in-cheek manner promoting a hardware dealer as a murderer - of prices - on the verso. Portrait depicts a young, bearded man. His hair is parted to his far left. He is attired in a coat with small lapels., Date inferred from the construction of the name of engraver., Advertising text on verso: Murder! On the other side is given a fair likeness of a notorious character still at large and wanted for the murder of high prices on Hardware. He is said to have made the assault with an Iron Will forged to a Cast-Steel Determination. Description. The accused is less than 16 hands high, weighs less than two hundred pounds, has two large patches on the seat of his pants, and wears a 50-cent shirt. When last seen he was selling Hardware at very reasonable prices on the banks of the raging Mahoning. A liberal reward will be given to anybody that catches him asleep during business hours., Purchased with funds for the Visual Culture Program.
Creator: A. Zeese & Co., engraver
Date: [ca. 1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Notorious [P.2015.18.3]

Title: Geo. W. Allen, hatter, 808 Chestnut St., Philadelphia
Description: Trade card illustration for hatter Geo. W. Allen depicts a decorative fan with an illustration of a boy and a girl holding and inspecting a bird's nest with eggs., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Allen [P.9771.1]

Title: [Bartholomay Brewing Co. trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for the brewing company based in Rochester, N.Y. Illustrations include the company's trademark vignette of a wheel with wings; a spider hanging from a web attached to a sprig of flowers; and a bird perched on a branch below a nest filled with eggs. Founded in 1852 and in operation until 1934, the brewing company was styled "Bartholomay Brewing Company" from 1874 to 1889., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers include Hofstetter Bros., Prints contain advertising text on rectos for Bartholomay Brewing Co.'s Stock Lager. One print [1975.F.35] also includes addresses for the office and depot of the Philadelphia branch., 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 - Bartholomay [1975.F.35 and 1975.F.81]

Title: [Hale, Kilburn & Co. trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards, one bookmark and one small pamphlet, for Hale, Kilburn & Co.'s furniture manufacturing establishment at 48 & 50 North Sixth Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict vignettes of furniture, including rocking chairs, mirrors, and folding beds; a bird's eye view of the company's factory complex at North Sixth and Filbert Streets; and a business card for the company tucked into a long-stemmed rose. Hale, Kilburn & Co. began manufacturing household furniture in 1873. The factory at 48 & 50 North Sixth Street was built in 1867., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [P.9803.2] printed by Samuel Loag., Advertising text promoting furniture manufactured by Hale, Kilburn & Co. printed on versos, including upholstery, parlor suits, chamber suits, chairs, tables, wardrobes, sideboards, champion folding bed and cribs, mirrors, and picture frames., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1875-1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Hale [1975.F.409a & P.9803.2]

Title: Compliments of R.C. Geddes, rubber goods, 316 Market St. & 716 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. Over
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a cherub riding on the back of a tortoise with a whip in mid-air on a flower-lined path., Advertising text printed on verso: Robert C. Geddes, wholesale & retail dealer in rubber goods & supplies. Wholesale agent for Gossamer Rubber Clothing Company, 316 Market Street & 716 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. We call especial attention of those wanting a good article of garden, lawn & hot-house hose, to our 3/4 3 ply red hose and white hose, which has no superior in the market--also to our patent triple steam, branch and fountain pipe, hose carriages, lawn sprinklers, etc. Globe lawn sprinklers, $1.25., 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 - Geddes [5786.F.354]

Title: The genuine Murray & Lanman Florida Water the richest of all perfumes
Description: Illustrated trade card promoting Murray & Lanman’s perfume and depicting a full-length profile of a woman, possibly meant to be Asian, carrying a parasol over her shoulder. The woman wears her hair tied up in a bun and is attired in a pink and yellow, kimono-style dress, with a white collar, and pink shoes. She stands on the grass in front of a large fountain and dangles an object in front of her face, observing it closely. Murray & Lanman, the partnership between perfumer Robert I. Murray and David Trumbull Lanman, formed in 1835 in New York City. The firm's style changed to David T. Lanman & Co., then Lanman & Kemp in 1861., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Copyright 1881 by Lanman & Kemp, N.Y., Advertising text printed on verso: Always a favorite. Time has proved beyond a question that our claim to the title of “Imperishable Perfume” for our Murray & Lanman’s Florida Water is based upon absolute facts. It is to-day, as when first it appeared, winning immediate favor with all classes. The sweetest, the richest, the most delicate, the most lasting of all perfumes. Where, except in this delicious floral water, can one find such a rare combination of excellencies? Since the introduction of Murray & Lanman’s Florida Water, numberless rivals and imitations have been foisted upon the public, to live their day and fall into the neglect which, sooner or later, attends pretentious inferiority. The genuine article is known by the words, “Lanman & Kemp, New York,” Printed in water-mark on every leaf of the little pamphlet wrapped around each bottle. This mark also protects our other preparations., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: 1881
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Murray [1975.F.598]

Title: [J.W. LeMaistre trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting birds; flowers; putti carrying a pine tree or Christmas tree; children holding up a large sign for J.W. LeMaistre; a lady attired in Renaissance or Medieval clothing; a woman standing on a tree branch over a body of water releasing fish she caught in her lace shawl; General Ulysses S. Grant smoking while standing on a globe labeled "United"; and children symbolizing various countries by wearing traditional clothing and carrying the countries' flags, including England, Italy, and Spain., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers and lithographers include L. Prang & Co. (Boston), McCalla & Staveley (Philadelphia) and Craig, Finley & Co. (Philadelphia)., Eight prints contain advertising text printed on versos promoting products imported and sold by J.W. LeMaistre, including embroideries, laces, curtains, handkerchiefs, collars, cushions, silk ties and bows, and bibs sold at his 46-48 North Eighth Street establishment in Philadelphia., 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 - LeMaistre [1975.F.492; 1975.F.498; 1975.F.501; 1975.F.508-512; 1975.F.514; P.9811.1 & 2; P.9838]

Title: [Unidentified trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting scenes of Japanese life showing men and women attired in traditional garb; a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year greeting with a vase of flowers and bamboo; a profile of a woman's face encircled by a flower border and a bird; a female figure attired in robes and a Roman helmet in the clouds holding a mirror showing a child's reflection; sailing vessels on the water; a horseshoe; and flowers., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers and engravers include Bufford (Boston) and Continental Bank Note Co. (New York)., Advertising text printed on versos promotes the gents' shoe department of an unidentified store; fancy furs and cloaks; porcelaines, bronzes, clocks and leather goods; and "all of the ordinary grades at the lowest prices"., Two prints contain calendars for 1880, one for 1879 and one print with sixth months of a calendar for an unidentified year printed on versos., 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 - Unidentified [1975.F.198; 1975.F.215; 1975.F.218; 1975.F.306; 1975.F.483; 1975.F.919; 1975.F.1033; 1975.F.1040; P.9111.12]

Title: [Theo. Ricksecker's trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting a jester and a frog performing a variety of activities, including the jester playing a banjo and the frog dancing; the frog posing and the jester sketching his portrait; and the frog bound to a leaf stem and the jester aiming a bow and arrow at an apple on top of the frog's head., Title supplied by cataloger., Advertising text printed on versos promotes Ricksecker's skin soap, reliable perfumes, Fifth Avenue Cologne, and face powder., 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 - Ricksecker [1975.F.747-749]

Title: Smith Brothers chemically pure Borax
Description: Racist trade card advertising soap manufacturers the Smith Brothers and depicting the white woman head of house with three of her women housekeepers while they use Borax to complete various tasks in the kitchen. In the center, the mistress of the house, attired in a red dress with a white collar and cuffs, applies Borax onto a white cloth held by a white housekeeper. In the left, a white housekeeper sprinkles Borax over a group of cockroaches on the floor in front of the stove. In the right, the African American woman housekeeper, portrayed in racist caricature and attired in a white head kerchief with red polka dots, a yellow dress with red stripes, white stockings, and tan shoes, stands before a wash basin with her hands in the soapy water. Behind her a clothesline full of white sheets hang. Brothers Frank and Julius Smith established Smith Brothers Borax in 1874. In 1888, Frank Smith incorporated his new company, Pacific Coast Borax., Title from item., Date inferred from date of operation of advertised business., Advertising text printed on verso provides directions and various uses for Smith Brothers' Borax, including washing, starching, preventing moths, removing cockroaches, dressing ulcers, wounds, bruises, sprains, and chilblains, removing inflammation, bathing, arresting fermentation and cleaning clothes., Distributor's imprint print on verso: Githens & Rexsamer, 40 and 42 South Front Sts., Philadelphia., Gift of Emily Phillips, 1883., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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 - Smith Brothers [1975.F.751]

Title: [Darlington, Runk & Co. trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting children, cats, cherubs, and ornately attired couples. Also shows a Japanese woman dressed in traditional garb playing a shamisen; a man painting on canvas as his female companion watches; three women shooting with bows and arrows at a heart-shaped target; two women reading a letter as a male admirer watches unnoticed; and men and women gathered around a drinking fountain., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [1975.F.284] printed by J.H. Bufford's Sons, Boston and six prints signed J. Bognard, Paris., One print [1975.F.279] contains advertising text printed on verso: Darlington, Runk & Co., importers and retailers of silks, dress-goods, mourning-goods, hosiery, gloves, india shawls, laces &c. Nos. 1126 and 1128 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia., Ten prints contains image titles, including "Dos a dos," "Fi dono!" "La gourmandisi," "La cholere," "La paresse," "Brouillés," "La rencontre," "Pardonne-moi," "L'orgueil," and "La promenade"., 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 - Darlington [1975.F.146; 1975.F.225-227; 1975.F.240; 1975.F.245-246; 1975.F.248-249; 1975.F.251; 1975.F.254-255; 1975.F.258-259; 1975.F.261-262; 1975.F.265-266; 1975.F.268-269; 1975.F.277; 1975.F.279; 1975.F.284]

Title: John D. Cutter & Co. manufacturers of pure silk threads & fabrics Sewing silks, embroidery tablets, machine & button-hole twist. Gros grains, satin de chine, serge, handkerchiefs, braids, &c. &c
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a silk worm on a mulberry leaf, a butterfly, cocoons, and two spools of thread., 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 - Cutter [1975.F.118]

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