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Title: Pleis' celebrated fit powders & liver pills, 860 N. Third Street, Philadelphia
Description: Trade card containing a parental scene using animal figures. Shows a mother and father bunny playing jump rope with their bunny child. The child bunny wears a ribbon around his neck and jumps under the airborne rope. Rabbit tracks are visible on the ground. Also contains several lines of advertising text on the verso. Text promotes the testing of the powder by "over 40,000 cases," its curative powers for any age and for any length of time of the affliction of "spasms," and price per box ($.85 cents or $1). Advertising text also promotes "Pleis' Vegetable Liver Pills" at "25 cents per box.", 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: c1881
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.45]

Title: Pope's rifle air pistol gallery, 41st Street, opp. Poplar, Centennial grounds, 40 ranges, 10 shots, 10 cts
Description: Trade card for the Boston pistol manufacturer containing a comic image titled "When the Swallows Homeward Fly." Shows a man, a bib at his neck, eating from plates with a roast and a whole chicken. The large-eyed man places a spoon of food into his very wide mouth. Also contains an image of a $5.00 "Pope's Rifle Air Pistol," advertising text, and "A Few of the Many Testimonials" printed on the verso. Advertising text includes details about the adjustable gun stock, ease of loading for a "lady or boy," and additional paraphernalia (darts, slugs, and ramrod claw wrench). Albert Pope established Pope Manufacturing Company circa 1865., Printed on recto: [over]., Stamped on verso in red ink: Prices Reduced. Black from $5.00 to $3.00. Nickel $6.00 to $4.00., 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: 1876, c1873
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.46]

Title: John F. Schreck, manufacturer of Conestoga tobacco, chewing and smoking. It's all in the quality It's all in the quality
Description: Trade card containing a view showing a four-horse team conestoga wagon passing a mountain side. A man rides one of the horses of the team and a dog follows the wagon. Lancaster County, Conestoga Township began to serve as a center for the production of tobacco in the 1860s., Mauscript notes in pencil on verso, including: 9 full Molding Wash Board., 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. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.56]

Title: Woolson Spice Co., manufacturers of Lion Coffee, spices, baking powder, etc. Toledo, Ohio A picture card in every package
Description: Pictorial envelope containing pictorial imagery and advertising on the recto and verso. Imagery on recto shows a lion leaning over the top of a rolled out scroll on which a cup of coffee rests. Vignettes on the verso depict 100 and 50 pound cabinets for shipping "bulk Roasted Coffee" adorned with signage reading "Drink Woolson Spice Co.'s Roasted Coffee." Verso also contains several lines of advertising text about the cabinets, including the design (well seasoned, wood tongued, and grooved); price suggestions for resale ($1.50 to $2.00); how to procure them from Woolson Spice Co.; and the disclaimer "Lion coffee is not sold in these cabinets.", Addressed in manuscript to: Exchange Bank, Oxford Junction, Iowa., Date inferred from partial ink-stamp post mark: 7 30 PM [18]92 Ohio., Contains two-cent stamp printed in red and depicting a profile portrait of George Washington., Slogan printed above image: Do you handle Lion Coffee?, Advertisting text printed on recto: A Picture Card In Every Package., 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. 1892]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Envelopes [P.2011.10.93]

Title: The Shaker extract of roots. Sold by A.J. White, New York City. Office, 29 Murray Street
Description: Envelope containing ornate lettering and details promoting the syrup, also known as Mother Siegel's Curative Syrup, introduced into the market by White circa 1876. White's company, which specialized in the wholesale of Shaker medicines, operated until 1957., Addressed in manuscript to: Martin Kishpaugh Esq, McMichaels, Monroe Co., Pa., Contains three-cent stamp printed in green and depicting a profile portrait of George Washington., 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. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Envelopes [P.2011.10.94]

Title: Jay[ne's] Carmina[tive] Balsam. Prepared only by Dr. Jayne, wholesale druggist & chemist, no. 84 Chestnut Street below Third, Philada No. 84 Chestnut Street and without whose signature to this label it cannot be genuine. D. Jayne [facsimile signature]
Description: Patent medicine label containing an "infirmary" scene with four women, including a nursemaid, and several children. Shows the nursemaid comforting a girl as she is fed a spoon of medicine from a seated woman upon who children crawl and tug. In the left, another seated woman holds a baby. Behind her, a woman reaches for a jar of medicine on an upper shelf in a large cabinet. Jayne began to produce the carmative balsam (probably his first patent medicine) in 1831, which remained on the market until the 1930s., Printed below image: Keep the Tops of the Bottles Up., Several lines of advertising text printed on recto. Text promotes the balsam as a "safe and effective remedy" for several ailments, including griping pains, headache, hysterics, nervous tremors and twitchings, and "for all bowel affections and nervous diseases.", 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., Upper right corner missing.
Date: c1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Labels [P.2011.10.170]

Title: Super, Marshall & Co., Philadelphia. Great Britain
Description: Embossed textile label for the Philadelphia linen dealer reincorporated as Super, Marshall & Co. in 1889. Contains the image of an armored arm holding a battle axe in its hand framed by pictorial details representative of royalty, including a crown., Printed and in manuscript on recto: No. 8641., 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. 1900]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Labels [P.2011.10.171]

Title: Munn & Co., 37 Park Row, N.Y, solicitors of American and foreign patents and publishers of the "Scientific American."
Description: Trade card-size advertising calendar containing illustration drawn by Frank Bellew and captioned "Ready-Acting Dog-Tail and Gun-Barrel Attachment." Shows a hunter, with a hunting basket containing a frog on his back, and his dog wearing the gun attachment "Invented by Donald Read" at a pond. The hunter holds a bullfrog in one hand and the trigger attachment in the other as the dog is aimed at a frog in the water. A farmhouse is visible in the background., Contains several lines of advertising text promoting "Scientific American" "the oldest, largest, cheapest, and the best weekly illustrated paper devoted to Engineering, Mechanics, Chemistry, New Inventions, Science and Industrial Progress, published in the United States" on recto. Text describes the depth of the engravings, subscription prices, and benefits of a subscription., Contains calendar for year 1875 and several lines of advertising text promoting "Patents, Munn & Co. Established 1846" on verso. Text solicits for inventor's patents, notes "special notices" in "Scientific American," and advises the attainment of their pamphlet detailing patent laws., 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: [1874]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Calendars [P.2011.10.168]

Title: A.W. Stevens & Sons, manufacturers & patentees, Auburn, New York. The new Stevens spring tooth harrow
Description: Fold-out flier containing two illustrations, including a cover image. Cover image shows two fashionably dressed girls seated in a goat carriage. One girl holds a muff. Other image depicts captioned scenes comparing and contrasting farmers using and not using a "Stevens Arch-Frame Harrow." Scenes separated by a pictorial detail of shrubbery and stones. In the left, a strident farmer follows behind his buoyant horse team pulling a Stevens Harrow over an area of stones "and fears no snag." A dog romps besides the horses. In the right, a hunched "old-fashioned" farmer realigns his "straight frame harrow" entwined with old growth behind his haggard horse team. A dog crouches away from the scene where the "Farmers' Dismal Song is 'That's the Harrow my Back to Break.'" The Stevens firm, established in 1842 by A.W. Stevens, was renamed A.W. Stevens & Son in 1870. The firm operated under that name until 1898., For Sale By, [signed in pencil] Mory., Several lines of advertising text printed on verso. Text promotes and explicates the success, design, patents, and ordering of the "All Steel, Arched Frame" Stevens Spring Tooth Harrow., 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. 1888]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Miscellaneous [P.2011.10.175]

Title: Toki o cigarettes
Description: Textiles from a series of premium tobacco silks containing half-length portraits of prominent Native American chiefs. Depicts Chief Joseph; Many Horns; and White Shield. All are shown with feather head pieces. White Shield wears a large cross. Chief Joseph silk numbered "20.", Printed above images: Factory No. 649, First Dist., N.Y., Printed in lower right corner of P.2011.10.176.1: 20., 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. 1910]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Miscellaneous [P.2011.10.176.1-3]

Title: Dausman Tobacco Company, St. Louis
Description: Pictorial envelope containing a trompe l'oeil vignette showing the head of a horse ripped through paper. The horse chews on a piece of wood. Henry Dausman operated a tobacco business as Dausman & Drummond 1873-1876 and Dausman & Drummond Tobacco Company circa 1876-circa 1879 and his retirement., Date inferred from name of firm., Addressed in manuscript to: D.T. Sample Jr., Washington, Pa., Contains ink-stamp postmark: Pittsburgh Jan 24, 7 PM and cancelled three-cent postage stamp printed in green ink and containing a profile portrait of George Washington., Printed below image: If not delivered in 10 days return to. Return To Johnson, Eagye, & Earl, Pittsburgh, Pa., Manuscript note on recto: Paid Mar 13, 1882., Accompanied by Johnson, Eagye, & Earl, wholesale grocers billhead completed in manuscript to D.T. Sample, Jr., dated January 23, 1882. Advertises "Special Brands of Tobacco," including "Horse Head." Charges listed include 2 boxes cheese, coffee, and cocoa for $29.41. "Paid Mar 13-82." [P.2011.20.77a], 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. 1878]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Envelopes [P.2011.10.77 & 77a]

Title: Making ends meet
Description: Trade card for the Philadelphia branch of the Singer Sewing Manufacturing Company containing a comic view showing a boy sewing the ends of two cat's tails together with a Singer sewing machine. Two other boys hold the horrified looking cats, while a dog sits near the machine. Singer Manufacturing Company relocated to 1202 Chestnut Street in 1882., Advertising text printed on verso: Principal Office of The Singer Manufacturing Company Removed to 1202 Chestnut Street. Genuine Singer Sewing Machines. At Low Prices For Cash., 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., For duplicate, see trade card - Singer [1975.F.865]
Date: [1882]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.59]

Title: Emerson, Smith & Co., L'td., saw manufacturers. Beaver Falls, Beaver County, Penn'a
Description: Pictorial envelope containing a trademarked vignette showing the "Damascus Temper" sword. The Emerson firm, established in 1830 by James E. Emerson, was renamed Emerson, Smith & Co. in 1877. The company was reorganized as a limited partnership in 1884., Date printed on recto., 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: [1886]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Envelopes [P.2011.10.79]

Title: To make good butter use Kerr's "Acme," 'Kerr's "Unexcelled," or Kerr's "F.F." salt for sale by Wm. Auchenbach & Sons, Pottstown Pa
Description: Advertising blotter containg an image of the champion race horse "Sunol, 2.081/4, B. M., by Electioneer, Dam Waxanna, by General Benton." Sunol, foaled in 1886, was a champion three-year old., 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. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.63]

Title: E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company. Wilmington, Del. U.S.A. Manufacturers of explosives of every kind. Established 1802
Description: Cut-out label containing a view of a gunboat. Also includes pictorial details depiciting cannons. The DuPont firm, the leading manufacturer of explosives in the United states through the 19th century, was the world's largest producer of explosives during World War I., REG. U.S. PAT. OFFICE. M. IND. RGTRDA. NUM. [8?]886. Nov. [12th?] 190[8?], 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. 1908]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Labels [P.2011.10.95]

Title: Ask for Bell Bros. Co.'s sheep-lined coats and ulsters. Manufactured by Bell Bro's Co. Dubuque, Ia
Description: Pictorial envelope containing an image of a bearded man attired in a heavy, sheep lined coat, cap, and gloves. The man also holds a lit pipe. Bell Bros. Company was incorporated in 1888., Title from advertising text., Addressed in manuscript to: Flancy & Co., Argusville, N.D., Contains on recto: ink-stamp postmark: Dubuque, Iowa Jul 1, 1902 7 PM and cancelled two-cent oval stamp printed in red ink and depicting the profile of George Washington., Contains on verso: ink-stamp postmark Argusville, N. Dak, Jul 2, 1902., Date inferred from postmarks., Printed upper left corner: After 10 days, return to Bell Bros. company, Cor. Fourth & Locust Street, DUBUQUE, IOWA., 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. 1902]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Envelopes [P.2011.10.71]

Title: Biddle Hardware Co., Philadelphia
Description: Pictorial envelope containing a vignette depicting an anvil marked with the name of the hardware firm., Title from printed return address., Date inferred from ink-stamp postmark: Philadelphia Apr 21, [18]88, 6 30 PM., Contains cancelled oval two-cent stamp printed in green and containing a profile portrait of George Washington., Printed upper left corner: Please return if not delivered within 10 days., Addressed in manuscript to: Cleveland Stone Co., Cleveland, Ohio., Contains on verso: ink-stamp postmark: Cleveland, O., Apr 23, 1888, 4 AM., 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., Cleveland Stone Company was founded by George H. Worthington in 1886.
Date: [ca. 1888]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Envelopes [P.2011.10.72]

Title: The Buick & Sherwood Mfg Co., manufacturers & dealers in sanitary specialties. Detroit, Mich
Description: Pictorial envelope containing a vignette bird's eye view showing the plumbing fixtures manufactory at "Cor. Champlain St. & Meldrum Ave."Street and pedestrian traffic, including a streetcar are visible in the foreground. Trains and surrounding cityscape are visible in the background. Buick & Sherwood was established circa 1884 with partners D.D. Buick and William Sherwood. The firm invented several plumbing innovations by the late 1880s and in 1899 was sold to Sanitary Manufacturing Company., Title from printed return address., Addressed in type to: Messrs. J.D. Johnson & Co., Philadelphia, Pa., Date inferred from ink-stamped postmark: Detroit, MI., Aug 22, [18]95 6 PM., Contains cancelled oval two-cents stamp printed in green and containing a profile portrait of George Washington., Printed upper left corner: In 5 Days Return To., Contains on verso: ink-stamp postmark: received Philadelphia, PA, Aug 24, 1895 5AM., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date: [ca. 1895]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Envelopes [P.2011.10.74]

Title: E. Andrews, manufacturer of saws, patent hooks and stirrups, patent taks, patent spring steel wood-saw frames
Description: Envelope containing pictorial details depicting different styles of hooks, saws, and taks surrounding the advertising text. The Andrews manufactory founded in 1860 was reorganized as E. Andrews & Sons in 1882., Title from printed return address., Contains ink-stamp postmark: Williamsport, PA Decd 23 7 PM and cancelled three-cent stamp printed in green ink and depicting George Washington in profile., Date inferred from stamp., Addressed in manuscript to: Miss Herr Rieker & Co., Salona, Pa., Printed above title: If not called for in 10 days return., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Envelopes [P.2011.10.70]

Title: Bo't of the Alford & Berkele Co. Manufacturers' agents & exporters guns, pistols, cutlery, plated ware, specialties in hardware, etc., etc. P.O. Box 2002. 77 Chambers Street
Description: Billhead containing a collage of hardware store merchandise, including a "Beaver Falls" pocket knife, silverware, and handgun. Alford & Berkele, originally a tool and cuttlery manufactory operated under Alonzo Alford, was incorporated in 1883. The firm dissolved circa 1901., List of twenty-five "(Specialties.) Goods of the following Manufactures:" printed to left of image. Includes A.M. Booth, pocket knives; Tinker & Hall, Little Giant rat traps; and Edgecomb Novelty Co., Printed above and below image: No allowance for damage or deficiency unless claim to be established within 5 days after receipt of goods. Terms: [Net Cash] With Exchange on N.Y., subject to Sight Draft at Maturity., Completed in manuscript to Mr. Lewis J. Macy, Pulaski, N.Y. on July 16, 1889 for 1 set ideal reloading tools 38 W.C.F. #4, 2.50. 25 @ 10%: 1.70., Inscribed in pencil on recto: Express. Paid by P.O. note., 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., Small section of bottom edge torn off.
Date: [ca. 1883]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.117]

Title: Cedar Hollow Lime Company. Depot 900 Jefferson Street
Description: Billhead containing a view of the lime-kilns captioned "Cedar Hollow. Chester County." Shows workers busy at work around the smoking kilns and flats of lime. Men labor in the quarry across from the kilns and haul lime by horse-drawn cart. The company established in 1855 was purchased by the Charles Warner Company in 1899., Completed in manuscript to Mr. Adam Waldner Bros. on June 29, 1885 for "1 Whole lime 19 1/2 Bus. Whole $1.00" -26 [cents]: $60., Manuscript note on recto: Augt 7/85 Received Payment, check by mail. Cedar Hollow Lime Co. Fm W.H. Laurie. Please accept our thanks!, Contains punched whole 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. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.128]

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. S. Stetter on December 31, 1852 for "Roll Sulph" for $21.93., Manuscript note on recto: Dear Sir: There is a small bill standing against you since Nov./51. It was sent twice but the first time it got lost, which no one could justly say was our fault, but as it is somewhat hard for one to bear thy whole loss we are willing to lose 1/4; if it is satisfactory. When we send things to taverns as directed they pass out of our care entirely, we are only responsible for getting them there safely., 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: [1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.124]

Title: H.W. Longfellow
Description: Cigar box label containing a bust-length portrait of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow partially framed in garland., Trade Mark., 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. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Labels [P.2011.10.111]

Title: Emblem
Description: Cigar box label showing an American eagle in flight and clutching a spear in the light of dawn. The dome of the U.S. Capitol is visible in the background., Letters of title depicted as feathers., 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. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Labels [P.2011.10.112]

Title: Mull a la Suisse
Description: Die-cut textile label containing the image of a ballet dancer, She stands on her pointed toes and with one arm curved over her head. She wears an ankle-length, full skirt, and broad-rimmed hat. Also contains pictorial details, including flowers and filigree., Embossed and inscribed in border: No. 10 Yds., 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. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Labels [P.2011.10.113]

Title: [Textile label depicting a dog spotting two ducks among tall grasses]
Description: Embossed and inscribed in border: No. 24 Yds., Die-cut., 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 - Labels [P.2011.10.114]

Title: [Billheads from Omaha, Nebraska businesses issued to Dr. Charles L. Heizmann]
Description: Includes billhead dated October 18, 1873 from Aschmann, piano maker and organ builder for tuning, repairing and moving a piano, and billhead dated January 28, 1874 from C.H. Frederick, fashionable hatter for a $16.50 hat. Frederick billhead includes vignette depicting the head of a tiger., Title supplied by cataloger., One of prints [P.2011.10.122] annotated: & Schaller [crossed out]., 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., Charles L. Heizmann was a U.S. Army surgeon who participated in the 1873 U.S. expedition for military defenses in northwestern Wyoming.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.121 & 122]

Title: The home of Grit, Williamsport, Pa
Description: Advertising postcard showing an exterior view of the front and side facade of the newspaper publishing offices purchased in 1891. Signage reading "Grit, America's Greatest Family Newspaper" adorns the building. Vinery climbs past the first floor windows and the landscaped lawn includes flowers spelling "Grit." Grit was founded in 1882 as the Saturday edition of the "Daily Sun and Banner" before the name was bought by Dietrick Lamade circa 1885. By 1900, the weekly circulation of the rural newspaper was 100,000., Split back., Stamped on verso: UNCO Trademark Registered., Advertising text printed on verso: The Home of Grit, "America's Greatest Family Newspaper," at Williamsport, Pa. is the largest building in the world exclusively occupied by a weekly newspaper. Grit is the largest, best illustrated and most complete Family Newspaper published. Grit is unlike any other newspaper, possessing many distinctive features and presenting contents so varied and plentiful that it interests every member of the household wherever located. Over 250,000 copies of Grit are circulated each week in over 12,000 cities, towns and villages throughout the United States., 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. 1910]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Miscellaneous [P.2011.10.182]

Title: Sunday Grit
Description: Die-cut trade card depicting a newsboy holding a Sunday Morning, December 6, 1885 edition of the family newspaper published in Williamsport, Pa. Central illustration depicts bust portraits of newspaper founder Dietrick Lamade and editor George W. Rianhard. Newsboy wears winter attire, including a scarf, and is covered with snow. Grit was founded in 1882 as the Saturday edition of the "Daily Sun and Banner" before the name was bought by Dietrick Lamade circa 1885., Marks in pencil on verso., 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: [1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Miscellaneous [P.2011.10.183]

Title: Callowhill Street Bridge, Philadelphia, Pa A series of 25 bridges packing in Honest Long Cut
Description: Cigarette card promoting the Honest Long Cut brand of the American Tobacco Company. Depicts a view of the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, also known as Spring Garden Street Bridge, built over the Schuylkill River from 1874-1875 by the Keystone Bridge Company after the designs of engineer Jacob H. Linville. Demolished in 1964. Bridge adorned with ornate ironwork, including lampposts and fencing., Title printed on recto and verso., 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. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.34]

Title: [Fold & find 18 changes metamorphic trade card promoting Water Lily Soap]
Description: Metamorphic trade card containing six bust-length portraits of three men and three woman with changeable upper and lower facial features. Female portraits depict a young, middle age, and older woman. The younger women wear hats and coats with collars. The older woman scowls and wears a bonnet and collared shirtwaist. Male portraits depict an older man, young gentleman, and gypsy figure. The older man is depicted bald-headed with a beard, in an undershirt, and frowning; the gentleman wears a top hat, cravat, and suit; and the gypsy figure is portrayed with a smirk, earring, and a Phrygian shaped red cap. Also contains several lines of advertising text, including "All my clothes are Lily white, Water Lily Soap maded them bright"; Water Lily Soap moves dirt & smell"; and "Alas I'm troubled, blue and sad, All other Soap but Water Lily's bad.", Title supplied by cataloger., Name of distributor printed on recto and verso: Joseph I. Keefe, General Agent. 35 South 2nd Street. Philadelphia, Pa., 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. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.34x]

Title: Myerstown Enterprise, Myerstown, Penna. Message by Mail. An angry message
Description: Advertisement blotter depicting a satiric, whimsical scene with two women and a life-size, stamped envelope. A woman gesturing in anger stands on one end, and another, attired in hat, coat, and bustled skirt, stands and looks taken aback on the other. Also contains rates for the "Advertising Schedule of the Myerstown Enterprise, W. S. Uhrich, Publisher, Myerstown, Pa." printed on verso. Rates based on one to three weeks, one to six months, and one year and inches and column size range from $.50 to $80. Myerstown Enterprise was issued 1888-1919., Date inferred from clothing of figures depicted., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date: [ca. 1895]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.40]

Title: You cannot blot out...the fact that Louis Heilbron sells the best furniture, carpets, and bedding at most reasonable prices, at the largest furniture house in Reading, Pa. 838-840 Penn Street
Description: Advertisement blotter containing a genre scene showing a young girl pulling two boys, one holding an umbrella, in a wagon made from a crate., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date: [ca. 1895]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.31]

Title: McLaughlin's XXXX Coffee [paper doll] Best quality coffee on the market
Description: Includes cut-out paper doll figure "8" depicting a tiger and separate die cut costume, probably from the Chicago coffee company's "Mr. and Mrs. Whimsical Wild Animal" series. Costume design is a pink, mutton sleeve dress, with gold sash, and gloved hands holding a closed fan. McLaughlin Coffee, established in 1852, introduced lines of promotional paper dolls following the Columbian Exposition of 1893 and their discontinuation of trade cards., Instructions printed on verso of P.2011.10.37: To make figure stand, bend right foot forwar[d] and tail and left foot backward, thus forming as stand., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date: [ca. 1895]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.37 & 37a]

Title: Wallace & Sons, manufacturers of the eagle pin, superior to all others in quality and finish
Description: Label for the rolling metal and drawing wire manufactory showing an American eagle framed by an ornamented border. Border includes pictorial details depicting flowers and vinery. Wallace & Sons, a brass manufactory established in 1848 in Ansonia, Ct., operated until 1895., Printed on flaps: Perfect heads & points. Spring temper., 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. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Labels [P.2011.10.110]

Title: Oriental Print Works, Apponaug, R.I
Description: Textile label showing a scene in India. Shows a prince transported by elephant and attended by a guard armed with a sword and on horseback. A driver (mahout) rides on the neck of the elephant that is also guided by another man servant. Also shows a man smoking a hookah, an ox-driven carriage, and majestic, domed buildings. Alfred Reed and Albert Boit established the Oriental Print Works circa 1857 in Apponaug Village in Warwick, Rhode Island. The firm ceased operations in 1883., Printed and stamped on recto: No. Yds. 44., 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 - Labels [P.2011.10.107]

Title: Surveyor
Description: Cigar box label showing George Washington as a surveyor. Washington, carrying a transit over his shoulder, leads his horse from Mount Vernon., Printed below image: Title and Design Registered., Attributed to American Lithographic Company from proof print auctioned in 2008., 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. 1900]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Labels [P.2011.10.105]

Title: Forest
Description: Cigar box label showing a felled tree, in a forest, laying over a log and with an ax struck into it., 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. 1900]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Labels [P.2011.10.106]

Title: The F.G. Farnharm Brush Man'f'g Co. Manufacturers of shoe manufacturers, brass polishers & nickel platers' wheel brushes from 5 to 24 inches diameter. Glass cutters wheel, feeding up & swab brushes & flat glass cutters' wheel brushes. Lock box 642, Honesdale, Pa., U.S.A Brushes made to order
Description: Trade card containing a vignette image of Farnham's "Our 'Great Mogul' 14 to 24 inch Diam. patented" circular brush. Pictorial details also include filigree and banners., Names of incorporated firm's officers printed on recto: N. C. Farnham, Sec'y. F. C. Farnham, Pres.; F. G. Farnham, Treas.; F. G. Farnham, Mgr.; Thos. R. Thirsk, Supt., 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. 1900]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.24]

Title: With H. A. Bartlett & Co., Philadelphia & Boston
Description: Trade card promoting Bartlett's polishes, including "Pearl Blue," "Hub Blue," "No. 3 Blacking," and "No. 5 Blacking." Shows a driver, attired in a top hat and suit, operating a two-mule team wagon composed of tins of Bartlett's polish (for wheels) and an "Immense Stove Polish" bar (for the cab). The wagon also transports tins of polish., 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. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.25]

Title: Harrisburg Nail Works, Henry McCormick, treasurer Direct connections with W.U. telegraph lines. P.O. address, Harrisburg, Pa. Works at Fairview N.C.R.W
Description: Trade card containing a view of the works erected in 1810 along the Conodoguinet Creek. A boat travels on the creek. The mill was dismantled in the 1910s., "Regular Card of Extras on Nails, as adopted by Atlantic States Association of Nail Manufacturers, August 6th, 1874" and "Standard Lengths of Nails as fixed by National Association" printed on verso. Includes prices for common cut nails; cut spikes; fencing and sheathing; slating and barrel; flooring, casing, and box; finishing; and clinch or wrought., 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. 1874]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.28]

Title: H.D. Druckenmiller, dealer in musical instruments. Kutztown, Pa
Description: Trade card containing a view of the manufactory of C.G. Conn. Horse-drawn carts travel past the complex and over a neighboring bridge. Conn, the premier manufactory of band instruments, was established in 1874., Printed on recto: Compliments of C.G. Conn, Manufacturer of Band Instruments. Elkhart, Ind., 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. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.17]

Title: Berks Builders and Supply Co., Wyomissing, Pa. Manufacturers of all kinds of planning mill work Estimates cheerfully given. Quality and service. If it is in wood, we make it. No job too big. No job too small
Description: Trade card containing a view of a stone tower with the additions of upper and lower wood verandas. Visitors stand on the verandas and a rail car passes in the foreground., List of "Reading Fire Alarm Boxes" printed on verso., 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. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.6]

Title: The Enterprise Mfg Co. of Pa. Philadelphia, Pa. U.S.A. Enterprise bone, shell, and corn mills
Description: Trade card distributed by hardware store proprietor W. G. Oestmann (5322 Germantown Avenue) containing views of "No. 650" (wall mounted) and "No. 750" (upright) grinding mills. Oestmann relocated to 5322 Germantown Avenue in 1895., Advertising text printed on verso: The Best General Mill You Can Buy. Enterprise Bone Shell and Corn Mills. Capacity, 1 1/4 bushels of corn per hour. Especially adapted for grinding Dry Bones, Shells, Corn, Roots, Bark, Grain, Chicken Feed, Salt, etc. These Mills will not grind "Green Bones." No. 650, $7.50. No. 750, $7.50. When desired we furnish these Mills with 12 x 3 in single ($4.50) or double ($9.00) Pulleys for power, Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date: [ca. 1895]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.21]

Title: Standard Manufacturing Co., Pittsburgh, Pa
Description: Pictorial envelope containing a vignette showing a claw foot tub on a tile floor. The firm etablished in 1875 by James Arrott and Francis Torrance, and John fleming consolidated into Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company in 1899., Date inferred from ink-stamp postmark: Allegheny June 19, [18]95, 6 30 PM., Addressed to J.D. Johnson Co., Phila, Pa., Contains an oval two-cent stamp printed in green and depicting a profile portrait of George Washington., Ink-stamp postmark on verso: Recevied Philadelphia June 30, 1895 6 30 A[M]., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date: [ca. 1895]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Envelopes [P.2011.10.90]

Title: Henry McShane Manufacturing Company, brass and iron founders and finishers. And proprietors of the McShane Bell Foundry, Phoenix Iron Works and Baltimore Sheet Metal Works Established 1856
Description: Pictorial envelope containing a bird's eye view and advertising text on the verso. View shows the McShane manufactory complex over two blocks at "415 to 441 North St." Also shows street traffic, including horse-drawn carts and an omnibus, and a train. Advertising text list the addresses of the foundry and branch houses and "Highest Awards for Church Bells and Chimes" awarded at fairs and exhibitions between 1873 and 1887, including the Centennial Exhibition 1876. The McShane firm, also known as the McShane Bell Foundry, operated under the name Henry McShane Manufacturing Company beginning circa 1891., Title from illustration on verso., Date inferred from ink-stamp postmarks on recto and verso: Baltimore, MD, Aug 15, 1893, 6 PM and Received Philadelphia, PA, Aug 16, 1893, 1 30 A[M]., Return address printed in upper left corner: REturn to Henry McShane Mfg. Co., 441 North St., Baltimore, Md. If not delivered within 5 days., Addressed in manuscript to: The J.D. Johnson Co., Plumber Supplies, 139-41 N. seventh St., Philadelphia, Pa., Contains on recto: cancelled two-cent stamp printed in green and depicting a profile portrait of George Washington., 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. 1893]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Envelopes [P.2011.10.83]

Title: [Solicitations to Pancoast F. Hoy, Schuylkill Haven, Pa.]
Description: Includes envelopes, a letter of solicitation, and an illustrated flier. Advertising firms include R. M. Connable & Co., "Sole Manufacturers of the "Hercules" Overalls, Coats and Shirts (Dayton, Ohio) and David Rupp, Proprietor of York Steam Soap Works (York, Pa.). Connable type-written solicitation promotes "Hercules" overalls and pants. Rupp flier promotes two "schemes," including when "You Buy 5 Boxes of Laundry Soap for $20.00 and get a Ladies Gold Watch Free" and "5 Boxes of our Well Known Family Favorite Soap at $3.60 Per Box (100--12 oz. Cakes) and one Show Case Free as per cut." Flier also includes vignettes showing a gold watch with ornamented case, "German Silver Case," "Show Case and Desk Combined," and a long German silver case., Title supplied by cataloger., Date range inferred from date on correspondence and stamps., Envelopes contain cancelled one-cent stamps printed in blue and depicting a profile portrait of Benjamin Franklin., 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., Pancoast Hoy, was proprietor of a premier dry goods store in Schuylkill Haven from circa 1875 to the early 20th century. He was a prolific and innovative advertiser of his store merchandise.
Date: [1890-ca. 1894]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Envelopes [P.2011.10.87 & 87a; P.2011.10.88 & 88a]

Title: C. H. Frederick, Omaha
Description: Pictorial envelope containing a vignette showing a top hat. Frederick established his hat business in 1871., Title from printed return address., Addressed in manuscript to: Dr. Chas. Heizmann, surgeon U.S. Ar[my?], Rawling Springs, [W. Va.?], Date inferred from stamp and year of the establishment of the business., Printed in left: If not called for within 10 days return to., Contains ink-stamp postmark: Omaha, Neb., Sep 24 and cancelled three-cent stamp printed in green and depicting a profile portrait of George Washington., Accompanied by letter completed in manuscript to Mr. C.H. Frederick, Omaha, Neb. from C.L. Heizmann, dated September 19, 1874 regarding "expedition prevented earlier attendace of this matter", i.e. payment of bill. Also contains response from "Fred" "O.k. much obliged, glad you got your scalp left." [P.2011.10.88a], Right edge removed., 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., Charles L. Heizmann was a U.S. Army surgeon who participated in the 1873 U.S. expedition for military defenses in northwestern Wyoming.
Date: [ca. 1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Envelopes [P.2011.10.80 & 80a]

Title: Lichten Bros., manufacturers of fine cigars, s.e. cor. 5th and Cherry Sts., Philada
Description: Pictorial envelope containing a scene titled "Little Champions" showing two boys, fists up, in a boxing ring. The children wear leggings and are surrounded by weights. Lichten Bros. was a partnership between prominent Philadelphia Jews Aaron and Moses H. Lichten, who died in 1897 and 1905, respectively., Title from printed return address., Date from ink-stamp postmark: Philadelphia, PA., May 4, 1888., Contains cancelled two-cent stamp printed in green and depicting a profile portrait of George Washington., Addressed in manuscript to: Mr. L.A. [Myers?] Jr., 69 W 126 St., New York City, Contains ink-stamp postmarks on verso: J 6-5-88 7A N.Y. and P.O.N.Y. 6-5-88 5A 41., 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. 1888]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Envelopes [P.2011.10.82]

Title: Vick's Illustrated Monthly Magazine, $1.25 a year. Floral guide 10cts. James Vick, seedman, Rochester, N.Y
Description: Pictorial envelope advertising the horticulture periodical established in 1878 by printer and horticulturist James Vick. Contains a vignette composed of ornate details framing advertising text. Details include flowers, vinery, and foliage. "Vick's Illustrated Monthly" was issued 1878-1909., Title from printed return of address., Addressed to H.D. Rohrer, Lancaster, Pa., Contains a one-cent stamp printed in blue and depicting a profile portrait of Benjamin Franklin cancelled with ink-stamp postmark: Rochester, N.Y.., Manuscript notes in pencil on verso. Notes refer to deliveries of flowers., 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. 1878]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Envelopes [P.2011.10.91]

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