Wm. Idler, 109 South Eleventh Street, watchmaker & jeweler, over 20 years experience in repairing fine watches.
Title
Wm. Idler, 109 South Eleventh Street, watchmaker & jeweler, over 20 years experience in repairing fine watches Fans, jet, shell combs, and every description of jewelry and fancy articles a specialty
Description
Series of illustrated trade cards depicting business cards for William Idler's watch making and jewelry business surrounded by flowers and cherub figures., 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 - Idler [1975.F.457-460; 1975.F.463 & 464]
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, Honesd
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]
Indian Queen perfume. Bean & Brother, 47 & 49 North Second Street, Philadelphia.
Title
Indian Queen perfume. Bean & Brother, 47 & 49 North Second Street, Philadelphia
Description
Illustrated trade card depicting a Native American woman attired in traditional dress standing outside near flowering vines. She collects fluid dripping from a flower into a shell. Bean & Brother, a partnership between Lewis U. and George W. Bean, operated a drugstore from 47 & 49 North Second Street., 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 - Indian [1975.F.30]
[Household Sewing Machine trade cards]
Title
[Household Sewing Machine trade cards]
Description
Series of illustrated trade cards for the Household Sewing Machine Company in Providence, Rhode Island. Illustrations depicts various kinds of birds, flowers, bees and butterflies., Title supplied by cataloger., Several prints [P.9801.1-4] contain advertising text printed on versos for the household sewing machine for sale by H.H. McCargo, 1609 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia., Several prints [1975.F.406-409] contain advertising text printed on versos for the household sewing machine and N.D. Stoops & Co., general agents, 17 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia., 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 - Household [1975.F.406-409 & P.9801.1-4]
Use ideal cut plug.
Title
Use ideal cut plug
Description
Illustrated trade card depicting an informal portrait of a woman sitting and lounging in a rocking chair with her hands behind her head and her legs crossed., Advertising text printed on verso: Notice. Coupons for pipes will hereafter be found in every package of ideal cut plug and will received instead of the labels. To secure free a handsome brier pipe send twenty-four coupons to Arthur Hagen & Co., 63 North Front St., Philadelphia, Pa. W.B. Tunstall, 43 South Holliday Street, Baltimore, Md. S.W. Venable Tobacco Co., Petersburg, Va. Ideal is the cleanest and best chew or smoke., 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 - Ideal [P.9983.4]
The Enterprise Mfg Co. of Pa. Philadelphia, Pa. U.S.A. Enterprise bone, shell, and corn mills.
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]
[Harbach & Brother's trade cards]
Title
[Harbach & Brother's trade cards]
Description
Series of illustrated trade cards for Harbach & Brother's wholesale and retail printing and stationery shop at 36 North Eighth Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict a bust portrait of Benjamin Franklin and patriotic symbols printed in blue and red ink or embossed in the center of the trade cards, including flags, shields, eagles, cannons, bayonets, arrows, drums, cannon balls, swords, laurel wreaths and the liberty cap and pole. Harbach & Brothers were Philadelphia stationers and publishers of Civil War envelopes., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1860]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Harbach [5786.F.002 & 003; 5786.F.9k; (2)5786.F.177b; (3)5786.F.163j; P.9631.2; P.2006.1.18]
Standard Manufacturing Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.
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]
George B. Newton & Co., agents for the sale of Lehigh Valley Coal Co.'s coal. 329 Walnut Street, Philadelphia.
Title
George B. Newton & Co., agents for the sale of Lehigh Valley Coal Co.'s coal. 329 Walnut Street, Philadelphia Shipping pier, Camden, N.J. yards: 30th and Chestnut Streets, Frankford Road and Vienna St. ; Geo. B Newton. William Hill. Frank T. Patterson
Description
Names of coal mines are underlined in red ink and flank the central word "Coal": Jeddo, Highland, Spring Mount'n, Spring Brook, Packer, Continental, Logan, Centralia, Council Ridge, Middle Lehigh, Hazle Brook, and Wyoming Collieries., Stamped in purple ink on recto: F. Jay St. John., 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 - Newton [P.2006.20.30]
Niagara corn starch, Wesp, Lautz Bros. & Co., Buffalo, N.Y.
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]
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.
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]
Compliments of Lehman & Bolton, lithographers, printers, publishers. 715, 171, 719 Arch Street. Philadelphia.
Title
Compliments of Lehman & Bolton, lithographers, printers, publishers. 715, 171, 719 Arch Street. Philadelphia
Description
Advertisement calendar for the year 1885 containing a sentimental, genre scene. Shows a long-haired child, possibly a boy, attired in a collared dress, bow at the waist, knickers, a wide-brimmed hat adorned with flowers, socks, and shoes with straps. The child holds a bouquet of flowers in one hand and holds out a sprig in the other. Advertisement also contains pictorial details depicting fruits and vinery framing the image. The firm, established in 1873 by William H. Lehman and Mahlon Bolton, Jr. from Jacob Haehnlen's former establishment at Goldsmiths' Hall, specialized in commercial lithographs such as billheads, letterheads, and advertisements., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 122, 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.
Creator
Lehman & Bolton
Date
[1884]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department PRINt Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Calendars [P.2011.10.165]
[Advertisements for proprietary medicines marketed by Dr. A. Snyder, of Newville, Herkimer County, N.Y.]
Title
[Advertisements for proprietary medicines marketed by Dr. A. Snyder, of Newville, Herkimer County, N.Y.]
Description
Collection title devised by cataloger., Contents: [1] Death on worms!!! Dr. A. Snyder's Concentrated Oleaginous Extract of Red Cedar, New York : Wm. C. Bryant & Co., [between 1848 and 1852?], 1 sheet ([1] p.) -- [2] Death on worms! Dr. A. Snyder's Concentrated Oleaginous Extract of Red Cedar, 1 sheet ([1] p.) -- [3] Dr. A. Snyder's Electro-Magnetic Tooth Drop, 1 sheet ([1] p.)., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Snyder, A.
Date
[between 1848 and 1852?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Coll. Helfand Popular Medicine 111821.O (Helfand)
E.R. Smiley, pharmacist, N.W. cor. 12th & Jefferson, Philadelphia.
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]
[Advertisements for proprietary medicines marketed by W. Gilmore & Son, of Pavilion, N.Y.]
Title
[Advertisements for proprietary medicines marketed by W. Gilmore & Son, of Pavilion, N.Y.]
Description
Collection title devised by cataloger., Contents: [1] Neuralgia! If you are trouble with this distressing complaint, and wish for relief, try a box of Gilmore's Neuralgia Cure, [1875], 1 sheet ([2] p.) -- [2] Worth its weight in gold! Gilmore's Aromatic Wine, a new remedy for ladies, [1875], [4] p., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
W. Gilmore & Son
Date
[1875]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Coll. Helfand Popular Medicine 111798.O (Helfand)
For the world of sufferers. For warding off disease. For securing good health. To enjoy cheerful spirits, health, and happiness. Take Simmons Liver Regulator.
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]
"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.
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]
Star-braid and Fleisher's worsted yarns.
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]
Vacuum Harness Oil, renders everything soft and pliable. For sale here.
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]
Compliments of Hershey Baking Co., York, Pa.
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]
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.
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]
Compliments of E.M. Bruce & Co., general managers for the Estey Organ, 18 North 7th St., Phila.
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]
[Business stationery of Hall & Ruckel, importers and wholesale druggists, 218 & 220 Greenwich Street, New York]
Title
[Business stationery of Hall & Ruckel, importers and wholesale druggists, 218 & 220 Greenwich Street, New York]
Description
Includes billheads, a letterhead, and "Memorandum of Credit" containing ornate typography. Billheads also contain promotional text and lists of medicines that Hall & Ruckel serve as "Proprietors of" and "Agents for," including Van Buskirk's Sozodont and McAllister's All-Healing Ointment. Memorandum also contains a pictorial detail depicting a mortar and pestle. Hall & Ruckel, the partnership between William Henry Hall and John H. Ruckel, was established circa 1843. Ruckel left the firm in 1869 and Hall continued as proprietor until his death in 1893. The firm was sold to C. G. Bacon & Co. in 1894., Title supplied by cataloger., P.2011.46.153 printed on pink paper. Completed in manuscript to J. H. Athey , Holly Springs, Miss. on December 6, 1876 for several items, including Holman's Pads, Coleman Mustard, and Brown's Ginger for $26.52. Inscribed on recto: Your goods marked P & Mills Son with your name on the corner.", P.2011.46.154 completed in manuscript to Athey & Hill, Holly Spring, Miss. for [illegible] Paid on good for $1.91., P.2011.46.155 completed in manuscript on May 17, 1888 to Mr. J. N. Hegeman from Hall & Ruckel about remittance of thirty dollars for "initiation for and annual subscriptions to College of Pharmacy for Mr. H. Hall, Augustus H. Hall & N. J. I. Hall.", P.2011.46.156 completed in manuscript to Mess. Carriger and Roberts, Morristown, Tenn. on November 15, 1888 for "Allowance on Florida Water charged 1 doz. Toilet Water 4.00. Sent 1 [Doz.] Florida [ Water] " for $1.75., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1870-ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - H [P.2011.153-156]
[Billheads of George Walker, druggist, Hall's X Roads, Aberdeen, Md.]
Title
[Billheads of George Walker, druggist, Hall's X Roads, Aberdeen, Md.]
Description
Billheads illustrated with ornamented type and type ornaments, including decorative borders and frames. Frame detail surrounds text reading "Pure Drugs, Patent Medicines, Perfumery, Toilet & Fancy Articles, etc." Walker also advertised "Physicians Prescriptions and Family Recipes a Specialty.", Title supplied by cataloger., Printers include E. B. Read & Son, Prs., Baltimore., Completed in manuscript to Wm. M. Marine on June 16, 1886 for $15.00 and on May 19, 1887 for $2.55., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - W [P.2011.46.244 & 245]
[Business correspondence of Weeks & Potter, importers & jobbers of drugs and druggists sundries, Boston, Ma.]
Title
[Business correspondence of Weeks & Potter, importers & jobbers of drugs and druggists sundries, Boston, Ma.]
Description
Includes an illustrated billhead and advertisement. Billhead contains image captioned "Resurgam" and showing a phoenix rising from a mortar of flames marked "WP" in a cluster of clouds. Billhead also contains ornamented type and ornamental details. Advertisement depicts an exterior view of the Weeks & Potter four-story storefront. Signage adorns the buildings and merchandise is visible in the first floor display window and in those on the second floor. Building also adorned with a model of a phoenix rising from a mortar of flames and a flag with the name of the firm and mascot. Firm name on flag transposed in image. Advertisement promotes Weeks & Potter's flavoring extracts, home remedies, cologne, olive oil, wines, and toilet articles on verso. Weeks and Potter, the partnership between Andrew G. Weeks and Warren B. Potter established circa 1852 as dealers of patent medicine, began to manufacture their own medicines in the 1860s. In 1899, the firm was incorporated as Potter Drug & Chemical Corporation., Title supplied by cataloger., Billhead completed in manuscript to D. F. Saunders on February 24, 1885 for several items, including glycerine, "Pur. Panacea," and "Downes Elix." for $27.70., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - W [P.2011.46.246 & 247]
Bought of Max Zeller, importer & wholesale druggist, 37 Bowery.
Title
Bought of Max Zeller, importer & wholesale druggist, 37 Bowery Established 1856
Description
Billheads containing decorative lettering, cloud imagery, and a pictorial detail. Pictorial detail composed of a sheet of paper and text reading "Sole Agent for Ed. Loeflund & Co's Extract of Malt & Combinations. Liebig's Soluble Food. Pure Sterilized & Condensed Alpine milk Unsweetened Peptonized Kindermilch. Deutsche Gelatine Fabriken (German Gelatine Works)." Max Zeller's uncle Julius Zeller established the firm in 1856 at 51 Division Street. He removed the firm, the top U.S. importer of foreign herbs and roots, to 37 Bowery in 1885 and Max succeeded him in 1889. Max Zeller retired in 1901 and the firm was purchased by Britt, Loeffler & Weil (former employees of Julius) who relocated the business to 255 Canal Street., P.2011.46.268 completed in manuscript to Dr. H. C. Porter & Son, Towanda, Pa. on August 19, 1892 for several items, including soap bark crushed, peppermint, cuticura plaster, and Kennedy's Prairie Weed for $57.88. Also contains manuscript notes in pencil on recto related to price changes and payments received., P.2011.46.269 completed in manuscript to druggist H.A. Kerste, Schnectady on October 10, 1894 for talcum powder for $1.40., Henry A. Kerste, a Schenectady druggist established his own business when he purchased the E.L. Davis Pharmacy in 1889. He was known as a pioneer pharmacist for his dedication to the compounding of his own drugs, his efforts to communicate with his immigrant patrons, and his eschewal of a soda fountain., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Z [P.2011.46.268 & 269]
[Business stationery of Nichols & Harris, wholesale and retail druggists, New London, Ct.]
Title
[Business stationery of Nichols & Harris, wholesale and retail druggists, New London, Ct.]
Description
Includes two billheads and one receipt. Billheads contain ornamented type and ornamental details. Check contains the trademark of the firm depicting an eagle perched on a mortar & pestle. One billhead also contains a list of the medicines, including Nichol's toilet cream, for which Nichols & Harris serve as proprietor, as well as the "N&H" emblem as a cornice detail., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers include G. A. Smith, Steam Print, Lyme Ct., P.2011.46.202 & 203 completed in manuscript to W.N. Kirtland (& Co.) on December 17, 1878 for $3.25 and February 23, 1888 for $11.99. Items billed include family syringe, camphor gum, and cherry drops., P.2011.46.204 completed in manuscript on October 4, 1894 to C. L. Clark, signed Nichols & Harris for receipt of $86.36., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1870-ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection -N [P.2011.46.202-204]
Bought of Rodgers Brothers, wholesale druggists, and dealers in paints, oils & varnishes.
Title
Bought of Rodgers Brothers, wholesale druggists, and dealers in paints, oils & varnishes Thos. Rodgers. Jas. A. Rodgers
Description
Billheads containing a vignette view showing the exterior of the Knoxville storefront adorned in signage and with a model of a mortar and pestle on the roof. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including a horse-drawn carriage with driver., Date inferred from costume of female figure in vignette illustration., Completed in manuscript to J. B. McLin & Co, Rose Hill, Va. on November 24, [1875?] for $17.78 and March 30, 1878 for $.20. Billed items include "Balsam Cap," "Mustang Lin[iment]," Bluestone, and Camphor., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1875]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - R [P.2011.46.218-219]
[Collection of business correspondence of W. H. Schieffelin & Co., 170 and 172 William Street, New York]
Title
[Collection of business correspondence of W. H. Schieffelin & Co., 170 and 172 William Street, New York]
Description
Collection of business correspondence dated between August 23, 1879 and May 5, 1898, including form letters, stationery, blank forms, billheads, and a circular. Two of the billheads contain ornamented type, decorative lettering, and an allegorical view. View includes an inset of a medieval apothecary at work surrounded by scenes of transportation and trade. Scenes show a train traveling past a large bundle and barrels, and a man standing near a horse-drawn cart loaded with bundles near a wharf by which a steam ship and sailing ship are visible on the water. Items billed include "Eng Catheters asstd," Rhubarb Root, Cuttle Bone, "Jayne's Cough Pills," Ayer's Sarsaparilla, Dandelion Root German, Garfield Tea, "Box from Fowler Mfg & Novelty Co.," Best Tooth Brush, and Dodds Kidney Pills. Collection also contains the August 1885 promotional circular "W. H. Schieffelin & Co's Soluble Pills and Granules" illustrated with images of the exhibition medals awarded to the firm, including Gold Medal, Holland International Exhibition, 1883; Paris Exposition, 1878; First Award, Sydney, 1879; Medal of Superiority, American Institute, New York, 1879; and Silver Medal, Melbourne, 1880. Medal imagery includes allegorical female figures, portrait busts, and garlands. Other correspondence relates to an invoice of goods, receipt for goods, requests for circulars from college of Pharmacy, the incorrect "William N. Clark," and an erroneous shipment of diphtheria antitoxin., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers include American Bank Note Company New York., Correspondents include G. W. Aimar & Co., Charleston, S.C. (founded in 1852); O. J. Griffin; David Hayes; M. Berliner & Co., Carry, Pa.; A. W. L. Jackson; William N. Clark; H. J. Patterson; and Polk Miller Drug Co., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand., W.H. Schieffelin & Co. was originally founded by Effingham Lawrence in 1791. Lawrence sold the business to his brother-in-law Jacob Schieffelin and his brother John B. Lawrence in 1794 and it operated as Lawrence & Schieffelin until 1799 and the departure of Lawrence. Schieffelin continued in business and in 1805 entered into partnership with his son as Jacob Schieffelin & Son, which was reestablished in 1814 as H. H. Schieffelin & Co. following the retirement of Jacob. Henry H. retired in 1849 and his four sons assumed the firm, which became Schieffelin Brothers & Co. Between 1853 and 1859, Asher F. Randolph, John D. Dix, and William H. Schieffelin, William A. Gellatly and Joseph H. Westerfield also became partners in the business. In 1865, the four Schieffelin brothers retired and the firm became W.H. Schieffelin & Co. Schieffelin died in 1895 and William N. Clark, great-grandson of Jacob Schieffelin became president in 1895. The firm, which specialized in the manufacture of heavy chemicals and the distribution of synthetics, was incorporated as Schieffelin & Co. in 1903.
Date
[ca. 1870-ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - S [P.2011.46.220-228]
[Business stationery of Joseph M. Schmitt, pharmacist, dealer in drugs, medicines, chemicals, etc., 312 North Avenue, Rochester, N.Y.]
Title
[Business stationery of Joseph M. Schmitt, pharmacist, dealer in drugs, medicines, chemicals, etc., 312 North Avenue, Rochester, N.Y.]
Description
Billhead contains ornamented type and a detail composed of an ornamented frame surrounding the text "Pure Wines and Liquors (For Medical Purposes.) Patent Medicines, Trusses, Perfumery, Toilet and Fancy Articles, India Rubber Goods.", Title supplied by cataloger., Printers include Union & Adv. Co's Print., Date printed on P.2011.46.230 annotated from 188- to "189-.", P.2011.46.230 completed in manuscript to F. A. Peck, Grand Rapids, Michigan on April 17, 1890 for "To Medicine" for $3.60. Also contains manuscript note on recto: C.O.D. Paid [Illegible] Martin., P.2011.46.231 completed in manuscript on February 4, 1893 to F. A. Peck, Otselic, N.Y. from Joseph M. Schmitt about his order of medicine sent by National Express Co. because "it is imposible to send th[e] remedy by mail.", Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1880-ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - S [P.2011.46.229 & 230]
Bean & Stevenson, importers and wholesale druggists, store, 47 and 49 N. Second Street. Sole proprietors of angora, white lead, and color works! And royal spice mills.
Title
Bean & Stevenson, importers and wholesale druggists, store, 47 and 49 N. Second Street. Sole proprietors of angora, white lead, and color works! And royal spice mills L. U. Bean. H. A. Stevenson. Successors to Alex. Fullerton, Moyer & Hazard & Co. and Wetherill & Bro. Established 1822. Robert Barker, John Moore, Benj. V. Mein. Sole proprietors of the celebrated first national white lead and colors. Manufacturers and proprietors of Barker's Celebrated Vegetable Horse and Cattle Powder, and Barker's Nerve and Bone Liniment
Description
Illustrated letterheads containing ornate lettering, an ornament, and inset exterior view of the firm's building at 47-49 North Second Street. View shows the five-story building adorned in signage reading "Wetherill & Brother" and "Bean & Stevenson, Wholesale Druggists." Patrons stand in the doorway, pedestrians walk on the sidewalk, and a horse-drawn cart is unloaded in front of the storefront as another marked "Rogers" travels in the street., P.2011.46.12 completed in manuscript on September 17, 1873 to J. Smith Futhey Esq. from Bean & Stevenson about "keep[ing] away from said meeting" with "Josh" who owed the firm., P.2011.46.13 completed in manuscript on February 6, 1874 to J. Smith Futhey Esq. from Bean & Stevenson about "[they] will not be needed as Josh no doubt will take it out of count for arbatration [sic]...", Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand., John Smith Futhey, Chester County attorney, also co-authored The History of Chester County and served as a president of Penn Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Chester County.
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - B [P.2011.46.12 & 13]
[Business stationery of Caswell, Massey & Co., chemists & druggists, New York]
Title
[Business stationery of Caswell, Massey & Co., chemists & druggists, New York]
Description
Includes a prescription sheet used as stationery, a memorandum, and billhead containing type and ornate lettering and pictorial details. Details depict trademarks designed as coats of arms. Trademarks include animal figures, the neck of a flask, and the date of establishment: 1780. Caswell, Maswell & Co., established in 1752 by Dr. William Hunter of Newport, R.I., was assumed by his apprentice Charles Feke in 1780. The business originally an apothecary shop, started to specialize in personal care and hygiene products in the 1780s, and was reorganized as Caswell, Massey & Co. in 1876., Title supplied by cataloger., P.2011.46.30 completed in manuscript on December 19, 1883 to Mr. J. N. Hegeman, Secy., College of Pharmacy of City of New York, from Josiah B. Lawrence about enclosed payment of $10., P.2011.46.31 completed in manuscript to O. J. Griffin, College of Pharmacy of City of New York, on June 4, 1888 from W. M. Massey about "[his] committees not [being] able to devote any further time this year to soliciting ads.", P.2011.46.32 completed in manuscript to [The Hoffman Store?] on June 1, 1894 for "To 6 Bats? and Phosphates" for $2.25. Stamped Paid: June 16, 1894 Caswell, Massey & co. Per N.W. Emlee, 1121 Broadway., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1880-ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - C [P.2011.46.30-32]
[Billheads of C.J. Lincoln Co.,wholesale druggists, Little Rock, Arkansas]
Title
[Billheads of C.J. Lincoln Co.,wholesale druggists, Little Rock, Arkansas]
Description
Billheads containing ornamented and type lettering, a vignette view, and pictorial details for the firm established in 1834 and incorporated in 1889. View shows the exterior of the firm's building. Building includes a steeple. Pedestrians walk on the sidewalk and horse-drawn carriages and wagons travel in the street. Pictorial details include banners, ribbons, and star bursts. The firm established by R. L. Dodge was assumed by C. J. Lincoln circa 1865., Title supplied by cataloger., P.2011.46.33 completed in type to J. E. Chamberlain, Malvern, Arkansas on July 2, 1894 for several items, including alcohol, rubber tip crutches, and wormseed for $34.75. Also contains typed note: No 1 oz. Tin Bxs. to be had in the city. Ours we expect in daily., P.2011.46.34 completed in type to J. E. Chamberlain, Malvern, Arkansas on September 12, 1894 for several items, including Godfrey's Cordial, po. acecia, and bisulph. quinine for $3.55. Also contains typed note: Express., P.2011.46.35 P.2011.46.34 completed in type to J.E. Chamberlain, Malvern, Arkansas on August 14, 1895 for several items, including syrup of figs, oxalate cerium, and gum gambier & bag for $45.50., Printers include Frey Stationery Co., St. Louis, Mo. and Gazette, Little Rock., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - C [P.2011.46.33-35]
Nelson, Baker & Co., manufacturing pharmacists.
Title
Nelson, Baker & Co., manufacturing pharmacists
Description
Billheads used by Nelson, Baker & Co. salesman P. Nortoni containing ornamented type, pictorial details, and a vignette exterior view of the factory of the Detroit firm established in 1889. View also shows the building adorned with a smoke stack and a flag, a horse-team leaving the central entryway, and street and pedestrian traffic, including a horse-drawn carriage and omnibus. Pictorial details include clouds, sunbursts, and a banner., Printers include Calvert Lith. Co. and Detroit Litho. Co., Printed above images: Agents Not Authorized to Make Collections., P.2011.46.198 completed in type to H. F. Belanger, Esq., Houma, La. on April 28, 1897 for several items, including "American Condition Powd.," Ze-an, and "Wrappers Cod liver Oil" for $63.20. Stamped: Examined by [RSG]. Also contains manuscript note: Paid in full, Nelson Baker Co. P. Nortoni., P.2011.46.199 completed in type to H. F. Belanger, Esq., Houma, La. on August 19, 1897 for several items, including Elix. Alatris Co., Antiseptine, and Baby Soothing Syr. for $38.47. Stamped: Examined by [G], Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - N [P.2011.46.198 & 199]
[Billheads of William F. Nick, apothecary, dealer in drugs, medicines, and chemicals, Erie, Pa.]
Title
[Billheads of William F. Nick, apothecary, dealer in drugs, medicines, and chemicals, Erie, Pa.]
Description
Billheads containing vignette views showing the exterior of the multi-story storefront with mansard roof at "Scott's Block, Cor. 10th & State Sts." in Erie, Pa. One view also shows street traffic, including pedestrians and a horse-drawn carriage. Firm established in 1862 by William Nick and operated as William Nick & Sons 1866-1876 and Nick Brothers 1878-1882. Business re-established as William F. Nick in 1882., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers include Herald Print, Erie, Pa. and Photo Eng Co. N.Y., P.2011.46.200 completed in manuscript to W. S. Riblet, possibly Erie cabinetmaker William S. Riblet (1820-1893), on April 20, 1886 for "Mdse got in 1884 and 85 as in bills rendered" for $26.67., P.2011.46.201 completed in manuscript to Emil Luhse on May 7, 1890 for "Wall Paper & border" for $.90. Manuscript notes on recto: Received Payment, Wm. F. Nick; A.A. Beckermann or committee of F. E. B. Burrell., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1880-ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection -N [P.2011.46.200 & 201]
[Billheads of Houston Drug Company, druggists, Houston, Tx.]
Title
[Billheads of Houston Drug Company, druggists, Houston, Tx.]
Description
Billheads containing decorative type, ornamental and pictorial details, and a vignette exterior view of the firm's three-story storefront at the corner of Travis & Commerce Streets. Details include cloud imagery, sunbursts, flowers, filigree, the "I-X-L" remedies trademark, and a railroad track labeled with products sold and manufactured by the company. Products include Chill Cure, Cotton Marking Ink, Bird Seed, Nerve & Bone Liniment, and O.K. Headache Cure. Exterior view also shows pedestrians walking on the raised walk in front of the building at which horse-drawn wagons are being loaded and unloaded. Wagons also travel in the street., Title supplied by cataloger., Printed on rectos: Terms [60 days], Printed above the images: We do not Insure Delivery or Safe Carriage of Goods. They are at your Risk of Breakage and Transportation after Leaving our Store. Your Recourse is upon the Transportation Company. All Bills Payable in Houston Exchange or Its Equivalent., P.2011.46.165 completed in manuscript to druggist Jos. Tristram, Brenham, on February 2, 1897 for several items, including Seatts Emulsion, Syr. Figs, and Jayne's Expector. for $14.35., P.2011.46.166 completed in manuscript to druggist Jos. Tristram, Brenham on July 13, 1900 for several items, including Swamp Root, Oil Wormwood, and Hoofland's Tea for $22.88., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1890-1900]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - H [P.2011.46.165 & 166]
Bought of John L. Thompson, Sons & Co., wholesale druggists, and dealers in paints, oils, dye stuffs and window glass, nos. 159, 161 and 163 River Street.
Title
Bought of John L. Thompson, Sons & Co., wholesale druggists, and dealers in paints, oils, dye stuffs and window glass, nos. 159, 161 and 163 River Street
Description
Billheads containing ornamented type and ornamental and pictorial details. Details depict a mortar and pestle captioned "Established 1797" and banners, and flourishes. Proprietors listed on the billheads include John L. Thompson, David Cowee, J.I. Thompson, G.A. Thompson, and James F. Cowee. The firm, established by Dr. Samuel Gale, Jr. in 1797, became a partnership between Gale and John L. Thompson in 1821, and reincorporated as John L. Thomspon, Sons & Co. in 1851., Printed above image: Terms cash., P.2011.46.179 completed in manuscript to C. N. Williams, Elizabethtown on May 15, 1875 for several items, including bitters, camphor, aloe, mucilage, and Sudletz powder for $134.13. Inscribed on recto: Exp [?] to Westport. Printed on recto: Family Safety Oil., P.2011.46.180 completed in manuscript to C. N. Williams, Elizabethtown on January 16, 1884 for several items, including Bay Rum, Redders Pastile, milk magnesia, cocaine, vaginal syringe, and Hall's Balsam for $75.27. Stamped: Family Oil., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[1870-1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - J [P.2011.46.179 & 180]
[Business stationery of Geo. C. Goodwin & Co., patent medicine warehouse, Boston Ma.]
Title
[Business stationery of Geo. C. Goodwin & Co., patent medicine warehouse, Boston Ma.]
Description
Includes letterhead containing ornamented lettering and two billheads containing ornate lettering, pictorial details, and a decorative border. Details include the firm's trademark comprised of a patent medicine bottle, banner, laurels, and the text "Geo. C. Goodwin & Co. New England Patent Medicine Warehouse." Billheads also contain punch holes upper edge. Geo. C. Goodwin & Co., established in 1839, was incorporated into Eastern Drug Co. 1899-1900., Title supplied by cataloger., P.2011.46.148 completed in manuscript on June 7, 1865 from Geo. G. Goodwin & Co. to Mr. P. M. [Fuchs?], St. John, N.B. about a "gold draft for $300 net...passed to credit the amount four hundred and eight dollars." Contains cancelled two cent stamp depicting portrait of George Washington. Inscribed on verso: G. C. Goodwin & Co. June 7, 1865., P.2011.46.149 completed in type to Mr. S. D. Atwood on April 22, 1899 for several items, including Camphor, LaPage's glue, Hustena, and Warren's Troches for $27.56. Stamped: Received Payment June 12, 1899. Geo. Goodwin & Co. and signed Underhill., P.2011.46.150 completed in type to Mr. S. D. Atwood on June 7, 1899 for several items, including D. Dye, Electro Silicon, Burnett's Ext. Lemon, and Citric Acid for $21.18. Stamped: Received Payment August 23, 1899. Geo. Goodwin & Co. and signed By Underhill., Printed on rectos of P.2011.46.149 & 150: Net Insured against Breakage, Leakage, Loss or Damage of Any Kind; Sold by [ ]. Reg. No. [ ]. Order filled by No. [ ]; All Claims For Shortage Must Be Made Within 3 days After Receipt of Goods., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1860-ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - G [P.2011.46.148-150]
[Business stationery of Gerity Brothers, wholesale druggists, 126 Lake St. Cor. Carroll, Elmira, N.Y.
Title
[Business stationery of Gerity Brothers, wholesale druggists, 126 Lake St. Cor. Carroll, Elmira, N.Y
Description
Billhead and letterhead containing ornate lettering, pictorial and ornamental details, and a vignette view of the building of the firm established in 1847. Views show the three-story building adorned in signage and an American flag and with medicine bottles visible in the display windows. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn wagons and an omnibus. Omnibus in letterhead vignette marked 'Horse Head." Details include flowers, filigree, and a mortar and pestle. Gerity brothers, the firm originally operated by William S. Gerity (d. 1912) and Clayton R. Gerity (d.1897), was active until 1910., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers include Calvert Lith. Co. Detroit, Mich. and Milton & Johnson, N.Y., P.2011.46.151 completed in manuscript to J. P. Coles, Orwell, Pa. on January 12, 1889 for several items, including F.E. Ergot, Vaseline, Butter color, Hood's Sarspa. for $18.63. Inscribed in pencil on recto: Recd Pay Gerity Bros, 323.89. Stamped: Positively no allowance will be made unless reported within 5 days after receipt of bill. Inscribed on verso: Gerity Bros, Jan 12/89, Drugs, $18.63. ck #1642, March 23/89., P.2011.46.152 completed in manuscript on June 13, 1892 to Towanda, Pa. druggists Dr. H. C. Porter Son supplying a quote for four items, including "50 cases C.P. Glycemic M and R." Contains watermark and two punched holes upper center., Printed above image of P.2011.46.151: After shipping goods and obtaining a Receipt for them in "Good Order" our responsibility ceases and we can allow no claim for any damage or loss that may occur in Transportation., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - G [P.2011.46.151 & 152]
Thompson Black's Son & Co., tea dealers, n.w. corner Broad & Chestnut sts., Philada. [graphic].
Title
Thompson Black's Son & Co., tea dealers, n.w. corner Broad & Chestnut sts., Philada
Description
Trade card for the grocer and tea dealer illustrated with a scene showing an upper-class Chinese couple being served tea by a servant. The man and woman each hold a fan. Pagaodas, a bridge, and landscape are visible in the background., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
c1867
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.176c]
[Specimens album loose prints collection]
Title
[Specimens album loose prints collection]
Description
Collection of loose prints from a specimen album probably compiled by a printer once associated with the Philadelphia lithographic firm Stein and Jones. Contains chromolithographic art supplements and advertising specimens; proof sheets; checks, bank notes billheads, and receipts; trade cards and labels; vignette specimens; proof sheets; and illustrations. Businesses and trades represented include banks, manufacturers, and the textile industry. Collection also includes a proof of a trade catalog for gas pipe fittings; job work, including an 1877 broadside for an "Assessor's Registry of Voters" of a Philadelphia ward; an advertising print for the Walnut Street House (Cincinnati, Oh.); and a sheet music cover containing a landscape view., Title supplied by cataloger., Various printers, including Simeon Boerum; Ehrgott, Fobriger & Co.; Geo. S. Harris & Sons; J. Ottmann; and Wm. F. Murphy Sons., Originally part of Specimens Album [P.9349]., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1860-ca. 1898]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *albums (flat) [P.9349.275-472]
J. P. Buggy, palmoral [sic] skirts. Manufacturer.
Title
J. P. Buggy, palmoral [sic] skirts. Manufacturer
Description
Proof of textile label for the Philadelphia textile manufacturer Joseph P. Buggy showing a couple ice skating. The woman wears a balmoral skirt, overcoat, hat, and gloves. The man wears pants, a coat, scarf, hat, and gloves. Buggy established his manufactory at South Twenty-Fifth and Factory streets circa 1864., Printed below image: 144 x 45., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1864]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.153l]
J. P. Buggy, palmoral [sic] skirts. Manufacturer. [graphic].
Title
J. P. Buggy, palmoral [sic] skirts. Manufacturer
Description
Proof of textile label for the Philadelphia textile manufacturer Joseph P. Buggy showing a couple ice skating. The woman wears a balmoral skirt, overcoat, hat, and gloves. The man wears pants, a coat, scarf, hat, and gloves. Buggy established his manufactory at South Twenty-Fifth and Factory streets circa 1864., Printed below image: 144 x 45., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1864]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.153l]
Steel's Bay Printing Company [certificate] [graphic].
Title
Steel's Bay Printing Company [certificate]
Description
Stock certificate containing a view of the printing company in "Camden Co. New Jersey." View shows the factory building, including smokestacks and a tank, along a riverbank. Men in a rowboat and a sailboat are visible on the water in the foreground. Certificate also contains pictorial details deisgned as frames surrounding printed text and a space for a stamp. Details include flowers, scrolls, and filigree., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.237b]
Doct. Hoofland's celebrated German bitters, for the permanent cure of liver complaint, jaundice, dyspepsia, nervous debility, asthma, disease of the kidneys, and all diseases arising from a disordered liver or stomach
Title
Doct. Hoofland's celebrated German bitters, for the permanent cure of liver complaint, jaundice, dyspepsia, nervous debility, asthma, disease of the kidneys, and all diseases arising from a disordered liver or stomach Haupt Depot, German medicine store, 631 Arch St
Description
Label for the patent medicine showing a medieval scene in the wilderness. Depicts a medieval soldier leaning against a tree and his shield. An ax and club rest beneath him. The soldier wears a pony tail and chest plate. Also contains advertising text in German in the side borders. The bitters, named after the German physician Christoph Wilhem Hoofland (Hufeland), entered the United States market in the 1840s., Printed in lower border: Genuine Signed. C.M. Jackson. Philadelphia., Date of printing based on business address advertised., C. M. Jackson began marketing bitters in the United States about 1848. He operated from 418 Arch Street 1858-1859, and then 631 Arch Street. Jones & Evans assumed operations of the office and factory circa 1862., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[printed ca. 1861], c1848
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.190c]
Doct. Hoofland's celebrated German bitters, for the permanent cure of liver complaint, jaundice, dyspepsia, nervous debility, asthma, disease of the kidneys, and all diseases arising from a disordered liver or stomach [graphic] : Haupt Depot, German medic
Title
Doct. Hoofland's celebrated German bitters, for the permanent cure of liver complaint, jaundice, dyspepsia, nervous debility, asthma, disease of the kidneys, and all diseases arising from a disordered liver or stomach Haupt Depot, German medicine store, 631 Arch St
Description
Label for the patent medicine showing a medieval scene in the wilderness. Depicts a medieval soldier leaning against a tree and his shield. An ax and club rest beneath him. The soldier wears a pony tail and chest plate. Also contains advertising text in German in the side borders. The bitters, named after the German physician Christoph Wilhem Hoofland (Hufeland), entered the United States market in the 1840s., Printed in lower border: Genuine Signed. C.M. Jackson. Philadelphia., Date of printing based on business address advertised., C. M. Jackson began marketing bitters in the United States about 1848. He operated from 418 Arch Street 1858-1859, and then 631 Arch Street. Jones & Evans assumed operations of the office and factory circa 1862., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[printed ca. 1861], c1848
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.190c]
Henry Disston & Sons, incorporated. Keystone, saw, tool, steel, & file works, Philadelphia, U.S.A.
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]
The secret out at last. Why Mrs. Brown has such a perfect figure.
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]
[Duryeas' Glen Cove Manufacturing Co. trade cards]
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]
[Duesseldorfer "Progress Brand," Indianapolis Brewing Co. trade card]
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]

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