Trade card containing the image of a sparrow perched on a twig near a lady bug on a leaf. The seed company originally established in 1784 as David Landreth, was renamed David Landreth & Son in 1860., Advertising text on verso promotes "Prices Low. Catalogues Free," and the longevity, and extensive and first quality stock of the firm, including "Garden, Field & Flower Seeds, Agricultural Implements and Horticultural Tools.", 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
L. Prang & Co.
Date
1876
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.14]
Series of illustrated trade cards advertising fancy cakes, ice cream, and pastries for J. Peter Gohl's confectionery at 257 South Fifth Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict rustic landscapes including a cabin, castle, water mill, and pavillion and various animals and insects, including cattle, deer, a fox, grasshopper, dog, and stork. Also shows Santa Claus, or Saint Nicholas, looking through a book and standing in the snow with a large sack full of toys strapped to his back and a "good luck" horseshoe hanging from a ribbon., 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. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Gohl [1975.F.352; 1975.F.369; 1975.F.371-373; 1975.F.377-386]
