Series of illustrated trade cards depicting children pulling on a thread of silk used as kite string; spools of silk labeled "Brainerd, Armstrong & Co."; a fairie; "good luck" horseshoe; silkworms; and butterflies., Title supplied by cataloger., Two prints [1975.F.88 and 1975.F.97] printed by the National Bureau of Engraving, Phila., Advertising text printed on rectos and versos promotes Brainerd & Armstrong Co. silk by offering a beautiful chromo card to buyers; announces the company's dyeing abilities; and suggests using the silk for good luck., Stamped on recto of one print [P.2006.20.50]: Sold by Wm. Menke & Bro., 804 Arch 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 - Brainerd [1975.F.88; 1975.F.97; P.2006.20.50]
Series of illustrated trade cards for Clark Thread Company's O.N.T. spool cotton. Illustrations depict children in various settings, including flying a kite with a thread from Clark's O.N.T. spool and a little girl fishing. Also shows a family walking with their dog on the sidewalk in front of a large advertisement for Clark's; a mother sewing buttons onto her daughter's coat; and a mother using a Clark's spool thread to keep her walking toddler from falling., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers and engravers include Wemple & Kronheim (N.Y.) and Chas. Shields Sons' (N.Y.)., Two prints [1975.F.213 and 1975.F.879] contain advertising text printed on rectos and versos for Joseph H. Traeger's foreign and domestic dry goods store in Bethlehem, Pa., Two prints [1975.F.186 and 1975.F.190] contain six-month calendars on versos., One print [P.9988.2], die cut and shaped into a cylinder, contains advertising text for Clark's O.N.T. spool cotton on verso along with a distributor's stamp: Holm & McKay, 50, Worcester, Mass., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1883]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Clark's O.N.T. [1975.F.147; 1975.F.186; 1975.F.190; 1975.F.213; 1975.F.879; P.9988.2]
