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Title: This floral card was printed in 8 colors on the celebrated Model Printing Press, J.W. Daughaday & Co., mfrs., 721 Chestnut St., Phila
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting red and blue flowering plants., Advertising text printed on verso: This gorgeous card is a specimen of fine press work done on an ordinary Model Press. There are eight distinct colors and therefore eight separate impressions. A press which will do such work as this, is a safe one to buy for all kinds of printing. Every press sold absolutely guaranteed. J.W. Daughaday & Co., Mfrs., 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 - Daughaday [P.9728.3]

Title: "And then, the lover sighing like furnace."
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a man shaving in a bedroom in front of a bureau and a mirror with Dobbins' Electric Soap. Also shows a pair of pants hanging on the wall and a partial view of a bed. I.L. Cragin & Co. was formed in 1869 by Isaiah L. Cragin, his son Charles I. Cragin, and a Mr. Westcott and succeeded by Dobbins Soap M'f'g Co. ca. 1890., Contains a quote from Shakespeare's "As You Like It" and advertising text printed on verso: "And then, the lover; sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad made to his mistress' eye-brow; (continued on card No. 4)." The purchase by you of seven bars of Dobbins' Electric Soap, at one time, of any grocer, will secure for you gratis, this set of seven beautiful cards. Grocers certificate must by sent to us, as no grocers have the cards. If not above being taught by a man, use Dobbins' electric soap next wash day. No wash boiler, no rubbing board, no house full of steam, no trouble, no ill-temper. It will positively not injure the finest fabris, has been before the public for 15 years, on its own merits as the best soap in the world, and its sale doubles each year. Ask your grocer for it. I. L. Cragin & Co., 116 South 4th Street, Philadelphia, Chas. Shields' Sons, 20 & 22 Gold St., N.Y., 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 - Cragin [P.9875]

Title: Send for specimens of "orange blossom" and "rose" to Crider & Brother, York, Pa. Marriage certificates
Description: Illustrated trade card, possibly designed as an insert for the firm's photograph marriage certificates, depicting red roses tied together with a red ribbon. Founded as Kephart, Crider & Co. in 1866, the publishing business changed its name to Crider & Brother when S.L. Kephart left the firm. The publishing house sold their marriage certificates throughout the United States and internationally. The "orange blossom" certificate was copyrighted by David Crider in 1882., Date inferred from the copyright date of the "orange blossom" certificate., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of David Doret., Uncolored state held in the Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.13]., Digitized., See *GC - Certificates - Marriage [P.2007.36.1].
Date: [ca. 1882]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Crider [P.2005.24.1]

Title: Continental Clothing Company, 1618 Market Street, Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting two sailboats on a body of water in the foreground and the cityscape of a city, most likely Venice, in the background., Price list printed on verso., 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 - Continental [1975.F.205]

Title: If you want a cheap suit of clothing go to Commercial Clothing House, 822 Market St., Phila. Don't forget 822 Market Street
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting three anthropomorphic figures, including two flowers attacking a butterfly with spears., Price list printed on verso for men's pants and working suits., 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 - Commercial [1975.F.189]

Title: American brass bedsteads, all sizes and a variety of designs. John J. DeZouche & Co., S.E. corner Thirteenth and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia
Description: Brass forms a horizontal border along the top and bottom of the card. Card resembles a brass bedstead with vertical gilt lines extending the length of the card between the metal., Contains text printed on verso: By bending the brass up on the ends of card, you will have a miniature brass bestead. Bend carefully, and only once., 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 - DeZouche [1975.F.1017]

Title: Joseph M. Cohen, highest cash price paid for cast-off clothing. Call or address No. 1547 Callowhill Street, Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting roses wrapped in partially rolled up paper containing the title., 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 - Cohen [P.9730.3]

Title: Thos. P. Conard, 30th and Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia. Telephone 88, W.P Castings in iron and brass of every description in dry sand, green sand and loam, for machinists, railroads, chemical works, &c. First quality in materials and workmanship, and prompt and careful attention to orders guaranteed. Fine Babbitt metals a specialty
Description: Manuscript note on verso: Ask for H.R. Heyl, general manager., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Conard [P.2006.20.66]

Title: Conlen's, 712 Passyunk Avenue, furniture and carpets. (over) Puzzle card
Description: Illustrated puzzle trade card depicting a bucolic country scene with a cottage surrounded by a picket fence. The puzzle requires the viewer to find partially hidden figures including a man mounted on a horse, birds, elephants, and people walking, to name a few., Advertising text printed on verso: Conlen's, 712 Passyunk Ave. Cash or credit. Terms on furniture and carpets made to suit purchasers. Bed room suits from $15.00 to $150.00. Parlor suits from $20.00 to $250.00. Carpets from 25 c to $1.25 per yard. Everything in the way of household and wearing apparel sold on the same easy terms. Conlen'sm 712 Passyunk Ave. Open every evening., 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 - Conlen's [P.9940]

Title: [A.D. Curran & Co. trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards and bookmarks for the confectionery businesses operated by Arthur S. and John C. Curran, Jr. and Sigismund Leipzeiger at 1324 Chestnut Street and 475 North Fifth Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict flowers and birds and include the phrase, "compliments of the season"., Title supplied by cataloger., Four prints [1975.F.171; 1975.F.184a; 1975.F.197; 1975.F.217] printed and copyrighted 1878 by J.H. Bufford & Sons, Boston., One print [1975.F.150a] bears imprint below image: M. W. & Co. ; ent. sta. hall [entered at Statoners' Hall in London?]., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: c1878
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Curran [1975.F.150a; 1975.F.171; 1975.F.184a; 1975.F.197; 1975.F.217]

Title: Bulkley & Noblit, manufacturers of railroad, ship, boat and wharf spikes. Office & mill: Germantown Junction, Philadelphia. Tioga Rolling Mill & Spike Works
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting nails and spikes that form a border around the business name. Bulkley & Noblit founded the Tioga Rolling Mill at Seventeenth and Clearfield Streets in 1873., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Margaret Robinson., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Bulkley & Noblit [P.9349.315; P.9349.358]

Title: Compliments of Cain & Verner, 501 Market St. cor. 5th Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a baby grasping a rattle in a daisy-covered cradle. A butterfly hovers over the baby., Copyrighted 1881 by A.C. McQuhae., Publisher's monogram printed in lower right corner., Contains advertising text printed on verso: Compliments of Cain & Verner, 501 Market Street, corner 5th Avenue, Pittsburg, Pa., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Miriam Levy., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1881]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Cain [P.8666.3d]

Title: Chas. S. Carpenter & Co. N.E. corner of Franklin and Willow Streets, Philadelphia 1861. Eastern ice exclusively handsome article at moderate rates. Chas. R. Carpenter, John Glendening, Jos. M. Truman, Jr
Description: Print with gilt-stamped text on white paper with embossed floral border., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: 1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Carpenter [1975.F.136]

Title: Estey organs. E.M. Bruce & Co., 18 North Seventh St., Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a dog with a ball under its paw. E.M. Bruce & Co. relocated from 1308 Walnut Street to 18 North Seventh Street in Philadelphia in 1879., Manuscript note on verso: Samuel Gray, age -- 73 yrs., 2 mos., 12 days., Advertising text printed on verso: If you think of purchasing an organ, be sure to send for a catalogue and price list of the "Estey" first. These instruments are thoroughly reliable, have a world-wide reputation, and the prices are as low as any first-class organ can be made. E.M. Bruce & Co., 18 N. Seventh Street, Philadelphia.", Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William Helfand., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Bruce [P.9651.2]

Title: Geo. J. Burkhardt's Sons, cedar vat and tank factory, Nos. 2831-2839 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia Hot & cold dye tubs. For brewers, manufacturers, chemists, railroads, public and private buildings, &c. &c. Down town office:--No. 215 Chestnut Street
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a dye tub and a barrel., Contains advertising text listing various uses for the company's tubs, vats, wash boxes, percolators, drainers, generators, and receivers and provides directions to the Cedar Tank Factory and downtown office., 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 - Burkhardt [P.2006.20.4]

Title: [Chamberlin weather strips trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards featuring exterior views of buildings constructed with Chamberlin weather strips, including "Shriner's Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa.," "Gillingham & Hynes built terraces, Philadelphia, Pa.," and "Children's Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa." Trade cards also contain the names of the architects and contractors, including Phillip H. Johnson and Raymond A. Raff Co. (Shriner's Hospital, 1926); Gillingham & Hynes (terraces); and York & Sawyer (Pittsburgh, Pa.), E.P. Mellon (New York), and W. T. Grange Construction Co. (Pittsburgh's Children's Hospital). Views surrounded by ornate border and flanked by vignettes of Chamberlin products, including sill and side strips for sliding windows; interlocking center for in-opening casements; brass sill--outopening casements; Chamberlin at D.H. sill; interlocking equipment for outside transoms; and corrugation windows., Title supplied by cataloger., Playing card designs printed on versos., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1930]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Chamberlin [P.9450.6-8]

Title: Chambers, Bro. & Co., manufacturers of folding machines, also, machines that fold, paste and trim periodicals, 52d Street below Lancaster Avenue. Philadelphia. (Means of access, over.)
Description: Contains "Means of access" information printed on verso., 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 - Chambers [P.2002.67.11]

Title: Turquie. J. Chambers, real laces, No. 810 Arch Street, Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a woman attired in Turkish clothing, including a loose blouse, pantaloons, vest and jewelry. The Turkish flag and seal are visible above her head. Presumably part of a series depicting other countries., 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 - Chambers [1975.F.206]

Title: Norway
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting the flag of Norway., Advertising text printed on verso: L.A. Clinton, brush emporium. Clinton's celebrated brushes of every style and quality, 1806 Chestnut St., 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 - Clinton [1975.F.169]

Title: Edward Casperson, boot and shoe maker, No. 3647 Woodland Ave. (formerly Darby Road.)
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a man in medieval clothing, including a cloak, fur cap with a feather, tights, and sword, holds and inspects a skull in his right hand., Title, advertising text, and a list of street numbers divided into "North" and "South" columns are printed on verso., 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 - Casperson [P.2006.20.19]

Title: Thos. Brown, practical sanitary plumber, No. 221 S. 16th Street, Philad'a
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting the name of the plumbing business superimposed on an ornate mirror surmounted by a bust figure and a cherub holding a tassel and a laurel wreath., Advertising text printed on verso: Plumbing in all its branches. Special and personal attention is given to modernizing defective plumbing and drainage in city and country residences. Orders by mail will be promptly attended to. The best of references will be furnished if required., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized., Thomas Brown operated his plumbing business from 221 South Sixteenth Street in 1885.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Brown [1975.F.94]

Title: Compliments of Bartlett, 1033 Chestnut St., fine boots and shoes
Description: Illustrated trade card depicts a business card for Bartlett inset into a holly plant with red berries., Print contains advertising text on verso., 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 - Bartlett [1975.F.66]

Title: Benedict, Miller & Co., manufacturers of umbrellas and parasols, No. 39 North Sixth Street, Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting two girls, a blonde and a brunette. The blonde girl waves a fan and touches a perfume bottle, while the brunette watches with clasped hands., 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 - Benedict [1975.F.40]

Title: Broadbent & Phillips : photographers, 1206 Chestnut St., Philada A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Description: Illustrated trade card and holiday card depicting a woman attired in a red shawl and green dress holding a tray with a roasted turkey outside near a shop window labeled "baker". Includes a small bird standing at her feet and a vignette of mistletoe adjacent to the title., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized., Broadbent & Phillips, the partnership between Samuel Broadbent and Henry C. Phillips, operated from 1206 Chestnut Street beginning in 1869.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Broadbent & Phillips [P.9651.1]

Title: Samuel H. Bibighaus, importer and dealer in hardware, cutlery, steel, &c., No. 216 North Third Street, six doors above Race, Philadelphia
Description: Manuscript note on verso: Mr. Hamilton? Please let bearer of this have such brok? [illegible] he may select & oblige? [illegible] July 27/64., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Bibighaus [P.2006.20.26]

Title: Henry S. Bissex boots, shoes, and trunks, 3800 Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated trade card depicts flowers in a basket., 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 - Bissex [P.9798.2]

Title: [Branson & Bro. trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting a bucket labeled "2240 lbs. to the ton" filled with coal and a framed image labeled "1842-1882" of an old miner carrying a basket in his left hand and a shovel over his right shoulder. Branson & Bro.'s operated by David Branson and Jos. A. Wenderoth at 1118 Washington Avenue in Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloger., Printed on light blue paper., Advertising text printed on versos promotes Branson & Bro.'s coal, including "Old Hazleton" and "Lattimer" grades and guarantees customer satisfaction., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1882]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Branson [1975.F.82 and 1975.F.85]

Title: J.M. Armstrong, music typographer, music of every description electrotyped, 441 Chestnut St., Philadelphia What delight in music's power! It will calm or rouse the soul; we can hear it by the hour, yielding to its sweet control. Music is a holy language any one can understand; heart can speak to heart by music, even in a foreign land
Description: Advertising text printed in decorative banners on a solid blue background. The scale and words to the song "What delight is music's power" forms the border., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized., John M. Armstrong operated his music typography business from 441 Chestnut Street between 1875 and 1877. He was murdered while visiting Camden, N.J. in 1878.
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Armstrong [P.9850]

Title: [All Saints' Church, 12th & Fitzwater Streets] "The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the Lord, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring." Dear friend: the pleasure of your company is requested next Sunday, Sept. 21st, 1879, 10 1/2 o'clock, A.M. and 8 P.M., at the reopening of All Saints' Church, 12th & Fitzwater Streets. Yours truly, the vestry
Description: Invitation depicting an invitation illustrated with a small vignette of the church exterior tucked into a bouquet of lilies. All Saints' Church, founded in 1827, moved into its Twelfth Street building in 1846., Part of title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: 1879
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - All Saints' Church [1975.F.21]

Title: Arthars popular ice cream & dining rooms for ladies & gentlemen, 33 South Sixth St., 4 doors ab. Chestnut, Philadelphia Reasonable prices. Attentive waiters
Description: Illustrated trade card showing a swag of flowers and leaves., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1881]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Arthars [1975.F.8]

Title: J. Ashbrook, Jr. Successor to J. Ashbrook & Son, fine family groceries, S.W. cor. 2nd & Queen Sts., Philad'a
Description: Illustrated trade card showing a vignette of a rustic bridge spanning a stream inset into a larger scene of flowers., Numbered C-754 in lower left corner., Advertising text printed on recto., 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 - Ashbrook [P.9636.3]

Title: Auner's printing office, No. 110 North Tenth Street, above Arch, Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting Liberty draped in a star sash and skirt with a laurel wreath on her head. She raises her left arm and holds the American flag with her right hand., Gilt-stamped title., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Auner's [(2)5786.F.117a]

Title: The largest retail shoe store, Hallahan's, 35 & 37 North 8th Street, cor. Filbert
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a boy playing a guitar and serenading a girl. He kneels on one knee while playing and she holds a fan and leans in his direction on the cushion of a chair., Advertising text printed on verso: The largest retail shoe store, Hallahan's, nos. 35 & 37 North Eighth Street, cor. Filbert., 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 - Hallahan's [1975.F.439]

Title: Garber & Bro., Lehigh and Schuylkill coal, N.E. cor. Thirteenth & Noble Sts., Philadelphia Cannel coal for grates
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a stork, turkey, and flowering vines surrounding a scroll containing the name of the company. By 1880, Garber & Bro. included S. Jones, John M., and J. Lindley A. Garber., 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 - Garber [1975.F.389]

Title: Friedberger & Strouse, ribbons, silks, hats, feathers, &c., Nos. 113 and 115 North Eighth, and 733 Arch Street
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting two girls and a boy standing and sitting under vining plants. The boy, with a feathered cap in his left hand, offers a flower to a girl seated with a doll by her side, but she puts her hand up and refuses. Another girl stands on the other side of the boy with a similar flower in her hand., Copyright 1878 by L. Prang & Co. Boston U.S.A., Advertising text printed on verso: Friedberger & Strouse, the oldest established millinery house on Eighth Street, 113 & 115 North Eighth, and 733 Arch Sts., Philadelphia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: c1878
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Friedberger [1975.F.341]

Title: G.M. Loudenslager, dealek [sic] in cigars and tobacco, 480 North Third St., Philad'a
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a comic scene with two men and a dog on a wooden pier fishing in a lake. Another man swims in the water unseen by the fishermen and pulls their fishing lines toward the shore., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., See trade card - Bragg [P.9111.22] for similar illustration., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Loudenslager [1975.F.507]

Title: [Marks Bros. trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting a female Asian fairy figure with wings and chopsticks in her hair holding a fan and a flowering branch and butterflies encircling a plant in an urn with a geometric border. Marks Bros. was a partnership between William, Ferdinand and Emmanuel Marks., 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 - Marks [1975.F.587 & 1975.F.589]

Title: [Strawbridge & Clothier trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for Strawbridge & Clothier's dry goods store at Eighth and Market Streets in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict men riding in a horse-drawn carriage past a sign reading "The largest retail stock of dry goods. Strawbridge & Clothier, Eighth & Market Sts., Philada."; an old man seated with his cane watching a woman harvest wheat; a chef wearing an apron and chef's hat pulling on the neck of a duck; and a porter rushing off of a train to help a man carrying Strawbridge & Clothier packages. In 1861, Justus Strawbridge opened a dry goods store at the northwest corner of Market and Eighth streets. In 1868 another young Quaker, Isaac Clothier joined him and together they prospered selling good quality domestic and imported dry goods., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [1975.F.816] copyrighted 1878 by Strawbridge & Clothier., One print [1975.F.806] contains advertising text printed on verso: Philadelphia, Dec. 1880. With the compliments of the season we present this little Calendar for the coming year. Respectfully, Strawbridge & Clothier. Eighth and Market Sts., 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 - Strawbridge [1975.F.763; 1975.F.806; 1975.F.816; 1975.F.851]

Title: [John P. Twaddell trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for John P. Twaddell's fine shoe store at 1212 Market Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict a spray of flowers and children walking in a single file line with shoes on poles, one of them with a sign labeled "Solar Tip Brigade". One print [1975.F.841] contains the trademark of John Mundell & Co. printed on recto and verso and a vignette printed on verso showing a female cook dumping a large pot of gravy into a container with the description: "the cook is wasting her time, for the gravy runs out almost as fast as it runs in"., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [1975.F.841] printed by Craig, Finley & Co., 1020 Arch Street, Phila., One print [1975.F.841] contains advertising text printed on verso promoting Solar Tip Shoes as the shoes worn by one thousand boys at Girard College 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 - Twaddell [1975.F.841 & 1975.F.881]

Title: Mrs. Swasey, 340 N. Eighth St., Philada Trimmings, notions, hosiery and gloves a specialty
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a spray of flowers. Trimmings store owned by Georgiana Swasey, wife of Captain W.P. Swasey., 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 - Swasey [P.9798.3]

Title: Thos. N. Miller, fine cabinet ware & upholstery, 1005 Arch Street, Philadelphia
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting two exhibition buildings constructed for the Centennial Exhibition in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, including Agricultural Hall built after designs by James H. Windrim and Horticultural Hall built after designs by Henry Schwarzmann. Both scenes include horse-drawn carriages and pedestrian foot traffic in the foreground and are surrounded by decorative filigree. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Miller [P.9573.10 & 11]

Title: [Lorenzo Puccini trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for Puccini's fruit and wine shops at 1200 and 1408 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. One illustration, entitled "Exposition Univ'lle de Paris 1878" depicts part of an exhibition building from a lake. Spectators stand in an observatory gazebo in the foreground. The Paris World's Fair, also known as Exposition Universelle, was held in 1878. Other illustrations depict robed female muse figures holding musical instruments, including a lyre and a tambourine., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [1975.F.668] contains advertising text printed on verso: Lorenzo Puccini, importer of Italian, French & Spanish wines & produce, depôt for hot house fruit, 1408 Chestnut St., 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 - Puccini [1975.F.668; 1975.F.674 & 675]

Title: [Wanamaker & Brown trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting head portraits of men, women, and putti with bows and arrows flanking scrolls inscribed with titles and advertising text. Other imagery includes birds, butterflies, flowers and a four horse chariot. John Wanamaker and his brother-in-law Nathan Brown opened their clothing and dry goods store, Oak Hall, at Sixth and Market Streets in 1861., Title supplied by cataloger., Three prints [1975.F.942, 964 & 965] copyrighted 1878 by L. Prang & Co., Boston., Two prints contain advertising text printed on versos. One print [1975.F.948] provides historical information about Roman chariot races, which Wanamaker & Brown used as a symbol of their business. The other [1975.F.995] promotes mens' and boys' clothing and gentlemen's, youths' and boys' furnishing goods., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Wanamaker & Brown [1975.F.942; 1975.F.948; 1975.F.964 & 965; 1975.F.995]

Title: [John Wanamaker & Co. unidentified location trade cards]
Description: Series of three illustrated trade cards "compliments of John Wanamaker & Co." addressed "to the little folks" depicting pairs of well-dressed boys., Series of seventeen illustrated trade cards depicting flags facing right of various countries, including Liberia, France, Egypt, Paraguay, Great Britain, Turkey, Ecuador, Denmark, Poland, Bolivia, Portugal, Russia, Argentine Republic, Switzerland, Chili [sic], Peru, and Norway., Title supplied by cataloger., Three prints [1975.F.909, 923 & 938] printed by Chas. Shields' Sons, 20 & 22 Gold St., N.Y., 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 - John Wanamaker & Co. [1975.F.909; 1975.F.911-915; 1975.F.923; 1975.F.927-938; 1975.F.996]

Title: Kaufman's, 25 N. Eighth St., Philad'a
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards and bookmarks depicting fans, flowers, and butterflies., Advertising text printed on versos: A full line of gloves, black and colored fringes, gimps and ornaments, buttons, etc. Laces of all descriptions, Hamburg edgings, corsets, fancy goods, &c. No. 25 North Eighth Street, M. Kaufman., 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 - Kaufman [1975.F.467 & 468; 1975.F.471]

Title: Birds-eye view of the Centennial Buildings, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia Agricultural Hall, Horticultural Hall, Memorial Hall (or Art Gallery), Main Exhibition Building, Machinery Hall ; 1776-1876
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a bird's eye view of the Centennial Exhibition grounds in West Fairmount Park looking southeast, including Agricultural Hall, Horticultural Hall, Memorial Hall (or Art Gallery), Main Exhibition Building, Machinery Hall and the United States Government Building built after designs by Henry Pettit, Joseph M. Wilson, James H. Windrim, and Hermann J. Schwarzmann. Pedestrians stroll the landscaped grounds in the foreground. The cityscape of Philadelphia is visible in the background, including the covered Columbia Railroad Bridge (built 1834), the Pennsylvania Railway Connecting Bridge (built 1866-1867), the Girard Avenue Bridge (built 1873-1874), and the Spring Garden Street Bridge (built 1874-1875) spanning the Schuylkill River., Not in Wainwright., Copyrighted 1875 by Longacre & Co. in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C., Advertising text printed on verso: Paxson, Comfort & Co. manufacturers, importers, and jobbers of undertaker's supplies, and shrouding materials in dry-goods, trimmings & hardware, No. 231 Market Street, Philadelphia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 872, Longacre & Co., formed by Matthias R. Longacre and rotating partners, was active as a Philadelphia lithographic establishment at 30-32 South Seventh Street 1870-1879.
Date: c1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Paxson [P.9728.2]

Title: H.M.S. Pinafore, for the benefit of the Penna. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Friday afternoon, April 25, 1879
Description: Illustrated stock trade card depicting three putti standing and sitting near potted plants, flowers, and vines. The Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children was organized in November 1876 and chartered in January 1877., Advertising text on verso printed by McCalla & Stavely, prs., 237-9 Dock St., Phila., Advertising text printed on verso promotes the benefit performance of Sullivan & Gilbert's comic opera "Her Majesty's Ship Pinafore" and includes a list of characters and actors., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Creator: L. Prang & Co.
Date: c1878
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Pennsylvania [1975.F.349]

Title: [Dell & Joseph C. Noblit & Co. trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for Dell & Joseph C. Noblit & Co., importers and manufacturers of furniture covers and curtain materials, established in 1849. Illustrations depict a shield, laurel wreath and monogrammed "N"; an interior window dressed with drapes; and a spray of daisies, leaves and twigs entitled "Easter Greeting"., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers and engravers include Matthews & Co., 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 - Noblit [1975.F.223; 1975.F.253; 1975.F.260]

Title: John Mustin, Jr., S.E. cor. Arch & Seventh, Philad'a. Military yarns
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting patriotic imagery, including a sailor holding a sextant on the deck of a ship surrounded by an American flag, American shield, an eagle, a pile of cannonballs, and an anchor., 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 - Mustin [(2)5786.F.170b]

Title: [S.D. Sollers & Co. trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting flowers; two boys standing on a beach; one girl admiring another girl's shoes as they pass each other on a tree-lined path; and a band of men and women playing horns and drums., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [P.9642.4] copyrighted 1874 by Sollers & Co., One print [P.9651.23] copyrighted 1877 by Sollers & Co., Printers and engravers include Thomas Hunter., Advertising text printed on versos promotes Sollers & Co. shoes and slippers for ladies, misses and children. Includes small vignettes of medals awarded the company in Philadelphia in 1876 and in Paris in 1878 and the trademark design as it appears on the soles of their shoes., One print [1975.F.870] includes a calendar for 1880 printed on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1874-1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Sollers [1975.F.799; 1975.F.870; P.9642.4; P.9651.23]

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