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Title: The Continental Filter Manufacturing Company, office--36 S. Fifth St., Philadelphia, Pa. Estimates made for filters of any desired capacity. Presented by [blank] J.E. Johnson, supt
Description: 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 - Continental [P.2006.20.20]

Title: Conway, gent's furnisher, 1602 South Street, Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a man wearing a conductor's cap asleep on a train with his mouth open and his head in his left hand. A suitcase with the name of the business superimposed onto the side sits on the floor next to him., 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 - Conway [P.9651.5]

Title: O. B. De Morat, photographer, No. 2 South Eighth St., Philadelphia
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting couples, including one on their wedding day and another under an umbrella in the rain., 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 - De Morat [P.9753.1-4]

Title: Sample of clown cards 4 designs, assorted colors. Published by Thos. S. Dando, 307 Walnut St., Philad'a
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting two clowns performing, one walking on stilts, the other balancing on his nose a long stick topped by a bowl. Thomas S. Dando operated from 307 Walnut Street until 1885. By 1886, Dando Printing and Publishing Co. succeeded Thomas S. Dando & Co. in the building formerly occupied by Drexel & Co. at 34 South Third Street., Contains advertising text printed on verso: Thos. S. Dando, steam-power printer, No. 307 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. Steamship, railroad and mercantile printing. Headings, cards, intricate ruling and fine work a specialty., 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 - Dando [P.9820]

Title: Colburn's Phila. mustard
Description: Illustrated die cut trade cards shaped into a dog and an owl with the label "Colburn's Phila. mustard" printed on the animals' collars. Connecticut-native Arthur T. Colburn began his spice business ca. 1856 in Philadelphia., Advertising text printed on versos: Colburn's Philadelphia mustard, king of condiments. Always reliable for table & medicinal uses. Flavor, pungency, strength, combined in perfection. Better than imported and cheaper. Saving 14 cts. per 1 lb. in duty. For sale by grocers & druggists in 1/4, 1/2, & 1 lb. cans. Full weight., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., One print [P.2009.5] gift of David Rowland., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Colburn's [1975.F.124; P.2009.5]

Title: The esthetic drive. 122 North Eighth Street, near Arch, common sense shoemaker, Sylvan Dalsimer, manager
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a couple riding in a cart drawn by a goat. Includes a dog running along side the goat, a peacock blocking the goat's path in the foreground, and a carousel in the distant background., Copyright 1882, Graf Bros., Advertising text printed on verso: For your common sense shoes go to the common sense shoemaker. 122 North Eighth St., near Arch. For your children's shoes, go to the common sense shoemaker., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized., Graf Brothers, the lithograph firm operated by German brothers Julius F. (b. 1846) and Charles L. Graf (1849-1900) in Philadelphia 1873-1970s, produced advertisements, trade cards, labels and maps.
Date: c1882
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Common [1975.F.231]

Title: Burdsall's ladies' and gents' ice cream, oyster and dining parlor, N.E. corner Thirteenth and Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting two boys, a squirrel, and a duck singing. One boy holds sheet music and the other boy plays a violin., 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 - Burdsall's [1975.F.95]

Title: Burger & Co. fine furniture manufacturers, N.W. cor. Eleventh & Market Sts
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting bedroom and parlor furniture, including beds, bed frames, backboards, bureaus, mirrors, arm chairs, and sofas. The style "Burger & Co." appears in 1881 city directories., Advertising text printed on versos: Burger & Co., manufacturers and dealers in fine furniture. All goods guaranteed. N.W. cor. of Eleventh and Market Streets, Philadelphia. Our plan of business: 1. We guarantee all goods to be perfect. 2. Will exchange all goods if not satisfactory. 3. No misrepresentation of goods. Special attention given to upholstery and drapery. Full assortment of bedding., 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 - Burger [1975.F.61; 1975.F.68]

Title: [Thos. Carstairs' trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting exterior views of exhibition buildings and grounds constructed for the Centennial Fair in West Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, including Machinery Hall, Main Exhibition Building, Horticultural Hall, Agricultural Hall, and Memorial Hall. Buildings designed by Henry Pettit, Joseph M. Wilson, Henry J. Schwarzmann and James H. Windrim. The Cenntenial, held in 1876, celebrated America’s one-hundredth anniversary of independence and showcased the strengths of the country’s industry, manufactures, agriculture, and art., Title supplied by cataloger., Advertising text printed on versos: Thos. Carstairs, fire and marine insurance broker, Harper's Agency, No. 329 Walnut Street., 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 - Carstairs [1975.F.121; 1975.F.138; 1975.F.142; 1975.F.148; 1975.F.184]

Title: Dr. Browning's C. & C. cordial. For coughs and colds
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a doctor checking the pulse of a sick man seated in an armchair and attired in a dressing gown and cap. A large bottle of medicine sits on a table next to the doctor., Advertising text printed on verso promotes Dr. Browning's C. & C. cordial for colds, asthmatic coughs, bronchitis croup, and for the relief of consumptives. Also promotes Dr. Browning's tonic and alternative, which "purifies the blood, enriches the blood, [and] improves the appetite." Also informs patrons of Browning's impending move from 1117 Arch Street to 1321 Arch Street after January 1st, 1881., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: 1880
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Browning's [1975.F.75]

Title: N. Bryan, electro gold and silver plating, 1113 Chestnut St., Philadelphia Repairing and replating a specialty
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting business cards inset into flowers with bumblebees., 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 - Bryan [1975.F.55 and 1975.F.112]

Title: Bush & Co.'s borax soap company, Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a boy sitting on a rock near a body of water playing with a model sailboat. Bush & Co. was operated by John V. and Van Camp Bush., Manuscript note on verso: Chester., Contains advertising text printed on verso: Always buy Bush & Co's improved borax soap, because it is made of the purest and best materials. It is the best laundry soap--making your clothes clean and sweet, with very little labor. It works equally well in hard or soft, or in salt water. It is a splendid luxury for the toilet or bath; wonderful in its beneficial action on the skin, equaling the imported castile soap. It is remarkably good for washing the head, cleansing the scalp and rendering the hair soft and glossy. It is the most economical, being sold at a reasonable price, and one cake will do as much work as two cakes of the ordinary, so-called cheap soaps. Ask your grocer for Bush & Co.'s borax soap and take no other., 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 - Bush [P.9651.3]

Title: J. & F. Cadmus, manufacturers and dealers in boots, shoes, trunks and bags, No. 734 Market Street, south side, one door below 8th St. Philadelphia
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting a sprig of flowers, birds perched on flowering tree branches, and ducks and ducklings in a pond., 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 - Cadmus [1975.F.72a; 1975.F.173-174]

Title: Wherefore art thou Romeo? (Romeo & Juliet.) Coe and Co., notions, trimmings, furnishing goods and dressmaking, 222 W. Main St., Norristown, Pa. G.H. Coe. J.C. Kulp
Description: Illustrated trade card and caricature depicting a lampoon of the balcony scene from William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," except Juliet is much larger than Romeo and cannot see him even though he is immediately below her., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of John H. Serembus., Digitized.
Date: c1883
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Coe [P.2005.30.1]

Title: [A. J. Chauveau trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for A.J. Chauveau's Philadelphia confectionery business at 110 South Eleventh Street. Illustrations depict a man courting a woman in Colonial garb in a garden; a boy and a monkey wearing the same style feathered hat sitting on top of a drum; and a vignette within an artist's palette depicting an idyllic coastal scene, including pedestrians, buildings, a docked sailboat, and a body of water., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [1975.F.211] copyrighted 1881 by J.H.H., One print [1975.F.211] die cut and shaped into an artist's palette., One print [1975.F.211] contains advertising text on verso: A.J. Chauveau, manufacturer of choice caramels and pure confections, 110 South Eleventh St., six doors below Chestnut, 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 - Chauveau [1975.F.151; 1975.F.153; 1975.F.211]

Title: [Geo. A. Castor trade cards]
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting business cards inset into flowers. Includes a bird and a butterfly., Includes advertising text printed on versos promoting clearance sales at Geo. A. Castor's tailoring business at 730 Chestnut 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 - Castor [1975.F.122; 1975.F.135; 1975.F.164]

Title: Andrew Beash, wagon and carriage painter, 4119 Market Street, West Philadelphia
Description: Trade card depicting a vignette of a calligraphic image of a bird., 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 - Beash [P.2006.20.62]

Title: Charles Brintzinghoffer, wholesale and retail brush manufacturer, No. 935 Market Street, Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a girl standing in the snow on the edge of a frozen pond bundled in a winter coat, hat, and tights, holding ice skates in her left hand. A duck flies away from a dog sitting next to the girl., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized., Graf Brothers, the lithograph firm operated by German brothers Julius F. (b. 1846) and Charles L. Graf (1849-1900) in Philadelphia 1873-1970s, produced advertisements, trade cards, labels and maps.
Date: c1882
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Brintzinghoffer [P.9724.1]

Title: Henry C. Blair's Sons, apothecaries, [8th and Walnut Sts.], Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting three robust children in a field. Two of them hoist a large can of "Blair's prepared wheat food" onto a log as the other sits nearby on a wooden fence eating with a bowl and spoon. Men toil in the field near a windmill in the background., Advertising text printed on recto and verso promotes "Blair's prepared wheat food. A nutritious diet for infants and invalids.", 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 - Blair [P.9925]

Title: William Boekel & Co., metal spinners and manufactr's of metal goods, 110 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia, Pa Wm. Boekel ; J. Boekel ; Steam atomizers, stethoscopes, hot air blow-pipes, blow pipes, bed warmers, spittoons, spring candlesticks, closet pans & cups, soil cups & grease boxes, sprinklers, tumbler bases, &c. Brass railings and fixtures for stores and store windows, to order
Description: Manuscript note in ink on verso: A.J. Holt, Manuscript note in pencil on verso: J. Potter, treas. Bush Electric Co., Cleveland, Ohio., 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 - Boekel [P.2006.20.28]

Title: Brennan, jeweler, 13 South Eighth St., Phila
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a beach scene with a large beached ship in the background. In the foreground, two women in bathing suits mischievously hold a magnifying glass over the back of an old man's head, concentrating the sun's rays and burning his head. He sits unaware, smoking a pipe with his back to them and grasping an empty net. Birds peck at the sand nearby., Copyrighted Ketterlinus, Philada., 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 - Brennan [1975.F.53]

Title: Washing Department. Brighton Laundry 6th & Race
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting women washing, drying, and folding clothes in Brighton Laundry's washroom at Sixth and Race Streets in Philadelphia. A man observes the work scene from the doorway., Advertising text printed on verso: Brighton Laundry, second season of our summer starch, will commence first week in May. Lewis G. Carr. 158 N. 6th St., Philadelphia., 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 - Brighton [P.9962]

Title: The great capadura has been, is now, and ever shall be the best 5 ct. cigar in the world
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a scantily-clad woman standing with her elbows propped on the back of an armchair in front an ornate drape., Advertising text printed on verso: The three champions! Capadura half dime, capadura de la reina, capadura olivette. Dealers only supplied by R.C. Brown & Co. New York. Branch, 601 and 603 Market 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 - R.C. Brown & Co. [1975.F.223a]

Title: Jas. T. Brady, packer. N.E. cor. 12th and Market Sts., Philadelphia Formerly packer at Steele Bros. China and glassware carefully packed for removing and shipping
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a woman attired in a large plumed hat pushing a young girl on a sleigh chair across the ice. The girl wears a hat similar to the woman's and warms her hands in a hand muff., 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 - Brady [1975.F.107]

Title: Walter W. Bragg, printer. Fine gift & bevel edged card a speciality [sic]
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 - Loudenslager [1975.F.507] for similar illustration., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Bragg [P.9111.22]

Title: Geo. W. Allen, hatter, 808 Chestnut St., Philadelphia
Description: Trade card illustration for hatter Geo. W. Allen depicts a decorative fan with an illustration of a boy and a girl holding and inspecting a bird's nest with eggs., 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 - Allen [P.9771.1]

Title: What's the matter with that ere dog?
Description: Illustrated stock trade card depicts a bear with a rifle behind a man that sits on the ground with his legs spread out before him. With a fork in his right hand and a meal in front of him, the man wonders why his dog runs away., Copyrighted Bufford, Boston., Advertising text printed on recto for Atlantic Clothing House, No. 204 North Second Street, Philadelphia, two doors above Race. Morris Salinger, proprietor., Manuscript note on verso: Chester., 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 - Atlantic [P.9577.17]

Title: [Bartholomay Brewing Co. trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for the brewing company based in Rochester, N.Y. Illustrations include the company's trademark vignette of a wheel with wings; a spider hanging from a web attached to a sprig of flowers; and a bird perched on a branch below a nest filled with eggs. Founded in 1852 and in operation until 1934, the brewing company was styled "Bartholomay Brewing Company" from 1874 to 1889., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers include Hofstetter Bros., Prints contain advertising text on rectos for Bartholomay Brewing Co.'s Stock Lager. One print [1975.F.35] also includes addresses for the office and depot of the Philadelphia branch., 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 - Bartholomay [1975.F.35 and 1975.F.81]

Title: The American, S.W. cor. Webb & Beach Avenues, Ocean Grove, N.J For terms, address R. Brown, Ocean Grove, N.J
Description: Trade card for The American, a hotel at the southwest corner of Webb and Beach Avenues in Ocean Grove, N.J., illustrated by a branch of roses., 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 - American [1975.F.12]

Title: [Hale, Kilburn & Co. trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards, one bookmark and one small pamphlet, for Hale, Kilburn & Co.'s furniture manufacturing establishment at 48 & 50 North Sixth Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict vignettes of furniture, including rocking chairs, mirrors, and folding beds; a bird's eye view of the company's factory complex at North Sixth and Filbert Streets; and a business card for the company tucked into a long-stemmed rose. Hale, Kilburn & Co. began manufacturing household furniture in 1873. The factory at 48 & 50 North Sixth Street was built in 1867., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [P.9803.2] printed by Samuel Loag., Advertising text promoting furniture manufactured by Hale, Kilburn & Co. printed on versos, including upholstery, parlor suits, chamber suits, chairs, tables, wardrobes, sideboards, champion folding bed and cribs, mirrors, and picture frames., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1875-1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Hale [1975.F.409a & P.9803.2]

Title: Compliments of R.C. Geddes, rubber goods, 316 Market St. & 716 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. Over
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a cherub riding on the back of a tortoise with a whip in mid-air on a flower-lined path., Advertising text printed on verso: Robert C. Geddes, wholesale & retail dealer in rubber goods & supplies. Wholesale agent for Gossamer Rubber Clothing Company, 316 Market Street & 716 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. We call especial attention of those wanting a good article of garden, lawn & hot-house hose, to our 3/4 3 ply red hose and white hose, which has no superior in the market--also to our patent triple steam, branch and fountain pipe, hose carriages, lawn sprinklers, etc. Globe lawn sprinklers, $1.25., 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 - Geddes [5786.F.354]

Title: The Gilbert Photo Co., Inc., 926 Chestnut St Gilbert's studio, 926 Chestnut Steet. Student discount card. Mr. [Herbert S. Kille] is entitled to a special discount of 33 1/3 per cent (from our regular prices) on all photographic work ordered at the time of presentation of this ticket at the studio. Retain this card during college term
Description: Illustrated trade card with the imprint for Gilbert's Studio in the upper left hand corner depicting a portrait within a shield surmounted by a rising sun and ribbons., Issued to Herbert S. Kille., Printed in blue ink., Manuscript note on recto: Walter Roberts., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized., Gift of Manuel Kean.
Date: [ca. 1900]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Gilbert [P.8734]

Title: [M.A. Fritsche trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting children and their pets, including dogs, chicks, birds, a goat, and a rabbit; a man and woman in Renaissance-era clothing; and women, cherubs, flowers, and fruit framing business cards and scrolls for M.A. Fritsche's jewelery business at 1320 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia., Six prints [1975.F.298-300 & 1975.F.315] copyrighted 1879 by Bufford, Boston., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1879]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Fritsche [1975.F.298-300; 1975.F.313-315; 1975.F.317 & 318; 1975.F.325; 1975.F.334; 1975.F.337 & 338; 1975.F.340; 1975.F.344]

Title: [John Wanamaker's Grand Depot trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for John Wanamaker's Grand Depot at Thirteenth and Market Streets in Philadelphia, opened in 1876 to cater to Centennial Exhibition crowds. Illustrations depict a butterfly; two children walking outside with their parents; a harp with the figure of a mermaid forming the column; a round pediment inscribed "Constitution" resting on three caryatids; yellow flag with two horizontal red stripes; exterior views of the Grand Depot with pedestrian and vehicular traffic in the foreground; a girl feeding birds; a girl eating a piece of fruit; head portraits of girls wearing bonnets; cranes standing in water; sprays of flowers; children and a dog gathered around a piano, one of them playing a flute; a Japanese man tripping two boys with spools of "Stafford braid"; and two men dueling with swords., Title supplied by cataloger., Two prints [1975.F.945 & 947] part of Wemple & Kronheim's Series No. 43., Two prints [1975.F.908 & 999] copyrighted 1877 by L. Prang & Co., Two prints [1975.F.945 & 947] copyrighted 1879 by Wemple & Kronheim, N.Y., Two prints [1975.F.985 & 986] copyrighted 1878 by L. Prang & Co., Boston., Printers and engravers include L. Prang & Co. (Boston), Wemple & Kronheim (New York), Donaldson Brothers (New York), S.C. Duval (Philadelphia), Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann (New York), and Marcus Ward & Co. (Belfast)., Eight prints contain advertising text printed on versos., Two prints contain calendars printed on verso, one [1975.F.922] for 1881 and the other [P.9577.12] for 1900., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1877-1900]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - John Wanamaker [1975.F.316; 1975.F.908; 1975.F.918; 1975.F.920-922; 1975.F.943; 1975.F.945; 1975.F.947; 1975.F.954; 1975.F.956; 1975.F.985 & 986; 1975.F.989; 1975.F.999; 1975.F.1005; 1975.F.1008; P.9577.12]

Title: [Charles F. Haseltine trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards and announcements for Charles F. Haseltine's art receptions and gallery at 1516 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations show a rowboat and sailboat on a body of water depicted from the interior of a building. Plants sit on a ledge and on the ground near a rectangular window in the foreground. Also depicts bust portraits of Albrecht Dürer and Leonardo Da Vinci; robed figures holding art symbols, including a protractor, art palette, paint brushes, and canvases; and a winged figure manipulating a four-horse chariot pulling the mythological figure Mars, also known as the Roman god of war., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [1975.F.423] printed on light blue paper., Invitations to view Charles F. Haseltine's art collections for the 1879-1880 season printed on verso. One print [1975.F.423] lists artists of artwork in his collections by nationality (i.e., French, Italian, German, Flemish, American) in columns on verso., Printers and engravers include John A. Lowell & Co. (Boston) and Jeremiah Rea (Philadelphia)., 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 - Haseltine [1975.F.408a & 1975.F.423]

Title: [S. Shoneman trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for Samuel Shoneman's "button house" and ladies' trimmings store at 101 South Eleventh Street, later 1018 Chestnut Street, in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict sprays of flowers; flowers in a vase; children carrying a potted flowering plant; a girl picking and smelling flowers; putti; a boy straddling a music stand containing sheet music and playing the violin or fiddle; a male figure attired in a hat and ruffled collar standing near a scythe and hourglass holding a hoop through which a frog leaps; and a view showing the treaty made at the village of Shackamaxon (i.e. Penn Treaty Park, Kensington) on the Delaware River. Penn, surrounded by his delegates, negotiates with the Delaware Indian chief near a giant elm tree. Crates of goods are sat upon and displayed by the English delegation. Also shows residences standing in the background., Title supplied by cataloger., Three prints contain advertising text printed on versos promoting various styles of buttons sold by Shoneman's "button house", along with various ladies trimmings, jewelry and fancy goods., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880-1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Shoneman [1975.F.691; 1975.F.698; 1975.F.798; 1975.F.850; 1975.F.852; 1975.F.862 & 863; P.9728.10]

Title: [Croft, Wilbur & Co. trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards promoting confectioners Croft, Wilbur & Co. and depicting children performing a variety of activities, including two white girls playing tug-of-war over a wrapped piece of candy; and boys and girls eating sweets, including a white boy eating a candy stick while holding his dog on a leash. Also shows flowers; a courting white boy and girl couple sitting on a log; two white boy clowns dancing, playing a drum, and strutting a homemade pitchfork; and a man in Colonial attire popping out of a large cracker or bon-bon and dumping candy to white woman who catches it in her skirt. Racist card depicting an African American boy, portrayed in caricature, and a white girl on a candy stick seesaw. In the left, shows the white girl attired in a large, white bonnet; a yellow dress with red polka dots; a blue and white checked smock; orange stockings; and brown shoes, sitting on a red and white striped candy stick. In the right, the barefooted African American boy, attired in an orange shirt and gray pants, sits on the other side of the candy see saw. The fulcrum is a piece of chocolate. Founded in Philadelphia in 1865 by Samuel Croft and Henry Oscar Wilbur, Croft, Wilbur & Co. divided into H.O. Wilbur & Sons and Croft and Allen in 1884., Title supplied by cataloger., Four prints printed by E. Ketterlinus & Co., Includes two prints [1975.F.120 and 1974.F.141] with advertising text printed on versos., Gift of Emily Phillips, 1883., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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 - Croft [1975.F.120; 1975.F.141; 1975.F.145; 1975.F.168; 1975.F.176; 1975.F.178; 1975.F.182a; 1975.F.196; 1975.F.210]

Title: [Edwin C. Burt trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting three chicks near a recently hatched egg and a boy lying belly down in the grass holding dandelion fluff in his right hand with flowers, a bird, and a bee surrounding him. Officially founded in 1860, Edwin C. Burt & Co. assigned its liabilities over to Thomas Cunningham in 1898., Contains advertising text printed on versos for shoe stores selling Edwin C. Burt & Co. products. Both contain the same "Caution" note: Please notice, genuine goods of Edwin C. Burt's make have his name stamped in full on lining and sole of each shoe, and are warranted. One print [1975.F.51] contains an imprint for John Parker, Jr. & Co. ladies' fine shoes, 20 South 8th Street and a calendar for 1881. The other print [P.9828.653a] contains an imprint for Baldwin, dealer in boots and shoes, Nos. 228 and 230 Northampton Street, Easton, Pa. and a vignette of various medals awarded to Edwin C. Burt, ranging from 1867 to 1878., Manuscript note on verso of one print [P.9828.653a]: Irene M. Hunt., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., One print [P.9828.653a] gift of William Helfand., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1881]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Burt [1975.F.51; P.9828.653a]

Title: F.P. Louderbough, graduate in pharmacy, cor. Tenth & Jefferson Sts. Philadelphia
Description: Trade card promoting pharmacist F.P. Louderbough and depicting racist caricatures of two Chinese men and a crane. In the left, shows the Chinese man, attired in a yellow robe with a red sash around the waist, standing and holding a pot by the handle in his right hand. To the right, the Chinese man, wearing a mustache and goatee and attired in a black hat, yellow robe, and a pink shirt with long sleeves, holds a bowl towards a crane. Decorative border surrounds the scene., Title from item., Dare inferred from content., Series no. on recto: 1700., Gift of William H. Helfand., RVCDC
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Patent Medicine Trade Card Collection - Pharmacists - Louderbough [P.9828.6373]

Title: F.P. Louderbough, graduate in pharmacy, cor. Tenth & Jefferson Sts. Philadelphia
Description: Trade card promoting pharmacist F.P. Louderbough and depicting racist caricatures of Japanese acrobats. Shows four barefooted, Japanese men, attired in red patterned kimonos, balancing, swinging, and flipping on two bamboo beams., Title from item., Dare inferred from content., Series no. on recto: 1700., Gift of William H. Helfand., RVCDC
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Patent Medicine Trade Card Collection - Pharmacists - Louderbough [P.9828.6374]

Title: W.F. Potteiger, druggist, N.W. corner Fourth and Spruce Streets, Reading, PA
Description: Trade card promoting pharmacist William F. Potteiger and depicting a white woman attired in a kimono, probably an actress in character from the opera The Mikado or, The town of Titipu, by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. Shows the woman wearing her hair up and decorated with fans and attired in a blue kimono with gold cranes, peach-colored obi, and purple skirt. She holds a peach-colored fan in her right hand and turns her head to the right with her left hand up. She stands on a fur rug., Title from item., Date inferred from active dates of the advertised business., Gift of William H. Helfand., RVCDC
Date: [ca. 1886]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Patent Medicine Trade Card Collection - Pharmacists - Potteiger [P.9828.6624]

Title: [Set of six African American caricature trade cards advertising Franz Aman, wine, liquor, and lager beer saloon, no. 727 North Second Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Set of racist trade cards, some captioned, depicting African American male and female caricatures and stereotypes. Figures portrayed with malproportioned facial features. Captioned cards include "A New Coon in Town" showing an African American dandy, with a cigarette in his mouth, and attired in a grey bowler, purple jacket with flower boutonnière, red stiff-collared shirt, blue checkered pants, and red socks accessorized with yellow gloves, a monocle, and an umbrella; "Bones" showing an African American minstrel performer, attired in a ruffled clown collared shirt and red jacket with tails while playing sticks above his head and side kicking; and "Did you see me" showing a comic African American male figure, holding his bowler in the air and with one foot extended toward the viewer ("Did you see me" written on the sole of his foot). Uncaptioned cards depict an African American minstrel figure, attired in a ruffled collared shirt, seated, and holding a tambourine on his knee (probably originally captioned 'I don't do this for a livin"); an older African American woman, attired in a bonnet, shawl, and apron, resembling a cook and smoking a pipe (probably originally captioned "Just like the old me"); and a curvaceous African American woman attired in a red hat, square neck, knee-length dress, sash, and red stockings while side stepping. Cards advertise the saloon operated by Franz Aman at the address listed 1886-1888, a period when "Coon" songs were a fad. The "Bones" and "Tambourine" figures were often a part of the standard first act of a three-act minstrel performance, Title supplied by cataloger., Two of the six cards contain slightly legible captions printed over with gold ink.
Date: [ca. 1886]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade cards - Aman [P.2014.26.1]

Title: Maison Doree, No. 8 South Broad Street, Philadelphia. W.A. Clawson
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting children at play, including two girls playing with a jack-in-the-box; two boys playing with a balloon and a dog; a boy playing a guitar and serenading a girl; and a boy and two girls dangling a cat toy on a string in front of their pet cat., Title from text printed on versos of three prints [1975.F.640-642]., 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 - Clawson [1975.F.638; 1975.F.640-642]

Title: [The Old Continental Clothing Manufacturing Company trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting two girls playing with a jack-in-the-box and a boy applying wallpaper while one toddler watches and another peers into a nearby bucket of adhesive., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers and engravers include Eckel, pr., cor. 19th and Market., One print [1975.F.187] tinted with blue ink and one print [P.9636.5] tinted with red ink., Advertising text printed on versos promotes the Old Continental Clothing Manufacturing Company's low prices and includes price lists., 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 - Old [1975.F.187 & P.9636.5]

Title: John T. Roberts & Bro., reliable coal dealers, 1825 and 1827 N. Tenth St., and Germantown
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting three miners working in a dimly lit coal mine. Each miner has a lamp at his feet and a light on his hard hat. The miner in the foreground swings his pick axe, while the man behind him takes a break and rests his weight on the axe., Seal on recto: Purest and hardest, Lehigh Coal., Manuscript note on verso: Bessie., 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 - Roberts [P.9724.2]

Title: Post 2, Philadelphia. Post 2, Boston
Description: Die-cut print shaped as a spike-top helmet adorned by a spread winged eagle with a shield on its chest, clutching arrows and laurel in its talons., Hole punch in upper section of print., "Post 2, Philadelphia" insignia printed on verso in light blue ink., 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 - Post [1975.F.689]

Title: Joseph L. Varnam, ladies' and gents' & children's boot & shoe maker, Bustleton, 23rd ward, Philad'a Fine custom work made to order. Repairing promptly attended to
Description: Racist trade card depicting an African American man, portrayed in caricature with an oversized head and exaggerated facial features, sitting on a chair and playing the cello. He is attired in bright, mismatched clothing, including a yellow hat, a red and white striped and collared shirt, a yellow bowtie, a blue jacket with tails, yellow and red striped pants, blue socks, and yellow and black shoes. Includes vignettes of a boot and a shoe printed on verso., Title from stamp on verso., Purchase 2001., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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 - Varnum [P.9984.1]

Title: [F.T. Howell & Co. trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for F.T. Howell & Co.'s paper hanging establishment at 1216 Chestnut Street and later Thirteenth and Chestnut Streets in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict Asian symbols, including fans, a paddle fan, bamboo, pottery, and cranes (one with a frog caught in its beak) and a witch with a broom in front of a full moon, witches flying on brooms in the distant background, snakes, rodents, an owl, and a castle atop a steep cliff. Includes geometric borders., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers and engravers include Theo. Leonhardt & Son and Craig Finley & Co., One print [1975.F.406] contains advertising text printed on verso: Antique drawings for the interior decoration of walls., 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 - Howell [1975.F.406a; 1975.F.412a & 1975.F.442]

Title: [H. N. Harbach trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for Horatio N. Harbach's stationery and frame business at 807 Filbert Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict flowers, dogs and holiday winter snow scenes, including Santa Claus wrapped in a blue blanket holding a Christmas tree and reindeer pulling Santa Claus in his toy-filled sleigh., Title supplied by cataloger., Two prints [1975.F.433 & 446] printed by Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann (New York)., 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 - Harbach [1975.F.429; 1975.F.433; 1975.F.446; P.9728.8]

Title: [Sooy's trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting sprays of flowers; a man smelling flowers while his female companion lies on her stomach in the grass nearby; a hunting scene labeled "Autumn" showing a dog and two boys walking, one of them with a rifle slung carelessly over his shoulder, which has just discharged and knocked the hat off of the boy behind him; and Santa Claus approaching a chimney with a sack of toys on his back. His reindeers and sleigh wait for him on the rooftops overlooking the skyline of the city., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [1975.F.827] contains trimmed "List of Streets of Philadelphia, North and South of Market St." printed on verso., 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 - Sooy [1975.F.761; 1975.F.776 & 777; 1975.F.785; 1975.F.811; 1975.F.827-829]

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