Die-cut trade card shaped as a flower promoting the firm in operation under the name Krell-French 1896-1905. Card adorned with separate die-cut butterfly., Distributor's stamp on verso: H.C. Wagner Co. Pianos. 3425 Germantown Ave. Philadelphia., 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.2011.10.29]
Pictorial envelope containing a bird's eye view showing the organ and piano manufactory complex. View includes street and pedestrian traffic, including two trains and several railcars. Also shows surrounding buildings. Cornish & Co. was established circa 1880 and operated until circa 1922., Title from printed return address., Addressed in manuscript to: Post Master [stamped] Birchrunville, Chester Co., Penn., Contains cancelled one-cent stamp printed in blue ink and depicting Benjamin Franklin in profile., Numeric calculations in pencil on verso., 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. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Envelopes [P.2011.10.76]
