Series of illustrated trade cards depicting business cards for Frank Forney's dining rooms inset into sprigs of flowers., Prints contain "Bill of Fare" and prices printed on versos., 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 - Forney's [1975.F.323; 1975.F.335 & 336; 1975.F.342]
Illustrated trade card depicting a woman looking directly at the viewer with her hands clasped under her chin. Below the portrait, a spray of flowers surmounts the scroll inscribed with the title., 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 - New [1975.F.807]
Illustrated trade card promoting J.J. Fullerton's restaurant depicting small vignettes of a bird and a turtle., 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 - Fullerton [(2)5786.F.194j]
Illustrated trade cards depicting an eagle with a ribbon in its beak and laurel wreath in its talons surmounting an American shield. P.A. Marshall operated a restaurant and hotel from 243 North Fourth Street in Philadelphia between 1860 and 1864., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Marshall [(2)5786.F.117e & (2)5786.F.170c]
Series of illustrated trade cards depicting sprays of flowers and butterflies., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [1975.F.997] contains advertising text printed on verso: Wanamaker's ladies' and gents' dining rooms, No. 42 N. 8th Street, No. 823 Market Street, No. 42 S. 2d Street, and Del. Ave. & Spruce St., Philadelphia. George W. Wanamaker, proprietor., One print [1975.F.1007] contains calendar for 1881 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-ca. 1885]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Wanamaker's Dining [1975.F.949; 1975.F.969; 1975.F.983; 1975.F.992; 1975.F.997; 1975.F.1007]
Illustrated trade card depicting a frog near flowers in a decorative vase., 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 - Brotherton [1975.F.60]
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]
Series of illustrated trade cards depicting birds, nests, butterflies, and flowers., 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 - Defoney's [1975.F.247; 1975.F.275-276]
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]
Series of illustrated trade cards depicting various flowers; bread shaped into kipful, pinafore, twist, keyser semmel, Vienna ring, long Vienna, and short Vienna shapes; platters of fish and lobster on serving carts; a man driving a horse-drawn carriage made entirely of bread; and nets and oars partially obscured by a small landscape vignette depicting a tall rock formation., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers and engravers include Graf Brothers (Philadelphia), L. Prang & Co. (Boston), and McCalla & Stavely (Philadelphia)., Advertising text printed on versos promotes G. Byron Morse as a "baker of genuine Vienna bread, rolls, &c." and his "dining and ice cream parlors, fine and fancy cake depot" for weddings and private and social parties at 1312 Chestnut Street and 912 Arch Street in Philadelphia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[1876-ca. 1885]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Morse [1975.F.582; 1975.F.585 & 586; 1975.F.619; 1975.F.624; P.9777.1 & 2]
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]
Series of illustrated trade cards for Edward Patridge's dining rooms, established in 1862, at 15 North Eighth Street and 19 South Eighth Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict sprays of flowers, leaves, and acorns; two children attempting to capture a butterfly; a man in a clown suit carrying a bouquet of flowers walking by the light of the moon with a female companion; pottery adorned with cranes and Japanese imagery; and a woman selling produce to a man attired in Turkish clothing in a village near an establishment labeled "Partridge's cafe and dining rooms"., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers and engravers include E. Ketterlinus & Co. (Philadelphia)., Advertising text printed on versos promotes the cafe and dining rooms and lists specific products served including Christmas cakes, ice creams, water-ices, frozen fruits, oysters, roast turkey, chicken, beef, lamb, veal, coffee, tea, chocolate, strawberries and strawberry cream., 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 - Partridge's [1975.F.687; 1975.F.690; 1975.F.692 & 693; 1975.F.699 & 700; 1975.F.706; 1975.F.711; 1975.F.720a; P.9708.1; P.9798.4; P.9802.11; P.9810.4]
Illustration on recto depicts a bird's eye view of Lauber's restaurant on the Centennial grounds in West Fairmount Park in Philadelphia. Includes pedestrians and horse-drawn coaches in the foreground. 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., Left vignette on verso shows three buildings comprising the Philip J. Lauber liquor and restaurant business at 24-26 South Fifth Street. The buildings, adorned with signage, include left to right: "Ph. Lauber Beer & Ale"; "Ph. Lauber Importer of Wines"; and "Ph. Lauber Restaurant" (partial view). Image also shows heavy street and pedestrian traffic. Men congregate at the doorway of the wine shop at which a horse-drawn cart loaded with wine barrels departs. A carriage, horse-drawn dray, men on horseback, and pedestrians travel in the street. Lauber added a restaurant to his business on Fifth Street circa 1877. Right vignette on verso depicts cherubs eating grapes and drinking bottles of wine on a mantelpiece surrounded by vinery and greenery., 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 - Lauber [5758.F.11c]
