National School of Elocution and Oratory. The senior class of the spring term in elocution request the pleasure of your company at the exercises of commencement week, Philadelphia, June 6th, 8th, 9th and 10th. Founded in 1873. Class of ’84. [graphic] / E.
Title
National School of Elocution and Oratory. The senior class of the spring term in elocution request the pleasure of your company at the exercises of commencement week, Philadelphia, June 6th, 8th, 9th and 10th. Founded in 1873. Class of ’84
Description
Printed invitation, containing a montage of imagery, including scenes and pictorial details, from the National School of Elocution and Oratory for the commencement ceremonies for the class of 1884 on June 6, 8-10, 1884 sent to Ferdinand J. Dreer. Imagery shows a circular-shaped vignette of ships sailing on the water above a ribbon detail. Holly leaves and berries and flowers surround the ribbon. To the upper right of the scene, an oil lamp rests on a stack of books and is bordered by details of leaves and flowers. Also includes a vignette on card stock depicting an ocean view with the sun on the horizon and a ribbon that reads, "Class of ’84," pasted in the bottom right. A yellow fabric bow adorns the top of the attached illustrated card. Ferdinand J. Dreer (1812-1902) was a Philadelphia goldsmith, jeweler, and autograph collector. The National School of Elocution and Oratory was founded in Philadelphia in 1873. In 1915, it was renamed the Shoemaker School of Speech and Drama. The school closed in the late 1930s., Title and date from item., Gift of David Doret, 2019., See related invitations to Ferdinand J. Dreer [P.2019.64.7-13; P.2019.64.15].
Creator
Wright, E.A. (Ernest A.), 1851-1912, engraver
Date
1884
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Ephemera [P.2019.64.14]
Hibernian Society for the Relief of Emigrants from Ireland [membership certificate] [graphic] / J. J. Barralet invet. et delt.; H. Houston sculpt.
Title
Hibernian Society for the Relief of Emigrants from Ireland [membership certificate]
Description
Membership certificate for the relief society, later the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, organized in Philadelphia in 1771. A large central oval contains an allegorical scene showing the classical figures of Hope, Columbia, and Concordia near a column marked "Hibernian Society." The women welcome immigrants disembarking from a sailing ship on long boats. Hope leans on an anchor; bare-breasted Columbia (i.e., United States) holds a shield; and Concordia, a bag of money in her hand and an Irish harp resting behind her, reaches out to an allegorical female arrival. An American eagle with a shield, and tools and symbols of agriculture and industry border the oval., Illustrated seal of the society blindstamped on recto., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from active dates of the artist and engraver., Signed by Hugh Holmes, president., Holmes, a founder of the society, served as its president 1800-1817., Gift of David Doret., Houston worked as a engraver in Philadelphia in the late 1790s.
Creator
Houston, H. H., engraver
Date
[ca. 1797]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Philadelphia certificates - Organizations [P.2006.28.12]
The Great fertilizer, Whann's raw bone super-phosphate. [graphic] / Walton, Whann & Co., manufacturers, 203 West Front Street, Wilmington, Del., 57 South Calvert Street, Baltimore, Md., 28 South Wharves, Philadelphia.
Title
The Great fertilizer, Whann's raw bone super-phosphate
Description
Depicts the Walton, Whann & Co. fertilizer manufactory in Wilmington, Delaware. Shows several brick buildings with smokestacks. In the foreground, two ships, a barge, and a small boat dock in front and travel down the river. Horse-drawn wagons arrive and leave the factory. Numerous workers walk, push wheelbarrows, and move boxes and barrels., Text printed below image: Walton, Whann & Co's works, Wilmington, Del., Text printed on recto: The unexampled results of this Great Fertilizer on Cotton, Corn, Wheat, Tobacco, and all other crops prove it to be the best and cheapest manure in the market. Made of pure raw bone, dissolved in sulphuric acid, guano, and salts of potash and soda, it contains every element needed by growing plants. No fertilizer has been more uniformly successful in all sections of the country. Descriptive pamphlets mailed free on application., Title from item., Date from the trade mark date: Trade mark patented, November 22d, 1870., Gift of David Doret, 2011.
Creator
Walton, Whann & Co.
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Advertisements - Walton [P.2011.45.22]