The Moser & Lyon Co., manufacturing stationers, 216 S. Clinton St., Syracuse, N.Y.
Title
The Moser & Lyon Co., manufacturing stationers, 216 S. Clinton St., Syracuse, N.Y Showing how the reversible roll paper cutters can be placed under a counter or shelf. Read circular inside
Description
Pictorial envelope containing vignettes of paper cutters and advertising text on the recto and verso. Vignette on recto shows a reversible roll paper cutter under a "counter." A hand tears off a piece of paper from a large roll with the cutter blade. Vignettes on verso show "Roll Desk Tablet, the most convenient article of its kind ever manufactured"; "6 and 12 Inch no. 1 Reversible Cutter in Pyramid"; and "the Reversible with name on face of blade. Any name can be placed thereon." Each cutter contains a large roll of paper. Moser & Lyon entered the stationery trade in 1873 and consolidated into the stock corporation Moser & Lyon Co. in 1892., Title from printed return address., Addressed in manuscript to: Holden Bros., Turin, N.Y., Date inferred from ink-stamp postmark: Syracuse, N.Y. 1893., Contains cancelled two-cent stamp printed in red and depicting a profile portrait of George Washington., Printed on verso: Write Us For Prices. Read the Circular which is Inside this Envelope., Vignettes printed in red ink 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. 1893]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Envelopes [P.2011.10.85]
Carey, Bro. & Grevemeyer, 423 Market St., Philadelphia, booksellers, stationers and blank book manufacturers, paper curtains, oil shades and shading, floor and table oil cloth. Also, jobbers and manufacturers of wall paper.
Title
Carey, Bro. & Grevemeyer, 423 Market St., Philadelphia, booksellers, stationers and blank book manufacturers, paper curtains, oil shades and shading, floor and table oil cloth. Also, jobbers and manufacturers of wall paper
Description
Wall calendar with tear sheets. Mount contains a vignette showing the Carey Bro. & Grevemeyer wallpaper "Factory, 2228 to 2234 North 10th Street." View also shows street traffic, including horse-drawn carts and a locomotive. R. Davis and Theodore Carey and W.H. Grevemeyer partnered circa 1883 with a retail store on Market Street and a wall paper manufactory at North Tenth Street. The firm succeeded Hollowbrush & Carey, booksellers, stationers, and blank book manufacturers., Advertising text printed in borders: Orders by Mail promptly attended to. Blank books of all kinds Made to Order. Estimates furnished for Printing of all kinds., Bottom edge of each calendar page contains printed name of different types of products offered by the firm. Includes: Pocket Books and Satchels; Pocket Cutlery; Looking Glasses; Wrapping Paper, Paper Bags & Flour Sacks; Brushes of All Kinds; Paper and Oil Curtains; Table and Floor Oil Cloth; Store Shades made & Lettered to order; Photograph Frames & Albums; Bibles, Prayer and Hymn Books; Holiday Goods; and Almanacs and Diaries., Text on mount printed in blue and red., 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
[1883]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Calendars [P.2011.10.163]