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Title: La. Berroth, stationery & fancy ornaments, No. 1212 Poplar St., Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a spray of flowers and a bird., 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 - Berroth [P.9802.8]

Title: Thomas Magee, stationer, cor. Second and Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a man hanging from a flagpole, gripping a hammer in his right hand. The Union flag faces right., 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 - Magee [(2)5786.F.120a]

Title: Dreka, 1121 Chestnut St., Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a fly and flowers in front of a framed landscape view of a sea and mountains., Contains calendar for 1882 printed on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: 1882
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Dreka [1975.F.244]

Title: Bind your own music, newspapers, pamphlets, pictures, documents, &c. Use adhesive binding tags and portfolios. Heyl's patent For sale by music dealers and stationers. H.R. Heyl & Co., sole manufacturers, No. 113 South Fourth St., Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Circular containing eight pages of text bound into a pamphlet using binding tags. Text details who should purchase the tags, including orchestras, bands, musical societies, choirs, editors, authors, teachers, ministers, druggists and physicians; how to adhere them by "rubbing them down with the thumbnail or something hard"; and other products sold by Heyl, including "extensible portfolios for music" and "firm back postfolios especially adopted to the new method of binding.", Title from front and back covers., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Heyl [P.2006.20.2]

Title: Strickland & Bro. booksellers & stationers, No. 529 S. Second Street, Philadelphia New style Union paper and envelopes to match, wholesale & retail
Description: Illustrated trade cards depicting an American flag facing right. Strickland & Brother, the partnership between George and Stephen Strickland, operated from 529 South Second Street between 1860 and 1862., 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 - Strickland [5786.F.9q & 5786.F.005]

Title: [Joseph P. Mickley trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated stock trade cards for Joseph P. Mickley's printing and stationery establishment at 1241 Vine Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict patriotic symbols, including American shields, flags, eagles, drums, cannons, cannon balls, laurel wreaths, spears, bayonets, liberty caps on poles, and lady Libery holding an American flag in her right arm while pointing and looking left., Title supplied by cataloger., 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 - Mickley [5786.F.001; 5786.F.004; 5786.F.10b]

Title: J.W. Miller, wholesale dealer in books, stationery & cigars, No. 439 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Illustrated stock trade card depicting a wallpapered interior with three children looking at a blackboard advertisement for J.W. Miller. An open book lies on the ground below the blackboard., Copyrighted 1880 by Bufford's Boston., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., For similar illustration see trade card - Atkinson & Bair [1975.F.3], Digitized.
Date: c1880
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Miller [1975.F.634]

Title: Vell here is to mine healt, long may I live and prosper! L. H. Rogers, booksellers & stationer and picture frame manufacturer, No. 317 DeKalb Street, Norristown, Pa
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting an older man raising a full mug of beer and toasting to his health., Advertising text printed on verso: Headquarters for holiday goods will be at L.H. Rogers, no. 17 DeKalb St., 3 doors ab. Main St., Norristown, Pa., 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: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Rogers [P.2005.30.2]

Title: J.A. Ladd & Son, booksellers and stationers. Holiday cards a specialty. 37 West Gay Street, West Chester, Pa
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a black cat with a pink ribbon tied into a bow around its neck., 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 - Ladd [P.9111.21]

Title: Whitmore's stationery and leathergoods are standard for style and quality
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a girl standing and holding a large piece of paper as a boy kneels on the ground in front of her and writes on the paper with a quill pen. Includes an inkstand and quill pen on the table behind them., Advertising text printed on verso: Whitmore's fine stationery and leather goods of superior quality for sale by all first class stationers & booksellers. Paper & envelopes for fashionable correspondence, visiting cards, wedding and party invitations, ball programmes, menu and dinner cards in the correct fashionable sizes, shapes and tints and of finest quality. Leather fancy goods in great variety of novel designs for wedding, birthday and holliday gifts. James D. Whitmore & Co., 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 - Whitmore [1975.F.944]

Title: E.L. Whitney, bookseller and stationer, Milton, Vt
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a woman standing and reading a book on a path that leads to a dwelling in the background., Advertising text printed on verso: E.L. Whitney's book & stationery store and bazaar, the greatest assortment, the finest qualities, and the lowest prices. Hundreds of articles for nice presents and hundreds of things useful every day. Special effort made to please. Picture frames a specialty. Subscriptions take for any paper or periodical published. Also subscription agency for the best illustrated family Bible. The latest, best, and cheapest Cyclopedia, and other first class books. Milton, Vt., Apr. 1st. 1884., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Whitney [P.9111.1]

Title: Go to the West Philadelphia Card Depot, 3718 Market St., for chromo cards by set, 100 or 1000
Description: Illustrated trade carding depicting a bouquet of flowers in a vase., Advertising text printed on verso: Go to the West Philadelphia Card Depot, 3718 Market Street, for chromo cards, by set, 100 or 1,000 at lowest prices. School supplies, stationery, etc., etc. Printing press and outfit with script type as low as $2.50., 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 - West [P.9728.15]

Title: [Harbach & Brother's trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for Harbach & Brother's wholesale and retail printing and stationery shop at 36 North Eighth Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict a bust portrait of Benjamin Franklin and patriotic symbols printed in blue and red ink or embossed in the center of the trade cards, including flags, shields, eagles, cannons, bayonets, arrows, drums, cannon balls, swords, laurel wreaths and the liberty cap and pole. Harbach & Brothers were Philadelphia stationers and publishers of Civil War envelopes., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Harbach [5786.F.002 & 003; 5786.F.9k; (2)5786.F.177b; (3)5786.F.163j; P.9631.2; P.2006.1.18]

Title: [P. Fleischner & Co. trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards, holiday greeting cards, and grand opening notices for P. Fleischner & Co., manufacturer and importer of fine stationery and fancy leather goods, at 1026 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict business cards for P. Fleischner & Co. inset into flowers, a maid with a parakeet, a man bowing and tipping his hat to a woman, and a large jester figure., One print [1975.F.297] contains calendar for January through June of 1880 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 - Fleischner [1975.F.297; 1975.F.303 & 304; 1975.F.310 & 311; 1975.F.322; 1975.F.326-333; 1975.F.343; 1975.F.345]

Title: R.L. Shute, 695 Broadway, below 4th St., west side, New York
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a spray of flowers., Advertising text printed on verso: Fancy goods, chromos, vases, picture frames, swiss carvings, gold pens, fans, stationery, etc. Wedding & visiting card engraving. The following at wholesale and retail: decalcomanie, gilt and velvet frames, passe-partouts, colors, gold bronze, brushes, wax flower materials, envelopes, and diaphanie. Varnish to preserve natural leaves. 695 Broadway, 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 - Shute [1975.F.778]

Title: Coggins & Harbach, No. 36 North Eighth St., Philadelphia From the fast printing and counting card press
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a steamship with flags flying from the masts labeled in blue and red ink, including "engraving printing," "stationery," "card printing," and "fancy goods". Edward H. Coggins and Horatio N. Harbach operated their printing business from 36 North Eighth Street in 1859 until Coggins' death on October 6, 1862 from wounds sustained during the Battle of Antietam., Advertising text printed on verso notifies customers that Harbach & Brother succeeded Coggins & Harbach and promotes their engraving and stationery business., 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 - Coggins [5786.F.1d]

Title: Collis & Lees, dealers in card novelties, 162 North Fourth Street, Philadelphia New designs in business cards
Description: Illustrated comic stock trade card with the caption, "Tables turned," depicting two fishermen, one in mid-air holding a large fish to his chest, as his fellow fisherman reels them both in., Copyrighted by Bufford, Boston., Advertising text printed on verso: To printers. The series of advertising cards of which this is a sample comprises ten different sets, each containing 6 designs, or 60 in all. They are comic and sentimental in character, finely drawn and beautifully executed, and are the cheapest and most attractive for the price now in the market. The series comprise riding scenes, dog cards, steamboat cards, farm scenes, plantation scenes, gunning scenes, fishing mishaps, yachting scenes, winter on ice, sleighing sports. They are put up in packages of 500, and can be furnished so that in 1000 lots there will be 12 designs; in 1500 lots, 18 designs; in 2000 lots, 24 designs; in 2500 lots, 30 designs; in 3000 lots, 36 designs; in 3500 lots, 42 designs; and so on till the sixty designs are supplied. Price per 1000, $2.75. Discount to printers only, 10 per cent. We have constantly in stock a large assortment of comic and floral cards for advertising., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized., Gift of Alan Smith.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Collis [P.9387.3]

Title: Mrs. Geo. M. Baker, stationery, fancy goods, &c. 987 N. Second St
Description: Illustrated trade card for Mrs. George M. Baker's stationery and fancy goods shop depicting a lamp flanked by flowers and a decorative fan., 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 - Baker [P.9111.23]

Title: Nath'l W. Appleton, stationer, No. 7 School Street, Boston Note papers, correspondence cards, Caw's black ink, visiting cards
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting an anthropomorphic cat attired in human clothing including trousers, striped shirt, vest and straw hat. The cat empties a bucket of water printed with the stationer's name into a jug. An "ice wagon" is visible behind him., Copyrighted 1881 by J.C. Beard., Advertising text printed on recto., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: c1881
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Appleton [1975.F.22]

Title: Wilbur & Hastings, stationers & printers, lithographers, blank book manufacturers, publishers of Martin's equation tables, 39 Fulton Street, (Fulton Bank Building,) New York
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting an American flag facing right., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Wilbur [5786.F.16b]

Title: Wm. H. Hoskins, 913 Arch St., Philad'a. Lithographer & engraver. Stationer & blank book manufacturer. Steam power printer
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards entitled, "Sweepe withe ye olde yeere all that's bad awaie, and a newe lyfe begynne on Newe Yeere's Day," "Ye Newe Yeere cometh, so I pray of you putte offe ye olde manne & putte on ye newe," and "If Newe Yeere bring thee aught lyke this let's hope thou may'st deserve thy blisse". Illustrations depict symbols of the New Year, including an old man sweeping inside near an ornate door with a poster reading "This house to let apply"; one man entering a room as another man leaves at the stroke of midnight; and a man kneeling down to pick a flower from the base of a tree as his female companion stands nearby., Advertising text printed on versos: Holiday goods. We have on hand the largest stock of holiday goods ever offered before. Writing desks, portfolios, traveling cases, pocket books, card cases, letter cases, cigar cases, back gammon boards, gold pens, bronze inkstands, bronze thermometers, and Russia leather goods of every description. Diaries 1876 our specialties. Wedding invitations, envelopes, made to order any size, business cards, checks, drafts, &c. Bank note style, illuminating of crests, arms, monograms, &c., 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 - Hoskins [1975.F.427 & 428; P.9111.17]

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: The cheapest and best. William W. Harding photograph albums, 326 Chestnut Street, Philada Before inserting, see that the portrait is no longer nor wider than this card, if it is, trim it down. Portraits should be mounted on thin cards, as thick cards swell the album and prevent the clasps closing
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting patriotic imagery, including eagles, stars, and a laurel wreath. William W. Harding was the proprietor of the Philadelphia Inquirer ca. 1859-1889 and publisher, stereotyper, and salesman of photograph albums and bibles., Advertising text printed on versos: Harding's editions of the family & pulpit bibles also arranged for photographic portraits. William W. Harding, 326 Chestnut St., Philadelphia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Harding [P.9600.17 & P.9786]

Title: J.C. Brenner, Jr. & Co., No. 215 North Ninth Street, Philadelphia Holiday presents. Headquarters for toys, games, frames, stationery, walnut fancy goods, novelties, &c. [see other side
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a vignette of a sprig of flowers., Advertising text printed on verso: Bargains in dolls, games, vases, albums, books, blocks, stationery, photographs, bouquet tables, pocket books, pocket knives, writing desks, work boxes, toilet soaps, scrap pictures, Christmas cards, tool chests. Largest variety velve frames in the city, from 5 cts. up. Mechanical toys in endless variety. Open evenings., 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 - Brenner [1975.F.38]

Title: [Charles W.R. Smith trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting a cat; women's hands holding and displaying flowers; nuns walking with open umbrellas in the rain; a girl sitting on a fence; a woman pouring tea; girls bundled in matching coats, hats and hand warmers; and a bride attired in her wedding gown holding a bouquet of flowers., Title supplied by cataloger., Advertising text printed on rectos promotes Enlish linen note paper, Easter cards, and Valentines., Advertising text printed on versos promotes fine stationery created and sold by Smith from his 130 South Eleventh Street shop, including wedding cards and programmes, note paper, envelopes, and stylographic pens., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1883]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Smith [1975.F.744; 1975.F.754; 1975.F.765; 1975.F.771; 1975.F.773; 1975.F.782; 1975.F.803; 1975.F.817-820]

Title: Oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shall judge the people righteously and govern the nations upon earth. PS. 67-4
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a bird perched on a branch of a flowering tree., Copyrighted 1878 by Wemple & Kronheim, N.Y., Contains the Central News Company's (Phila.) net price list of Wemple & Kronheim's day and Sunday School reward cards (Series No. 1-36) printed on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Miriam Levy., Digitized.
Date: c1878
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Central [P.8666.3a]

Title: [Bailey, Banks & Biddle trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for jewellers and silversmiths Bailey, Banks & Biddle. Illustrations depict cherubs playing with a flower garland; three fish and a seashell pattern on an ornate, gilt-stamped card; a ship at sea visible through a keyhole arch; and a man studying ancient pottery and porcelain. The partnership of Bailey, Banks & Biddle was formed in 1878 and operated from Twelfth and Chestnut Streets until 1953. Its assets were sold to the Zale Jewelry Company in 1961., Title supplied by cataloger., Three prints [1975.F.50, 1975.F.52, 1975.F.162] contain advertising text on rectos or versos for the Stationery Department of Bailey, Banks & Biddle. Stationery items "made expressly to order by Messrs. Goodall & Son, London". Two prints [1975.F.50; 1975.F.31] contain calendars on versos., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880-1900]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Bailey, Banks & Biddle [1975.F.31; 1975.F.32; 1975.F.50; 1975.F.52;1975.F.162]

Title: [John A. Haddock trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting Egyptian imagery including pyramids and the Great Sphinx of Giza, a caravan of people in the desert, and an exotic bird in the foreground. Also shows a female figure attired in robes pulling a curtain to reveal an advertisement for Haddock's print manufacturing establishment at 104 and 106 South Eighth Street in Philadelphia. Includes top and bottom borders depicting a caravan of people with camels, a horse-drawn chariot and people running with horns and shields., Title supplied by cataloger., Advertising text promoting "picture cards" for Christmas, New Year, birthdays and business cards printed on versos. Text begins on one print [1975.F.437] and continues on the other [1975.F.438]., 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 - Haddock [1975.F.437 & 438]

Title: Friends' Book Association, 706 Arch St., Phila. Stationery, engraving and printing Memorial Hall. International Exhibition. Length 365 ft. Width 210 ft
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting an oblique view of the exhibition hall, also known as the Art Gallery, built 1874-1876 after designs by Hermann J. Schwarzmann. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art. The Friends' Book Association was established in 1873 and ceased operations in 1908., 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 - Friends [P.9651.6]

Title: [Unidentified trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting scenes of Japanese life showing men and women attired in traditional garb; a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year greeting with a vase of flowers and bamboo; a profile of a woman's face encircled by a flower border and a bird; a female figure attired in robes and a Roman helmet in the clouds holding a mirror showing a child's reflection; sailing vessels on the water; a horseshoe; and flowers., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers and engravers include Bufford (Boston) and Continental Bank Note Co. (New York)., Advertising text printed on versos promotes the gents' shoe department of an unidentified store; fancy furs and cloaks; porcelaines, bronzes, clocks and leather goods; and "all of the ordinary grades at the lowest prices"., Two prints contain calendars for 1880, one for 1879 and one print with sixth months of a calendar for an unidentified year printed on versos., 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 - Unidentified [1975.F.198; 1975.F.215; 1975.F.218; 1975.F.306; 1975.F.483; 1975.F.919; 1975.F.1033; 1975.F.1040; P.9111.12]

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