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Title: Don't get above your business
Description: Comic genre scene set at a shoemaker's shop depicting a cobbler's assistant measuring the stocking foot of a woman, who is seated with her skirt slightly raised. Her female companion and the shoemaker, who has stopped work on a boot, watch with concern. Also shows a painted backdrop adorned with shoes and cobbler's tools., Distributor's imprint printed on mount: Sold by Underwood & Underwoood, New York, London, Toronto Canada, Ottawa Kansas., Buff mount with rounded corners., Negative number printed on mount: 337A., Title printed in six different languages on verso., Gift of Jesse Randall., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Littleton View Co.
Date: c1893
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Underwood & Underwood - Genre [P.2005.19.10]

Title: Reward of merit
Description: Contains central vignette showing a female allegorical figure seated in a chariot pulled by lions. She wears a crown, and holds a key and sceptor. Figure possibly personifies earth or represents the republic of the United States., Includes verse: Love thy Maker-let it be duty and delight to thee. When the day breaks o'er the hill. At the sunset hour so still. Let each living creature share Thy warm love & be they care; Let what'er thine eyes may see Form a link twixt heaven & thee., 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. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Rewards of Merit [P.2011.10.155]

Title: Hammocks, hammock ropes, hammock spreaders, Saratoga hammock, pat'd July 19th, 1881
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a woman relaxing in a hammock in a yard adjacent to a dwelling with a balustrated porch., Advertising text printed on verso illustrates and promotes hammock attachments, including the anchor rope and spreader, sold by G.M. Lee, Philadelphia., 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 - Saratoga [1975.F.787]

Title: Marsh vegetation
Description: Landscape view shows a woman seated and leaning next to a tree near a creek., Attributed to John Moran., Title stamped on mount., Distributor's stamp, printed in red ink, pasted on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.9326.1]

Title: [Print containing sentimental genre scene and proof vignette bust portraits]
Description: Genre scene depicts two young peasant girls in an embrace and holding bunches of grapes. Proof vignette, bust-profile portraits printed in the upper corners and show women attired in hats, earrings, collars, and shirtwaists., Inscribed upper right corner: 83., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.51b]

Title: She fastened the door with a skewer
Description: Comic genre photograph showing a smiling young woman putting a skewer through a door latch., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Genre [P.9299.16]

Title: Todmorden Mills. Highland. Warranted. All wool
Description: Textile label for the woolen mills containing a vignette surrounded by pictorial details and filigree. Vignette depicts the head of a woman partially framed by a garland of flowers. Pictorial details include banners. Todmorden Mills, originally established in 1831 as John Bancroft & Son in Media, Pa., was sold by the family in 1842 and repurchased by Joseph Bancroft in 1854. By the 1870s, it was one of the largest woolen mills in the country., Printed and inscribed on recto: Style 29. Size 68 x 136., 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. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Labels [P.2011.10.104]

Title: Sewing Machine Polka
Description: Sheet music cover showing four well-dressed women in a finely-decorated parlor with a sewing machine. Two women, with a cat and sheet of paper at their feet, work at the machine in the center of the room. Near them another woman stands and observes as another woman across the room sews by hand while seated on a chair. In the background, skyline at dusk is visible through a large window with drawn-back drapery., Printed on recto: 5., Inscribed lower left corner: 51., See also proof before letters and color [P.9349.56b]., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: c1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.36a]

Title: Sewing Machine Polka
Description: Sheet music cover showing four well-dressed women in a finely-decorated parlor with a sewing machine. Two women, with a cat and sheet of paper at their feet, work at the machine in the center of the room. Near them another woman stands and observes as another woman across the room sews by hand while seated on a chair. In the background, skyline at dusk is visible through a large window with drawn-back drapery., Printed on recto: 5., Inscribed lower left corner: 51., See also proof before letters and color [P.9349.56b]., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: c1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.36a]

Title: "I don't care for signs."
Description: Comic genre scene showing a woman in masculine clothing sitting on the back of a chair defiantly smoking in front of a "No smoking" sign., Title on negative., Printed on mount: American and Foreign Views sold by canvassers., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Genre [P.9964.1]

Title: Guess - who is it?
Description: Genre photograph showing two women, one standing and grinning at the photograher and holding the other's eyes shut, while the other woman, seated at a desk, attempts to write a letter., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint on mount., Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Genre [P.9299.7]

Title: The shaded nook
Description: View of two women attired in capes and hats sitting on rocks in a shaded nook., Title from photographer's label on verso. Also lists thirty-six other titles in series (No. 362-397)., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett, George O., photographer
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett - Views [P.9168.3]

Title: After the performance, stop at the New Home Dining Rooms, for good oysters, salads & a delicious cup of tea or coffee. J.M. Sparks, No. 11 N. Tenth St
Description: 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]

Title: Reward of merit
Description: Contains central vignette, including a portrait of George Washington, and ornamental side borders. Vignette depicts a female figure and a cherub flanking the portrait near a rose bush and elevated on a tuft of ground. The cherub lays a rose garland across the top of the portrait. Grape vines comprise the borders., Presented to Mr. Charles Nash. By A. B. Sanford, Instructor., Manuscript note on verso: Presented to Charles B. Nash Esq. By Miss Amillie B. Sanford. [Illegible ] of Hamilton, Madison County, New York State., 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. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Rewards of Merit [P.2011.10.151]

Title: Lodore cascade, Derwentwater
Description: Landscape view of Lodore Falls surrounded by trees near Derwent Water, England. A man stands behind two women that sit in the grass in the foreground., Title printed on mount below image., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Views [P.9844.36]

Title: Certificate of promotion This may certify, that [blank] by diligent attention to study, and punctual attendance at school, has made such proficiency in the studies of [blank] department as entitles [blank] to a promotion to a higher grade; and by [blank] correct deportment and exemplary conduct, has merited the esteem and affectionate regard of [blank] teachers. In consideration of which, this certificate is granted by the board of directors, as a testimonial of their approbation and favour
Description: Printed on rose-colored paper; printed area, including ornamental border, measures 16.4 x 22.2 cm., Library Company copy completed in MS. May 24, 1840 for Miss Mary Shertz, signed by John Mathiot., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Lancaster (Pa.), School Board
Date: [1840]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1840 Lanca 112040.O (Roughwood)

Title: "You brazen huzzy! You shall leave at this hour! And the least of your fault is the wasted flour."
Description: Genre scene from a comic stereograph series satirizing the exploits of an adulterous husband. Shows the lady of the house confronting the servant in the kitchen. The cook rolls pie dough on a table under which boxes of flour have fallen and spilled. The husband peers from around the corner. Scene also includes a calendar on the wall illustrated with the portrait of a bare-shouldered woman., Copyrighted by B. L. Singley., Additional places of publication printed on mount, including Louisville, Mo.; San Francisco; New York; and London., Warped pink mount with rounded corners., Title printed on mount., Gift of Jesse Randall., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Keystone View Company
Date: c1903
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Keystone View Company - Genre [P.2005.19.6]

Title: [Scenes 6, 7, and 10 from the stereograph comic set "Mr. and Mrs. Newlywed's new French cook"]
Description: Three genre scenes set in a well-decorated parlor from a comic stereograph series satirizing the exploits of an adulterous husband. Scene 6 shows the wife exclaiming "Hands! Hands" What does she mean!" as she discovers floured hand prints on the back of her husband's coat. Scene 7 shows the wife pointing to the shocked cook in the corner as her husband looks in dismay at the back of his stained coat that he has removed and exlaims "Good Heavens!" Scene 10 shows "And they lived happily ever after" as the husband embraces his wife from behind as she sits on a loveseat., Negative numbers: 7258; 7259; and 7262., Additional places of publication printed on mount, including Louisville, Mo.; San Francisco; New York; and London., Warped grey mount with rounded corners., Printed on mount: Works and Studios. Arlington, N.J. Westwood, N.J. Washington, D.C., Sun sculpture trademark printed on mount., Titles printed on mount., Titles printed on verso in six different languages, including French, German, and Spanish., Gift of Jesse Randall., Complete set reproduced in William C. Darrah's The world of stereographs (Gettysburg: William C. Darrah, 1977), p. 66-68., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Underwood & Underwood
Date: c1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Underwood & Underwood - Genre [P.2005.19.12-14]

Title: "That pesky rat again"
Description: Comic genre scene showing a male suitor "hunting" a rat loose in the bedroom of two young ladies attired in their bed clothes. The man rests on his knees and holds a shoe above the rat, which flees under a bed on which one woman, in a nightdress and on all fours, looks in fear. Another woman, in underclothes, stands on a chair near an overturned plant stand and the man while holding a plate in the air in wait for the "rat." Also shows wallpapered walls, drapery covering windows, and a framed print showing a couple in a canoe., Distributor's imprint printed on mount: Sold only by Underwood & Underwoood, New York, London, Toronto Canada, Ottawa Kansas., Buff mount with rounded corners., Title printed in six different languages on verso., Gift of Jesse Randall., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Strohmeyer & Wyman
Date: c1896
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Underwood & Underwood - Genre [P.2005.19.11]

Title: [Print with ornate border containing vignettes representing the seasons]
Description: Border frames unprinted area and includes allegorical vignettes representing summer, fall, winter, and spring interspersed among floral details. Shows summer as a female figure holding a cornucopia and flanked by a cherubic-like figure holding a bundle of wheat; fall as male and female figures holding a basket of fruit, a goblet, and a baton adorned with a pine cone; winter as an older, bearded male blowing wind from his mouth accompanied by an older female figure in a hooded robe; and summer as a near nude male figure holding a wreath of flowers beside a female figure in Roman garb on whose finger a bird is perched. Vignettes also include a ribbon pictorial detail that envelopes the figures. Unprinted area contains glue residue., Inscribed lower left corner: 121., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.70]

Title: [Curiosities]
Description: Genre scene shows a room full of relics with items hanging on the wall in the background and scattered religious iconography, including a bible, on the floor. A man (a little person) sits on a desk smoking a pipe. A woman sits on the floor to his left., Title supplied by cataloger., Distributor's printed blue label pasted on verso., Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Genre [P.9585.2]

Title: [Print with ornate border containing vignettes representing the seasons]
Description: Border frames unprinted area and includes allegorical vignettes representing summer, fall, winter, and spring interspersed among floral details. Shows summer as a female figure holding a cornucopia and flanked by a cherubic-like figure holding a bundle of wheat; fall as male and female figures holding a basket of fruit, a goblet, and a baton adorned with a pine cone; winter as an older, bearded male blowing wind from his mouth accompanied by an older female figure in a hooded robe; and summer as a near nude male figure holding a wreath of flowers beside a female figure in Roman garb on whose finger a bird is perched. Vignettes also include a ribbon pictorial detail that envelopes the figures. Unprinted area contains glue residue., Inscribed lower left corner: 121., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.70]

Title: Fairmount Park
Description: View of a woman standing against the rail of a rustic bridge spanning a stream in Fairmount Park., Title from manuscript note below image on mount., Distributor's stamp on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.2003.14]

Title: [Two young women in an embrace]
Description: Genre photograph showing two women embracing., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint on mount., Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Genre [P.9299.8]

Title: Apples. Two for 5 cts. sir
Description: Genre photograph showing a young woman trying to sell apples to a man seated with a newspaper in his lap., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint on mount., Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Genre [P.9299.15]

Title: Curiosity
Description: Promotional stereograph depicting a maid servant attending to her young mistress. The servant combs her mistress's hair and glances at a private letter that her lady reads., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title from manuscript note on mount., Contains advertisements for six "Philadelphia Leading Business Houses" located on Eleventh and Second streets printed on verso. Includes: Isaac Dixson & Son, watches; E. Paul, furniture warerooms and manufactory; P. Kayser, ladies' French boot and shoe maker; R. Ross Baird, men's fine furnishing goods; John M. Salin, hat and cap store; and D. Jarrett Walton, manufacturer and dealer in looking glasses, portraits and picture frames., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., U.S. Stereo. View Advertising Company was managed by Ed Trust.
Creator: U.S. Stereo View Advg. Co.
Date: [ca. 1871]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Genre [P.9856]

Title: Miss. M. Peebles, fine millinery, 2816 Germantown Ave., Phila Our motto: quick sales and small profits
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting the profile of a well-dressed woman holding up and inspecting a plumed hat. Maggie M. Peebles immigrated to the United States in 1886 and set up a millinery shop at 2930 Germantown Avenue in Philadelphia in 1894 before relocating to 2816 Germantown Avenue in 1897., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Wright., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1897]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Peebles [P.9440.1]

Title: The "new woman."
Description: Genre scene satirizing the "new woman" and the role of women in the home. Shows the lady of the house sitting at a table reading a newspaper as her husband stands in the kitchen dryng dishes. With a confused look, he peers at her from the other room. She is dressed in bicycle garb with her bicycle resting in the doorway nearby., Copyrighted by B. L. Singley., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Printed text in six languages on verso: Die "moderne frau."; La 'donna nuova."; La femme nouvelle."; La Nueva Mufer."; Den "ny kvinde."; and Des "na kvinnan.", Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Erika Piola.
Creator: Keystone View Company
Date: c1899
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Keystone View Company - Portraits and genre [P.9964.2]

Title: Advertisement placards
Description: Advertisements employing sentimental genre scenes to promote New York proprietors of "Spaldings Prepared Glue" and "Phalon & Son's Cocin for the Hair." Glue advertisement shows a mother using "Spaldings" to make a repair. She sits at a table and brushes the glue on the leg of an overturned stool as her children surround her, including a small girl holding a horse figure and an older girl holding a toddler. Scene also includes drapes, a framed painting on the wall, and a broken bowl next to the glue bottle. Hair oil advertisement shows a lady's maid applying oil to her mistress's long, dark hair in a boudoir. The lady sits at a vanity, while her children play with a hairbrush at her feet near their toys. Advertisement also shows a glass enclosed vase of flowers on a table below a framed portrait of a mustached man., Date from Poulson inscriptions., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: October 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Poulson scrapbooks - vol. 1 [(1)2526.F.77 & 88]

Title: Croquet
Description: View showing a white woman standing with a croquet mallet on a lawn in front of a residence obscured by trees. An African American woman, possibly a nanny, sits nearby on a bench with three white children sitting at her feet on the lawn., Title and date from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Purchase 1995., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator: Bartlett, George O., photographer
Date: 1866
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett - Recreation [P.9486.6]

Title: Croquet
Description: View showing a white woman standing with a croquet mallet on a lawn in front of a residence obscured by trees. An African American woman, possibly a nanny, sits nearby on a bench with three white children sitting at her feet on the lawn., Title and date from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Purchase 1995., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator: Bartlett, George O., photographer
Date: 1866
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett - Recreation [P.9486.6]

Title: The genuine Murray & Lanman Florida Water the richest of all perfumes
Description: Illustrated trade card promoting Murray & Lanman’s perfume and depicting a full-length profile of a woman, possibly meant to be Asian, carrying a parasol over her shoulder. The woman wears her hair tied up in a bun and is attired in a pink and yellow, kimono-style dress, with a white collar, and pink shoes. She stands on the grass in front of a large fountain and dangles an object in front of her face, observing it closely. Murray & Lanman, the partnership between perfumer Robert I. Murray and David Trumbull Lanman, formed in 1835 in New York City. The firm's style changed to David T. Lanman & Co., then Lanman & Kemp in 1861., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Copyright 1881 by Lanman & Kemp, N.Y., Advertising text printed on verso: Always a favorite. Time has proved beyond a question that our claim to the title of “Imperishable Perfume” for our Murray & Lanman’s Florida Water is based upon absolute facts. It is to-day, as when first it appeared, winning immediate favor with all classes. The sweetest, the richest, the most delicate, the most lasting of all perfumes. Where, except in this delicious floral water, can one find such a rare combination of excellencies? Since the introduction of Murray & Lanman’s Florida Water, numberless rivals and imitations have been foisted upon the public, to live their day and fall into the neglect which, sooner or later, attends pretentious inferiority. The genuine article is known by the words, “Lanman & Kemp, New York,” Printed in water-mark on every leaf of the little pamphlet wrapped around each bottle. This mark also protects our other preparations., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: 1881
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Murray [1975.F.598]

Title: [Racist and sexist metamorphic New Years Day card depicting a man kissing a series of women, including an African American woman depicted in caricature]
Description: Racist and sexist metamorphic trade card showing an older man in a tuxedo, holding a bouquet of roses, and kissing a "rotating" series of women through a "window." Only the women's heads are visible. The women include a white woman with auburn hair in a top knot and adorned with a rose; a young white woman with blonde, puffed, chin-length hair and adorned with matching blue bows; a white woman with raven-colored hair, pulled up, and adorned with a bridal veil; a white woman with pulled up cherry-blonde hair and adorned with blue flowers; and an African American woman, wearing a kerchief, hoop earrings and depicted with caricatured and exagerrated features. The man has grey hair and a dark-haired, pencil mustache and also wears a monocle., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from fashion of figures depicted., Greeting printed inside: Here's a nosegay sweet and fair, Lilies, roses, rich and rare. Try each in turn then take a rest, And choose the one you love the best. They're charming, ah I thought you'd say so, Make up your mind pray don't delay so. That SHE'll be faithful, fond, and true, The odds are FIVE to ONE on you! E.E.G. With [fond love and] best Wishes for a Happy New Year, To [Mrs. ? ? ?]., Purchased with funds for the Visual Culture Program., RVCDC, Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
Date: [ca. 1895]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department ephemera - Cards - New Years [P.2019.23.2]

Title: [McIlvaine & Co. trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for McIlvaine & Co., grocers, at Juniper and Chestnut Streets in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict various birds, flowers and women outside feeding birds, picking flowers, and sitting near the ocean., Title supplied by cataloger., Four prints copyrighted 1879 by Bufford's Boston., Three prints, part of "Series No. 9", copyrighted by Wemple & Kronheim, N.Y., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1879]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - McIlvaine [1975.F.324; 1975.F.581; 1975.F.629 & 630; 1975.F.643; 1975.F.649 & 650]

Title: S.L. Miller, plain & fancy printer, Waldoboro, Me
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a woman attired in a fancy dress, heavy winter cape, and hat carrying a masquerade mask., 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 - Miller [P.9111.6]

Title: [Milliken's linen store trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for G. Milliken & Sons at 828 Arch Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict a vignette of a loom surrounded by a garland of holly and a woman seated working at a loom. G. Milliken's linen store was established in 1846 for the importation and sale of pure linen goods of every description., One print [1975.F.637] copyrighted 1877 by L. Prang & Co. and printed by McCalla & Stavely, prs., 237-9 Dock St., Phila., One print [1975.F.637] contains advertising text promoting G. Milliken's linen products printed on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: 1877-1880
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Milliken's [1975.F.636 & 637]

Title: [George W. Miles trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for George W. Miles' millinery establishment at 928 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. One illustration, entitled "The Maiden's Prayer", depicts a woman on her knees with her hands clasped praying in front of a display case containing Miles' hats. Another illustration depicts a couple bowling., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [P.9798.1] printed by E. Ketterlinus & Co., One print [1975.F.617] contains advertising text printed on verso: Geo. W. Miles, importer of millinery goods, No. 928 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia., 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 - Miles [1975.F.617 & P.9798.1]

Title: Miss E. Levy, 1018 Chestnut St., Phila. Umbrellas & parasols, leather goods, fans
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a business card for Miss E. Levy tucked into a spray of leaves., Copyrighted 1880 by Bufford, Boston., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: c1880
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Levy [1975.F.485]

Title: [Frederick Brown's Ginger trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards labeled "Cherry Unripe" depicting a woman with a pained look on her face clutching her stomach and "Cherry Ripe" showing a content, pretty woman. Advertises Genuine Brown's Ginger for cramps and colics, stomach-ache, stomache disorders, and indigestion in banners above and below the "Cherry Unripe" illustration., Title supplied by cataloger., Advertising text printed on versos promotes Brown's Ginger product for family medicine purposes, for "the dyspeptic, and to those who are predisposed to gout or rheumatic affections...and to the inebriate who wishes to reform." Also promotes Brown's Ginger in the fall for comfort from the "first cool chilliness", the winter for the skin "to act well" and in the spring "to add to your back-bone, and make you take interest in life"., 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 - Brown [1975.F.79 & 80]

Title: Foxy Granduncle's first mistake. How is that? Hello! Hello! Hello! Well, well, well! What's this?
Description: Metamorphic foldout trade card promoting "Imperial Metal Polish." Card composed to portray the perceived and actual scene viewed by an old man "Granduncle" looking through a peephole in a fence (completely folded). The perceived scene shows a bare bottom and a woman's feet (partially-folded). The actual scene shows a racily-attired young woman, smoking cigars, drinking, and seated on a hammock near a pig with his rear to the viewer (unfolded). Also contains the "Imperial" trademark label depicting an image of the world. Label captioned "Reg. U.S. Pat. Office.", Distributor's stamp on verso: Hainsworth Supply Co., 2247 N. 8th St., Phila., Registration Applied For., 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. 1895]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.27]

Title: Geo. W. Flagg, banker and broker, 255 Thames St., Newport, R.I
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a profile bust portrait of a woman with flowers in her hair. A guitar, bottle of wine, and flowers embellish the upper left corner., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of George R. Allen., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Flagg [P.2011.8]

Title: [Hoyt's German cologne trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for E.W. Hoyt & Co. in Lowell, Massachusetts. Illustrations depict a woman's face superimposed onto a rose and two women flanking a large bottle of cologne with a label inscribed, "Hoyt's German cologne, large bottle price $1.00. E.W. Hoyt & Co., proprietors, Lowell, Mass.", Title supplied by cataloger., One print [1975.F.445] design patented 1881., Advertising text promoting Hoyt's German cologne printed on versos., 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 - Hoyt [1975.F.432 & 1975.F.445]

Title: Southwick's own kid gloves every pair warranted. 2 but. $.89, 3 but. $1.05, 4 but. $1.19, 6 but. $1.59. If you try a pair you will buy more. Southwick's combination store, cor, 11th and Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated trade card and bookmark depicting a woman seated within a flowerbed of oversized flowers and holding out a bunch of flowers to the viewer., 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 - Southwick [1975.F.781]

Title: Campuzano Bros., Malaga
Description: Illustrated trade card surrounded by an ornate gilt border depicting a woman attired in robes standing on a chariot composed of a flower-covered seashell and harnessed to large butterflies., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humani+ties (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **trade card - Campuzano [1975.F.3a]

Title: " Sew on your own buttons, I'm going for a ride."
Description: Genre scene satirizing the "new woman" and the role of women in the home. Shows the lady of the house dressed in bloomers (bicycle garb), telling her husband to do the sewing while she goes out for a ride. The husband is seated with their daughter next to him as his wife, who hovers above them, gives the order with his shirt in her outstretched hand., Date from copyright statement: Copyright 1896 by B. L. Singley., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., See related: stereo - Keystone View Company - Portraits and genre [P.2017.3.3] and stereo - Keystone View Company - Portraits and genre [P.9897]
Creator: Keystone View Company
Date: 1896
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Keystone View Company - Portraits and genre [P.2003.21]

Title: Trials of bachelorhood
Description: Comic genre scene showing a man having difficulty sewing his shirt. Two women peer over a clothes screen at the scene with grins on their faces. The room is messy with clothing and scraps strewn about. A guitar leans up against a table., Copyrighted by B. L. Singley., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: c1897
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Keystone View Company - Portraits and genre [P.2003.22]

Title: Love on a tub
Description: Comic genre scenes depict a man standing outside on a wooden tub courting a woman who stands inside at a window. The man hands the woman flowers, then falls into the tub., Additional places of publication printed on mounts, including Chicago; London; Hamberg, Ger.; and Milan, Italy., One item [P.9319.1] series of 1903 by George W. Griffith., One item [P.9319.2] series of 1904 by George W. Griffith., Title printed on mounts., Publisher's imprint printed on mounts., Distributor's imprint printed on mounts., Buff and gray curved mounts with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Col. Gatter.
Date: [printed 1903 and 1904]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Griffith & Griffith - Portraits and genre [P.9319.1-2]

Title: [Print with ornate border containing vignettes representing the seasons]
Description: Border frames unprinted area and includes allegorical figures representing summer, fall, winter, and spring. Shows summer as young peasant girl lying on a pile of hay and holding a sickle; fall as a peasant lad holding a bottle of wine and a goblet; winter as an older woman, attired in kerchief, overcoat, and hand muff seated in front of a tree; and spring as a partially-draped, nudewoman placing flowers in her hair. Also contains pictorial details depicting flower bushes, grape vines, shrubbery, and clusters of fall fruits and winter and summer landscape views. Unprinted area contains glue residue., Inscribed upper left corner: 56., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.38b]

Title: [Print with ornate border containing vignettes representing the seasons]
Description: Border frames unprinted area and includes allegorical figures representing summer, fall, winter, and spring. Shows summer as young peasant girl lying on a pile of hay and holding a sickle; fall as a peasant lad holding a bottle of wine and a goblet; winter as an older woman, attired in kerchief, overcoat, and hand muff seated in front of a tree; and spring as a partially-draped, nudewoman placing flowers in her hair. Also contains pictorial details depicting flower bushes, grape vines, shrubbery, and clusters of fall fruits and winter and summer landscape views. Unprinted area contains glue residue., Inscribed upper left corner: 56., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.38b]

Title: [Incomplete series of genre stereographs satirizing the New Woman]
Description: Includes "Yes, Mr. Caught a-tarter! The time is coming when--," "No longer be the poor down-trodden--," "Oppressed," "Weak and helpless being now she is." Scenes depict a stern-looking woman scolding and attacking a cowering, man, presumably her husband, in their living room. Scenes include overturned chairs and broken flower pots and vases on the floor., Title supplied by cataloger., Additional places of publication printed on mounts include: London; Toronto-Canada; Ottawa-Kansas., Printed on mounts: Works and studios. Arlington, N.J.; Littleton, N.H.; and Washington, D.C., Sun sculpture trademark printed on mounts., Copyrighted by Strohmeyer & Wyman., Titles printed on mounts., Publisher's imprint printed on mounts., Titles also printed on versos in five other languages., Buff curved mounts with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: c1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Underwood & Underwood - Portraits & genre [P.9964.3-6]

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