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Title: [Billheads of George Walker, druggist, Hall's X Roads, Aberdeen, Md.]
Description: Billheads illustrated with ornamented type and type ornaments, including decorative borders and frames. Frame detail surrounds text reading "Pure Drugs, Patent Medicines, Perfumery, Toilet & Fancy Articles, etc." Walker also advertised "Physicians Prescriptions and Family Recipes a Specialty.", Title supplied by cataloger., Printers include E. B. Read & Son, Prs., Baltimore., Completed in manuscript to Wm. M. Marine on June 16, 1886 for $15.00 and on May 19, 1887 for $2.55., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - W [P.2011.46.244 & 245]

Title: Bought of Max Zeller, importer & wholesale druggist, 37 Bowery Established 1856
Description: Billheads containing decorative lettering, cloud imagery, and a pictorial detail. Pictorial detail composed of a sheet of paper and text reading "Sole Agent for Ed. Loeflund & Co's Extract of Malt & Combinations. Liebig's Soluble Food. Pure Sterilized & Condensed Alpine milk Unsweetened Peptonized Kindermilch. Deutsche Gelatine Fabriken (German Gelatine Works)." Max Zeller's uncle Julius Zeller established the firm in 1856 at 51 Division Street. He removed the firm, the top U.S. importer of foreign herbs and roots, to 37 Bowery in 1885 and Max succeeded him in 1889. Max Zeller retired in 1901 and the firm was purchased by Britt, Loeffler & Weil (former employees of Julius) who relocated the business to 255 Canal Street., P.2011.46.268 completed in manuscript to Dr. H. C. Porter & Son, Towanda, Pa. on August 19, 1892 for several items, including soap bark crushed, peppermint, cuticura plaster, and Kennedy's Prairie Weed for $57.88. Also contains manuscript notes in pencil on recto related to price changes and payments received., P.2011.46.269 completed in manuscript to druggist H.A. Kerste, Schnectady on October 10, 1894 for talcum powder for $1.40., Henry A. Kerste, a Schenectady druggist established his own business when he purchased the E.L. Davis Pharmacy in 1889. He was known as a pioneer pharmacist for his dedication to the compounding of his own drugs, his efforts to communicate with his immigrant patrons, and his eschewal of a soda fountain., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Z [P.2011.46.268 & 269]

Title: [Business correspondence of New York chemist Charles Rice]
Description: Includes illustrated letterhead of "D. DeGraff, Prop'r of Orange Blossom Tooth Powder, Apothecary." Letterhead contains an ornament comprised of a banner and art nouveau pictorial elements. Firms and organizations represented in the other letterheads include McKesson & Robbins, New York Department of Charities and Correction, and Pharmaceutical Record Company., Title supplied by cataloger., Correspondence dated June 7, 1887, October 14, 1887, March 1, 1888, and April 27, 1888.l, Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - R [P.2011.46.210-213]

Title: [Business stationery of Strother Drug Co., previously W. A. Strother & Son, wholesale druggists, 906 Main Street, Lynchburg, Va.]
Description: Includes three letterheads and one billhead. Letterheads illustrated with ornamental and pictorial details, the trademark of the firm, and a vignette exterior view of the manufactory. Details include banners, sprigs of flowers, clouds, and art nouveau iconography. Trademark depicted as a mortar and pestle marked with the monogram WAS and "Semper Idem." Exterior view shows the multi-story, block long factory building in front of which cars and a train travels. Two of the prints also contain an ornament comprised of a frame resembling a belt surrounding the monogram SDC and marked "Established 1853.", Title supplied by cataloger., Printers include Corlies, Macy, & Co. Incp'd, New York; Gast, St. Louis; and Brown-Morrison Co., Lynchburg, Va., P.2011.46.233 and P.2011.46.234 completed in type on June 18th, 1896 and May 20, 1898 to Polk Miller Drug Co., Richmond, Va. from W. A. Strother, President about the exchange of Sarsparilla and Poultry Feed between the firms and the associated corroborative business discounts and fees. P.2011.46.234 annotated in red print: W.M. Strother, President, Geo. L. Marsteller, Vice Pres't, Sidney Strother, Sec'y and Treas. Strother Drug Co. successors., P.2011.46.235 completed in type to Fowlkes Haythe Co. on April 25, 1903 for "1 keg Soda 112 lbs" and "1 doz Ext. Lemon #0" for $1.80. Also contains typed notes: 25-5, case 12 and sent to C. H. Beasley & Bro. Stamped: Less 2% if paid in 10 days. Interest charged after 60 days., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date: [ca. 1890-ca. 1935]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - S [P.2011.46.233-236]

Title: [Collection of illustrated blank letterheads and a billhead of pharmaceutical firms in the United States]
Description: Collection of letterheads and a billhead from the late 19th century containing decorative and ornate lettering, ornamented type, pictorial details, and a vignette illustration. Details depict art nouveau, bird, and floral imagery, heraldry, banners, and filigree and flourishes. Illustration depicts a mortar and pestle. Firms represented include Davis, the Pure Drug Druggist, established 1894 (Concord, N. H.); B.E. Voelcker & Co. (Dayton, Ia.); J.T. Brown & Co., established 1831 (Boston, Ma.); and Charles E. Lloyd (Albany, N.Y.). Voelcker print, a specimen, also contains the text "No. 2137-Statement-1000 $2.75. 500 $1.75. When the cash accompanies the order I will pay the transportation charges of the goods to their destination. J. F. Lawrence, Label Printer, 83 & 85 Fifth Avenue, Chicago.", Printers and engravers include Wm. H. Brett & Co. and J. F. Lawrence., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date: [ca. 1870-ca. 1894]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Illustrated Blank Letterheads [P.2011.46.480-483]

Title: [William H. Helfand graphic popular medicine stationery collection]
Description: Collection of stationery, primarily illustrated and typographical letterheads, billheads, and form letters, of pharmaceutical firms and related businesses and institutions in the United States (predominantly New York City, New York, Philadelphia, and Pennsylvania) issued between circa 1840 and 1935. Subjects include invoices and receipts, shipping arrangements and fees, product orders, payments and payment disputes. Firms, businesses, and institutions well represented include James S. Aspinwall; William P. Blanding; L. N. Brunswig; Caswell, Massey & Co.; C.J. Lincoln Co.; College of Pharmacy of the City of New York; Geo. C. Goodwin & Co.; Hall & Ruckel; Dr. William A. Hammond's Sanitarium; Hopkins-Weller Drug Co.; James Baily & Son; J. D. Marshall & Bros. (D. Marshall & Bro.); J. L. Lyons & Co.; A. M. Knowlson; Lanman & Kemp; McKesson & Robbins; Nichols & Harris; P. D. Orvis; S. R. Van Duzer; Wells, Richardson & Co. (Wells & Richardson Co.); Wilson Drug Co.; and W. J. Gilmore & Co. Philadelphia firms represented include A.W. Wright & Co.; Barker, Moore, Mein; Bean & Stevenson; Browning & Brothers; C.H. Butterworth & Co.; Robert Shoemaker & Co.; W.H. Schieffelin & Co.; and Strother Drug Co. Collection also contains several pieces of stationery of firms in New England, including Massachussetts (particularly Boston), Maine, Connecticut, Vermont, and Rhode Island; the Mid-West, including Ohio, Michigan, and Minnesota; and the South, including Louisiana (particularly New Orleans), Virginia, and Tennessee. A small number of items also represent businesses in the Western United States, United Kingdom, and Canada. A song sheet, envelope, and stereograph also form the collection., Illustrations depict various subjects. The most numerous are views of pharmaceutical factories and storefronts, often including street and pedestrian traffic. Imagery also depicts pharmaceutical apparatus and trademarks, including mortars and pestles; medical supplies, including trusses; allegorical scenes; heraldry; and art nouveau pictorial details and designs. Other illustrations show medieval apothecaries; the interiors of a pharmacy and dental office; and the mythical creature phoenix., Title supplied by cataloger., Various engravers, printers, and publishers, including Smith Bros.; Gast; A. Hoen & Co.; Collier & Cleveland; Craig, Butt, & Finley; Calvert Lithographing Co.; Snyder & Black; Detroit Litho. Co.; American Bank Note Company; Gies & Co.; Strobridge & Co.; E. Weber; Craig, Finley & Co.; G. H. Dunston; and Wm. H. Brett & Co., Majority of the billheads, letterheads, and form letters completed in manuscript or type and contain manuscript and typewritten notes on recto and verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand., Digitized for AMD: Popular Medicine. Series I.
Date: [ca. 1840-1935, bulk 1870-1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Graphic Popular Medicine Stationery Collection [P.2011.46]

Title: [Collection of billheads of pharmaceutical firms and related businesses, United States and United Kingdom, 1880-1898]
Description: Collection of billheads, dated between 1880 and 1898, containing decorative and ornate lettering, ornamented type, vignette illustrations, and pictorial details. Illustrations depict exteriors of storefronts and factories (some adorned in signage); pharmaceutical apparatus and goods, including "patent shaving mug," mortar and pestles, scales, and rates, barrels, and jugs of medicinals; and scenes of a harbor view, a druggist in his pharmacy, and a blacksmith at work on his anvil. Some of the exterior views include patrons entering buildings, street and pedestrian traffic, as well as laborers at work. Pictorial details include trademarks, art nouveau imagery, an incense burner, truss, sun bursts, scrolls, medallions and shields, flowers, frames, flourishes, and filigree., Firms represented include Edward C. Jones & Co. (Philadelphia); E. J. Hart & Co. (New Orleans); E. L. Stanwood & Co. (Portland, Me.); F. B. & Thos. Tomlinson (Tate Spring, Tenn.); Finlay, Dicks & Co. (New Orleans); E. B. Fletcher (Erie, Pa.); Forney & Knouse (Harrisburg, Pa.); Fox, Fultz & Co. (N.Y.); Fritzche Brothers (N.Y.); Fuller & Fuller (Chicago); George A. Kelly & Co. (Pittsburgh); F. Hagerman (Birmingham, Ala.); The Hastings and McIntosh Truss Co. (Philadelphia); Henry, Johnson & Lord (Burlington, Vt); Hub Drug Co. (Boston); Orlando H. Jadwin (N.Y.); J. E. Goold & Co. (Portland, Me.); J. K. McKee Company (Pittsburgh); John Reynders & Co (N.Y.); Edward L. Johnson (N.Y.); John W. Perkins & Co. (Portland, Me.); Kalish Pharmacy (N.Y.); Lamar, Rankin & Lamar (Atlanta, Ga.); Lee & Osgood (Norwich, Conn.); Lord, Owen & Co. (Chicago); Lord, Smith & Co. (Chicago); J. R. McCampbell (Knoxville, Tenn.); J. A. McDonald (Reedsville, Pa.); McClure, Walker & Gibson (Albany, N.Y.); John M. Maris & Co. (Philadelphia); John W. Perkins & Co. (Portland, Me.); Jordan & Scott (Charlotte, N.C.); Lewis W. Booth & Co. (Bridgeport, Conn.); William E. Mann (Bangor, Me.); Meyer Brothers Drug Company (St. Louis, Mo.); J. E. Moore (Albany, N.Y.); and Moyer Bro.'s (Bloomsburg, Pa.). Collection also includes billhead of Great Britain dispensing chemists Fletcher & Pater (Retford) and R. K. Kermode (Castletown)., Billed patrons include Jos. P. Remington; H. F. Belanger; A. & B. Young; Burdett Organ Co.; E. H. Light; H. A. [Kerste]; Resinol Chemical Co.; D. W. Morris; McKinney Bros.; E. K. Thompson & Son; D.J. Saunders; E.C. Mathews; S.M. Bixley & Co.; L.M. & G.W. Putney; Wm. H. Hays; Hinkley, Cragin & Field; Clifton Mfg. Co.; John A. Rockwell; Quincy Mining Corporation; Marian Roberts; Samuel Hegarty; C. H. Case; Herrick, Smith & Co.; Warner & Clark; D. S. Sanders; J. E. Chamberlain; and William Davenport., Some items contain manuscript notes and/or stamps acknowledging receipt of payments., P.2011.46.367 title annotated with stamp: Jno M. Scott & Co., Successors To., Printers include H. B. Church; Kentucky Litho Co., Louisville; Henry Siebert & Bro. Co. N.Y.; C. Otto [Triel?]; J.H. Warner, N.Y.; Budden & Son Lith, Atlanta, Ga.; J. Reynders Co.; Golder Co., Pitt.; Lakeside Press, Portland, Me.; and Shober & Carqueville Lith. Co., Chicago., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date: [1880-1898]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Billheads, 1880- (E-M) [P.2011.46.343-381]

Title: [Collection of billheads of pharmaceutical firms and related businesses, United States and United Kingdom, 1850-1879]
Description: Collection of billheads, dated between 1850 and 1879, containing decorative and ornate lettering, ornamented type, vignette illustrations, and pictorial details. Illustrations depict allegorical figures and scenes, exteriors of storefronts and factories (some adorned in signage), and pharmaceutical apparatus and goods, including mortar and pestles, distillers, and barrels, crates, and cans of medicinals. Some of the exterior views include patrons entering buildings, street and pedestrian traffic, as well as laborers at work. Pictorial details include trademarks depicting a white lily (White Lily Catarrh Cure) and a serpent wrapped around an adorned staph. Firms represented include A. B. & D. Lands (N.Y.); Adie & Gray (Richmond, Va.); Frank S. Allen (N.Y.); Almy, Milne & Co. (Fall River, Ma.); Barrick, Roller & Co. (Philadelphia); Beates & Miller (Philadelphia); Bentley & Miller (New Haven, Ct.); B.H. Douglass & Sons (New Haven, CT); Breinig, Fronefield & Co. (Philadelphia); Burdsal & Brother (Cincinnati); H. H. Burrington (Providence, R.I.); Jno. S. Carter (Erie, Pa.); C. & J. L. Van Deusen (Roundout, N.Y.); A. L. Cutler (Boston); C. V. Clickener & Co. (N.Y.); Davis & Tucker (Canton, Oh.); Rutger L. Drake (Troy, N.Y.); and I. C. Dubose & Co. (Mobile, Ala.). Also contains billheads of the Glasgow Dispensing Chemist Thomas Davison and Stony Stratford Retail Chemists and Druggists Cox & Robinson., Billed patrons include Wynard & Sayer, Warwick, N.Y.; Jar. Courier, Blue Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier; H.L. Plumb; A.H. Dailey; J.B.M. Linn & Co.; Jos. Abrams; Warner, Clark & Taylor; J. F. Rambo; L. & N. Cross; Geo. E. Doolittle & Co., Erie, Pa.; Late C.W. Bersford S. Lowndes; J. Burnhamer; D. F. Lamon & Co.; Lorin Schaefer, Sr., Canton ; M. L. Filley; Thos. McMillan; and Wm. Jas. Comper, Holmwood, Cathcart., Some items contain stamps or pasted labels., Printers include J. L. Brooks Bank Check Co. Lith. Boston; Middleton, Strobridge & Co.; Billing Bros. & Whitmore Birmm.; and W. Weatherston & Son., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date: [1850-1879]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Billheads, -1879 (A-D) [P.2011.46.271-289]

Title: [Collection of billheads of pharmaceutical firms and related businesses, United States, 1852-1879]
Description: Collection of billheads, dated between 1852 and 1879, containing decorative and ornate lettering, ornamented type, vignette illustrations, and pictorial details. Illustrations depict exteriors of storefronts and factories (some adorned in signage); pharmaceutical apparatus and goods, including "patent shaving mug," mortar and pestles, scales, and rates, barrels, and jugs of medicinals; and a medieval scene of an apothecary in his laboratory. Some of the exterior views include patrons entering buildings, street and pedestrian traffic, as well as laborers at work. Pictorial details include a key; a druggist and also a lion using a mortar and pestle; banners; flourishes; and frames. Firms represented include Earl P. Mason & Co. (Providence, R.I.); E. Hartshorn & Sons (Boston); F. M. Keeler & Co. (Boston); D. H. Fonda (Albany, N.Y.); Frambes & Wright (Absecon, N.J.); Frederick Klett & Co. (Philadelphia); Gauntlett & Brooks (Ithaca, N.Y.); Geo. E. Greene (Brattleboro, Vt.); G. & S. Crawford & Co. (N.Y.); Geo. W. Norton & Fitch (Lexington, Ky.); Jos. B. Gorrell (Culpeper, Va.); H. H. Hay (Portland, Me.); Henry C. Willard & Co. (Brattleboro, Vt.); H. O. D. Banks & Co. (Philadelphia); William Hadde (New York); J. S. Ingraham (Bangor, Me.); I. N. Thorn & Co., partnership between Thorn and George E. Greene (Brattleboro, Vt.); J. M. & W. W. Cubbison (New Castle, PA); John F. Henry, Curran & Co. (N.Y.); Klein & Fleet (N.Y.); Kenyon, Potter & Co. (Syracuse, N.Y.); Lanman & Sevin (Norwich, Conn.); A. J. McKean (Mercer, Pa.); McMonagle & Rogers (Middletown, N.Y.); and Martin Kalbfleisch's Sons (N.Y.)., Billed patrons include H. Warner; F. A. Richards; A. H. Dailey, Fall River; W. H. Barnes, Chartam Village; Ebenezar Somer; C. Schrack; Gauntlett & Brooks, Ithaca; Julius J. Estey; C. S. Clark, Center Brook, Conn.; D. J. Ayers; D. W. A. Hill; T. A. Pewdexter; Frederick Ehrhardt; Mr. Leverich; J. M. Daniels; A. McKinney; F. L. Norton; McKiney Bros; C. W. Philips; and New York Eyelet Co., P.2011.46.324 title annotated: Gauntlett & Brooks, crossed out., Engravers include Redman-Kenny, N.Y.; J. Spittall; Richardson; and Gibson & Co., Cincinnatti., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date: [1852-1879]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Billheads, -1879 (E-M) [P.2011.46.318-342]

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