Large price list with diagrams of envelopes., Provenance: Gift of David Doret, 2007., Provenance: Advertisements in the collection were sent by various manufacturers to John C. Clark & Sons, a Philadelphia stationery firm.
Large price list for Pettee's patent improved envelopes., Provenance: Gift of David Doret, 2007., Provenance: Advertisements in the collection were sent by various manufacturers to John C. Clark & Sons, a Philadelphia stationery firm.
Price list for envelopes with manuscript annotations., Provenance: Gift of David Doret, 2007., Provenance: Advertisements in the collection were sent by various manufacturers to John C. Clark & Sons, a Philadelphia stationery firm.
Price list with manuscript notations., Provenance: Gift of David Doret, 2007., Provenance: Advertisements in the collection were sent by various manufacturers to John C. Clark & Sons, a Philadelphia stationery firm.
Provenance: Gift of David Doret, 2007., Provenance: Advertisements in the collection were sent by various manufacturers to John C. Clark & Sons, a Philadelphia stationery firm.
Large price list for envelopes., Provenance: Gift of David Doret, 2007., Provenance: Advertisements in the collection were sent by various manufacturers to John C. Clark & Sons, a Philadelphia stationery firm.
Folded circular for colored envelopes., Provenance: Gift of David Doret, 2007., Provenance: Advertisements in the collection were sent by various manufacturers to John C. Clark & Sons, a Philadelphia stationery firm.
Circular for document envelopes and legal wrappers., Provenance: Gift of David Doret, 2007., Provenance: Advertisements in the collection were sent by various manufacturers to John C. Clark & Sons, a Philadelphia stationery firm.
Four variants of circular for document envelopes and legal wrappers., Provenance: Gift of David Doret, 2007., Provenance: Advertisements in the collection were sent by various manufacturers to John C. Clark & Sons, a Philadelphia stationery firm.
Five small sample envelopes with printed prices., Provenance: Gift of David Doret, 2007., Provenance: Advertisements in the collection were sent by various manufacturers to John C. Clark & Sons, a Philadelphia stationery firm.
Large circular for envelopes, writing papers, and other stationery., Provenance: Gift of David Doret, 2007., Provenance: Advertisements in the collection were sent by various manufacturers to John C. Clark & Sons, a Philadelphia stationery firm.
Large price list for Sunday school cards, note paper, envelopes, and valentines., Provenance: Gift of David Doret, 2007., Provenance: Advertisements in the collection were sent by various manufacturers to John C. Clark & Sons, a Philadelphia stationery firm.
1. Envelope addressed to “Mr. C.F. Brice 1320 Locust St. Philadelphia PA.” Postmarked, “Philadelphia PA Jun 19 3-PM.” Return address states, “If not delivered in 5 days, return to The Continental Title and Trust Co. Twelfth Street Above Chestnut Philadelphia Insures Titles-Issues Searches Acts as Executer, Administrator, Trustee, Guardian Agent, &c., and as Surety for Persons so Acting Deposits Received, Interest Allowed.” Right corner of envelope missing, appears burned. 2. Envelope, left side badly damaged, perhaps water? Addressed to ?emer, Locust St., ? City. Postmarked, Philadelphia, PA 1909 with a one cent stamp. Return address is “George Miller & Son Co. Importers of Mandarin Fire Crackers, Fire Works, Etc. Nos [2]55 to 263 South Third St. Philadelphia, PA.” Below is a picture of fireworks. 3. Label ripped in two pieces. Appears to have a hole burned through the larger piece. The label says, “H…Children” with pictures of children surrounding, all in blue. Scant bits of the address remain; the rest is torn away. 4. Brochure for “Miller’s Fireworks 255-263 SO. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA.” For the Fourth of July, 1909, lists the different fireworks and their prices. Booklet is torn in half but repaired with tape. Much of the top half is faded but still legible. 5. Instructions for restarting the “gas lights” by turning off and turning on “switches” to determine the area in the house that is causing the problem. Typed. 6. Matchbox. Ads for “Hanscom Restaurants” and “Protection from Fire.” 7. Book of matches. “Safety BookMatches” “The Diamond Match Co.” 8. Small envelope from “The Bailey, Banks & Biddle Company Philadelphia, PA.” which included samples of their stationary. Lists two different sheets with their price., Found at the Cassatt House, 2000-2001.
Provenance: Gift of David Doret, 2007., Provenance: Advertisements in the collection were sent by various manufacturers to John C. Clark & Sons, a Philadelphia stationery firm.
Sewn price list of French, English, and American stationery., Provenance: Gift of David Doret, 2007., Provenance: Advertisements in the collection were sent by various manufacturers to John C. Clark & Sons, a Philadelphia stationery firm.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Specimen sheet containing twelve numbered examples of Civil War envelope vignettes published by the Bruce New York Type Foundry also known as George Bruce's Son & Co. Designs depict the American flag. Some include the American eagle; military personal; a patriotic-themed border; or historic figures. Vignettes also include prices, ranging between 50 cents and 2 dollars, for plain or two-colors.
Creator
George Bruce's Son & Co., creator
Date
[ca. 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. GC - Civil War [(2)5786.F.1b]
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Specimen sheet containing twelve numbered examples of Civil War envelope vignettes published by the Bruce New York Type Foundry also known as George Bruce's Son & Co. Designs depict the American flag. Some include the American eagle; military personal; a patriotic-themed border; or historic figures. Vignettes also include prices, ranging between 50 cents and 2 dollars, for plain or two-colors.
Creator
George Bruce's Son & Co., creator
Date
[ca. 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. GC - Civil War [(2)5786.F.1b]
Advertisement containing twenty-five examples of Civil War envelope vignettes published by King & Baird. Majority of the vignettes include titles and slogans. Designs depict the American flag; liberty, the American eagle; soldiers (including the martyred Colonel Ellsworth); caricatures of Brigadier General Henry A. Wise (former governor of Virginia), Jefferson Davis, and the Southern gentry; a portrait of Washington; an abolitionist scene showing the whipping of an African American man entitled "The persuasive eloquence of the Sunny South"; and a racist caricature of an African American man on all fours carrying a whip and asking in the vernacular, "Whar's Jeff Davis?" Also contains a description of the envelopes and shipping information, as well as the scale of prices ranging from "25 Assorted Envelopes, (25 kinds)" at 25 cents to 1000 at 5 dollars., Title from item., Text printed on recto: Single copies of this sheet will be mailed free of postage, upon receipt of six cents, by King & Baird, Book and Job Printers, 607 Sansom St., Philadelphia., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of miscellaneous Civil War prints. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886 [5786.F.161a]. Accessioned 2002 [P.2002.45]., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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 Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator
King & Baird
Date
[ca. 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War [5786.F.161a; P.2002.45]
