Block numbered in one place: 7190, also 1065 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a boy with a tray supported by a strap around his neck; he appears to be selling rolls, and he holds one in his hand while facing the two other boys, who lean in slightly to see; behind the boys is a man in a top hat and a sign in a window reading “Chops Steaks.”, "V. Grottenthaler, 402 Library St Phila." – Back of block. Vincent Grottenthaler is listed (as a dealer in boxwood) at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1869 to 1876., Illustration appears in Child's world, v. 16 no. 9 (1877), p. 2.
Block numbered in two places: 3756., Image of a small boy looking in a store window; he rests one arm on a box or table that says “FRUI[T] AND CAND[Y]”.
Advertisement showing a table enticingly lined with food and alcoholic beverages. Refreshments include a glass of spirits filled with ice cubes and adorned with a swizzle stick; a stein and mug of beer; jugs, decanters, and bottles of wine and liquor; a bottle and glass of champagne; glass of hard liquor; small potatoes; oysters on the half shell; a plate of bread and cheese; and a pretzel and mustard. Table also includes a box of cigars, a cut lemon, and silverware., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 17, Library of Congress: PGA - Rosenthal--The best wines, liquors ... (D size) [P&P]
Date
c1871
Location
Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PGA - Rosenthal--The best wines, liquors ... (D size) [P&P]
Block numbered in two places: 1589., Image of two men at night, outside an oyster bar on a street. There is a theater (“Theatre”) nearby, with a crowd of people outside it.
Block numbered in one place: 6125, Image of two young girls leaning against a wall of square stones eating what appears to be bread; a small dog is by their side., “N.J. Wemmer. 215 Pear St. Phila.” – Back of block in two places. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876., “Supper-time.” – Inscribed on side of block., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
Glass negative showing three men gathered around a horse-drawn wagon on Ocean Day. A flag hangs front he wagon's roof and a barrell with cups on top is visible nearby. The men wear suits and hats. Jersey Wash Day, also known as Salt Water Day or Ocean Day, was an annual event held the second Saturday of August near Wreck Pond in Sea Girt. Farmers living twenty to thirty miles from Sea Girt came to the sea to spend a day bathing and celebrating. The tradition, begun before 1853, stopped around the 1930s., Photographer remarks: Not sharp neg., Time: 11:10, Light: Good sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
August 8, 1885
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.673]
Large irregularly-shaped flat stone on the ground surrounded by an iron fence. Leafless trees and a bench visible outside of the fence. Bartram's Gardens, the first botanic garden in the country cultivated by botanist and farmer John Bartram in the mid 18th century, was restored by the John Bartram Association in the 1920s after many years of neglect., Title from manuscript note by photographer on verso., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date
ca. 1923
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Wilson [P.8513.64], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson64.htm
A grocer stands at a counter and holds a piece of food. Behind him is a pile with rounds marked "cheese", "live", and "oil." On the other side of the counter stands a small child and a container marked "sour milk." The valentine accuses the recipient of selling rotten foods., Text: You doubly green old grocer, go, / With teeth blue as your indigo; / Your milk's as sour as your face, / Your cheeks hang down in mouldy grace, / Where pimple worms sport round with ease, / Just like the maggots in your cheese; / Your foul meats, like your green eyes, shine, / You carrion of a Valentine., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Trade card showing a girl posting a "bill" advertising "Eskay's Albumenized Food for Infants and Invalids" on a wood fence. A satchel lies beside her on the ground. Eskay's food was a modified milk product., Publication date based on copyright statement "copyrighted 1896, S, K, & F. Co. Philadelphia.", Name of artist from several lines of advertising text printed on verso, including two testimonials and premium offer reading, "For three 50-cent wrappers, or their equivalent in value of other sizes, we will send free of all expense a copy of the handsome picture on the other side, in nine colors, size 16 x 25 inches, without any advertising upon it whatever. The original painting is one of the latest works of the celebrated artists, Ida Waugh, and is a handsome work of art. Full directions for mounting accompany each picture., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
1898
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Misc. Popular Medicine Collection [P.2010.36.17]
Complementary testimonial trade cards, probably originally attached as one item, containing portraits of babies who consumed Eskay's Food manufactured by Smith, Kline & French. First card shows a rosy-cheeked, plump baby, attired in a white gown, and seated on a chair. Advertising text below the image reads "'We put baby on a prominent artificial food which constipated him and reduced his weight that we had to abandon it. At two months old he was a mere skeleton. We commenced the use of Eskay's food and you can see that he is the picture of health.' Mrs. G. J. Gesemyer, Phila., Pa." Second card shows "Jasper Ewing Brady 3d - a typical Eskay's Food baby - son of Capt. J. E. Brady, U.S.A.," rosy-cheeked and attired in a white gown with pink ribbon adornments at his collar. Testimonial text below image reads " 'During November, 1898, he was in Santiago de Cuba and Eskay's food was the means of preserving his life. We have used it continuously since." Third card shows a rosy-cheeked, plump baby, attired only in a diaper, and propped up. Promotional text below image reads " 'You can see by this picture how well Eskay's food has agreed with our boy. He has taken this Food since his birth and we have never had any trouble of any kind. He has always been perfectly healthy.' Mrs. H. S. Davison, Phila., Pa.", Printed on versos: several lines of advertising text promoting the deliciousness and nutritiousness of Eskay's, its cost, as well as testimonials from adult consumers of Eskay's., 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. 1898]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Misc. Popular Medicine Collection - Smith, Kline & French [P.2010.36.20-22]
Thin illustrated trade card depicting a container of Pettijohn's breakfast food. An inverted color container and brown bear printed on verso is visible on recto when held up to the light. The American Cereal Company formed from the merger of several oatmeal millers in 1891., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1895]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Pettijohn's [P.9993.3]
Advertisement printed on verso in German., 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 - Nittinger [P.9849]
Illustrated trade card depicting a crab on land in the foreground and a man and two women crabbing in a rowboat on a body of water in the background. Includes two other boats on the water in the distance. A circular vignette showing deviled crabs is superimposed onto the landscape view., 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 - McMenamin [1975.F.1a]
Series of illustrated trade cards depicting a bird's eye view of Duryea's manufactory in Glen Cove, New York; facsimilies of prize medals awarded the company, including the obverse and reverse sides of the gold medal awarded at the Paris Exposition in 1878; and a man posting a broadside advertisement for "Duryea's improved cornstarch" on the side of a brick building as two children and a dog stand nearby and watch., Printers and engravers include the Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Co., Includes advertising text promoting Duryea's improved corn starch and satin gloss starch 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 - Duryea's [1975.F.250; 1975.F.252; 1975.F.256; 1975.F.267]
Series of flash cards utilized in the direct method to teach foreign languages developed in 1878 by Maxmillian Berlitz. Cards depict household furniture and utensils, including a stove, desk, book, and pen (1); a color bar, and book bindings and pencils of different colors, lengths, and widths (2); styles of fashion, fashion accessories, and parts of the body (3); fruits and flowers (4); vegetables, meat, and bread (5); clocks and clock faces (7); wild animals, including a lion and bear (10); land and water fowl, including a turkey, swan, and peacock (11); birds and small mammals, including a mouse, hare, and ostrich (12); a city street scene showing numerous forms of land and marine travel, including a railroad, horse-drawn carriages, and a steamship (14); cityscape, including a church, fountain, statuary, and municipal building (15); and an interior view of a bedroom, including a bed, fireplace, and wardrobe (16)., Date inferred from depictions of clothing., Title from label pasted on case., Prints numbered: 1-5; 7; 10-12; and 14-16., 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 - Illustrations [P.2011.10.2.1-12]
Illustrated die cut trade cards shaped into a dog and an owl with the label "Colburn's Phila. mustard" printed on the animals' collars. Connecticut-native Arthur T. Colburn began his spice business ca. 1856 in Philadelphia., Advertising text printed on versos: Colburn's Philadelphia mustard, king of condiments. Always reliable for table & medicinal uses. Flavor, pungency, strength, combined in perfection. Better than imported and cheaper. Saving 14 cts. per 1 lb. in duty. For sale by grocers & druggists in 1/4, 1/2, & 1 lb. cans. Full weight., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., One print [P.2009.5] gift of David Rowland., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1885]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Colburn's [1975.F.124; P.2009.5]
Illustrated trade card depicting three robust children in a field. Two of them hoist a large can of "Blair's prepared wheat food" onto a log as the other sits nearby on a wooden fence eating with a bowl and spoon. Men toil in the field near a windmill in the background., Advertising text printed on recto and verso promotes "Blair's prepared wheat food. A nutritious diet for infants and invalids.", 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 - Blair [P.9925]
Glass negative showing a covered stand filled with people on Ocean Day. The sign above the stand reads, "Clam Chowder." A woman holding a parasol walks out of the photograph frame to the left. Jersey Wash Day, also known as Salt Water Day or Ocean Day, was an annual event held the second Saturday of August near Wreck Pond in Sea Girt. Farmers living twenty to thirty miles from Sea Girt came to the sea to spend a day bathing and celebrating. The tradition, begun before 1853, stopped around the 1930s., Photographer remarks: poor. blurred, Time: 3:40, Light: good., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
August 16, 1884
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.365]
Glass negative showing an ice cream stand on the beach, covered with a large awning, set up for Ocean Day. People gather in front and behind the stand and among other similar stands lined up on the beach. A sign on the ground in front of the stand reads, "Hesses Ice Cream..." Jersey Wash Day, also known as Salt Water Day or Ocean Day, was an annual event held the second Saturday of August near Wreck Pond in Sea Girt. Farmers living twenty to thirty miles from Sea Girt came to the sea to spend a day bathing and celebrating. The tradition, begun before 1853, stopped around the 1930s., Time: 11:55, Light: Sun out., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
August 15, 1885
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.700]
Genre scene depicting an older African American woman, attired a white head kerchief, a neckerchief, a long-sleeved dress, a checked apron, and shoes, sitting on a small bench plucking a turkey on her lap. She places the plucked feathers in a basket sitting between her and a water pump. Behind her in the right is a dilapidated slatted shed with a swatch of cloth tacked to it. A small cottage is visible in the background., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Title from manuscript note by photographer on verso., Frances Orlando's "George Bacon Wood, photographer of the 1880s: an introduction to the Wood Collection in the Library Company of Philadelphia." (Master's thesis, Philadelphia College of Art, 1985), p. 42., Gift of Elsie Wood Harmon, 1982., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., 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., Wood, a Philadelphia artist, turned to photography in the 1880s exhibiting his work, including genre scenes of African Americans, at national and international photography exhibitions. His photographs won several prizes.
Creator
Wood, George Bacon, 1832-1909, photographer
Date
[ca. 1886]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Wood [P.8743.532]
Racist trade card illustration depicting an African American man musician playing the cello. The man is seated in a crouched position on a green chair. He is attired in a yellow cap, a red and white striped shirt, a dotted blue jacket, yellow and red striped pants, and blue, yellow, and black boots. The man holds the neck of the cello in his left hand and the bow in his right. He is depicted with exaggerated features., Title from item., Title and business name printed on verso., Gift of David Doret.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Stout [P.2017.95.172]
A man stands behind a counter and measures leaves in a set of scales. He is wearing an apron and pointed shoes. Beneath the counter is a box marked sloe-leaves. The sender implies that the shopkeeper substitutes sloe leaves for tea., Text: Original, should be the word, / Genuine, is quite absurd, / For Ash and Sloe leaves sure must be, / At least a new invented Tea; / So Verdigris, I don’t incline, / To take you for a Valentine., Provenance: Helfand, William H..
A man with a gap-toothed grin weighs leaves in a set of scales. The packet he holds in his hand is labelled "Imitation tea" and several other containers behind the counter are labeled "Dutch pink", "Tea Dust", and "Verdigrease". The valentine suggests the clerk cheats his customers., Text: Original, should be the word, / Genuine, is quite absurd, / For Ash and Sloe leaves sure must be, / At least a new invented Tea; / So Verdegris, I don’t incline, / To take you for a Valentine., Provenance: Helfand, William H..
A baker stands in front of his oven. He is smoking a pipe and his shovel leans on the wall next to him., Text: The bread that you bake is not fit for a dog, / Your pies and your cake would sicken a hog; / Sawdust-flour you use, rancid butter and lard, / For such practice you ought to be feathered and tarred, / Or else to be taken and baked in your oven -- / You dirty old cheat, and rascal, and sloven., Provenance: Helfand, William H.
A butcher with a moustache stands with cleaver in hand. Two cats hang from hooks under the words "Cats wanted.", Text: Go! slaughterer of stolen cats, / And shave the moustache from thy lip -- / Thy sausages are made from rats, / Thy cutlets worse than any chip, / Thy steaks defy the strongest jaws, / Thy mutton comes from aged rams, / Thy pork defies the sharpest saws, / And tainted are thy sugared hams. / Repent, ere yet it is too late, / Or you may butcher for the State., Provenance: Helfand, William H..
Complementary testimonial trade cards containing portraits of older consumers of Eskay's Food. One card shows "Ebenezer F. Andrews," rosy-cheeked, wearing a beard, and attired in a suit and tie. Testimonial text below the image reads "I am an invalid troubled with indigestion for over 40 years (am now 67). Over a year ago I commenced using Eskay's Food, and can truly say it is the best Food for invalids I have ever tried." Second cards shows "Mrs. Amelia O'Keefe," rosy-cheeked, and attired in a neckerchief adorned with a pin, spectacles, and her white hair pinned under her ears. Promotional text below the image reads "Now over 98 years old, was nourished and sustained through a very critical illness by the use of Eskay's food. She was unable to retain any nourishment on her stomach until she resorted to this Food.", Printed on versos: vignettes showing children playing and individuals near a river, testimonials from parents of babies fed Eskay's, and a description for preparing the modified milk product., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
1898
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Misc. Popular Medicine Collection [P.2010.36.18 & 19]
Aerial views of the Heinz Pickle Company factory showing the food processing facility along the banks of the Salem River in Salem, New Jersey., Negative numbers: 11127a, 11128a.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
1929
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.11127a; P.8990.11128a]
Racist trade card depicting a smiling African American boy portrayed as fishing bait for an alligator in a swamp. Shows the boy suspended from a tree limb over the gaping jaws of the head of the reptile jutting out from the body of water below him. The boy is held up by a hook in the seat of his pants that is attached to white thread wrapped around the tree limb and from a large spool that floats in the water. The spool bears the Merrick Thread Co. logo. The boy holds the fishing line of thread and fishing rod in his hands and by his face. He is barefooted and attired in a blue hat, a red shirt with the sleeves rolled up, a white vest, and blue pants with a patch on the right knee. The boy is depicted with exaggerated features. Print also contains an image on verso depicting a partially opened box of several spools of thread, on which the thread company's tagline "Merrick Thread Co's Ready Wound Bobbins for Sewing Machines Warranted 200 Yards" is printed. Merrick Thread Co. was founded in 1865 by Timothy Merrick, Austin Merrick, and Origen Hall in Mansfield, Connecticut. After its founding, the company established mills in Holyoke, Massachusetts. In 1898, the company merged with thirteen other independent thread and yarn manufacturers to form the American Thread Company., Title from item., Date inferred from content and genre of print., Advertising text printed on verso: Buy Merrick Thread Co.'s Best Six Cord Soft Finish Spool Cotton For Machine & Hand Sewing Warranted 200 Yds. Also For Sale By E. Erdman, Dealer in Dry Goods, Notions, Queensware, Groceries, and General Merchandise, Rucksville, Pa., Gift of David Doret.
Date
[ca. 1885]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Merrick [P.2017.95.119]
Interior view of Agricultural Hall, specifically looking North from the nave. Depicts exhibits--primarily from Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, and France--featuring delicacies such as chocolates, wines, and various other alcoholic beverages. The over-sized bottles on display are part of the Reignard exhibit, a Parisian wine firm. Also shown in the background is the model of a windmill.
Interior view of Agricultural Hall, specifically looking North from the nave. Depicts various exhibits featuring delicacies such as chocolates, preserved fruits, and alcoholic beverages. Also shows a sign reading, "Geo. Neighbour & Sons, BEE HIVES," a London-based company located in the Great Britain and Ireland section of the Hall.
The "shoddy" military contractor is handed a $50 bill and stands in front of a barrell marked "STINKING PORK FOR U.S. ARMY from SHODDY." He says "I CAN'T SEE THAT THE PORK STINKS A BIT," and there a sign behind him that reads "SHODDY INSPECTOR OFFICE.", Text: You can't see it? No wonder you can't, / With a fifty dollar green back in your eye; / The soldier may starve-- the sailor may want, / What cares Shoddy if even they die? / He's a curse to his kind -- his country's worst bane, / Deserving the noose on the hangman's line; / But, alas, you don't get it, and to publish your shame, / Is left alone for this poor Valentine., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Trade card issued during the Columbian Exposition of 1893 advertising Enterprise Mf'g Co. of Pa. "Enterprise Sausage Stuffer and Lade Press." Contains an anachronistic scene including a caricaturized depiction of Dutch Director General of the colony New Netherland (later New York) Peter Stuyvesant. Depicts the peg-legged Stuyvesant promoting an Enterprise sausage stuffer to two of the colony's elite citizens. A servant operates the machine. A strand of encased sausage flows into a large bowl. Also contains a view of the Art Gallery designed by Charles B. Atwood. A boat floats in the foreground. The exposition held in Chicago May 1-October 30, 1898 celebrated the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. Enterprise Manufacturing Co. of Pa. was established in 1866., Advertising text printed on verso: Enterprise Sausage Stuffer and Lard Press. Our Sausage Stuffers are easy working and durable, are unexcelled for butchers' and farmers' use and will be found useful for many purposes in the household. We furnish them wither japanned or tinned. Prices: No. 5-2 quart, Japanned, Rack,....$3.00. "10-2 " Tinned, ",...$3.50; " 15-2 ", Japanned, Screw....$4.00; "20-2 " tinned, "....$4.50; " 25-4 " Japanned, ",...$5.00; " 30-4 " Tinned, "...$6.00; " 35-8 " Japanned, "... $6.50; " 40-8 " tinned, "....$7.50., Printed on verso: For Sale by the Hardware Trade. Send for Catalogue. The Enterprise M'f'g Co. of Pa., Third & Dauphin Sts., Philadelphia, U.S.A., Vignette illustration on verso. Depicts a "4 Qrt" hand-turned sausage stuffer and accompanying blades., Typeface on verso varies between prints., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Michael Zinman.
Date
c1893
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Trade cards [P.2008.36.59 & 67]
Illustrated trade card depicting indigenous men and women serving a white woman in a tropical paradise. She relaxes in a hammock as a man fans her with a paddle fan, a woman sets a tray of food next to her, and a man gathers coconuts into a basket. Additional imagery includes palm trees, a fountain, a monkey, a parrot, and pineapples. Warner & Merritt began importing fruit in Philadelphia ca. 1869 and were one of the largest firms importing West Indian fruit in the country by the time of their insolvency in 1884., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1884]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Warner [P.9947]
Illustrated trade card depicting a male server carrying pudding and spilling the tray as a dog runs under his feet. Another man, amused by the scene in front of him, carries a stack of plates and men and women seated at a dining table in the next room watch as the dessert spills., Advertising text printed on verso promotes "Barlow's specialties", including Vienna pudding, English plum pudding, blanc mange, browned flour, and Piercy's purity flavoring extracts., 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 - Vienna [1975.F.895]
Illustrated metamorphic trade card and caricature includes two images with paragraphs of text describing each scene. When the card is folded, Senator Jones frowns and is unhappy that his wife did not use Noix de Coco and pushes away the baked goods to her surprise. When the card is opened, a smiling and happy Senator Jones holds a knife in preparation to cut the cake his wife made with Noix de Coco, which she happily displays for him to see. Satirizes Florida Senator Charles William Jones, who abandoned his position ca. 1885 because of mental illness. Warner & Merritt began importing fruit in Philadelphia ca. 1869 and were one of the largest firms importing West Indian fruit in the country by the time of their insolvency in 1884., Advertising text printed on verso promotes Noix de Coco as "the best desiccated cocoanut in the world" and safe for dyspeptics and invalids. Includes a trade mark image depicting three monkeys carrying a large bean. Manufactured only by Warner & Merritt, 50, 52, 54 N. Delaware Ave., Philadelphia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized., Gift of David Doret.
Date
[ca. 1884]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Noix [P.2010.25]
