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Title: Geo. S. Harris & Sons, printers, engravers, lithographers, 718, 720, 722 & 724 Arch Street, Philadelphia Branch House, 53 State St., Chicago
Description: Advertisement containing a montage of images depicting the business and evoking the decorative arts. Includes an exterior view of the firm's building; an interior view showing artisans at work on and around printing presses; object d'art and works of art; an artist's palette; a seascape; printed wallpaper; draperies; and flowers. Exterior view includes street and pedestrian traffic. Harris' firm moved to this address circa 1882 and later relocated to 1033 Chestnut Street circa 1898., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 33
Creator: Geo. S. Harris & Sons
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Advertisements [P.9349.406]

Title: Geo. S. Harris & Sons cigar box labels and trimmings
Description: Trade cards depicting specimens for cigar box labels and trimmings of George S. Harris & Sons. Shows No. 2151 "City cousin," No. 2126 "Mirth and beauty," and No. 2155 "First mate.""City cousin," depicts a young woman reclining against a bale of hay in a field. Above this scene are toiletries, perfumes, and a book of "Happy hour poems" wrapped in a ribbon. "Mirth and beauty" depicts a waist-length portrait of a young girl wearing a large plumed hat. "First mate" shows a sailor in his blue uniform at sea, gripping his straw hat in his right hand, and telescope in his left., George S. Harris opened his lithography business ca. 1847 at 119 North Fourth Street. In 1872, George Harris & Sons moved into a seven-story, "iron front" building erected for the company at 718-724 Arch Street, where they operated the largest lithographic firm in the city, with about 600 employees producing lithographic trade cards, labels for cans and cigar boxes, circulars, calendars and stamped envelopes for patrons worldwide., Not in Wainwright., Advertising text stamped on verso: Geo. S. Harris & Sons, manufacturers of cigar box labels and trimmings, 718, 720, 722 & 724 Arch St., Philadelphia. $15.00 per 1000. $1.60 per 100. Also furnished blank., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 31
Creator: Geo. S. Harris & Sons
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Trade cards - Harris [P.2002.67.2-4]

Title: Geo. S. Harris & Sons, printers, engravers, lithographers, 718, 720, 722 & 724 Arch Street, Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement containing a montage of images depicting the business and evoking the decorative arts. Includes an exterior view of the firm's building; an interior view showing artisans at work on and around printing presses; object d'art and works of art; an artist's palette; a seascape; printed wallpaper; draperies; and flowers. Exterior view includes street and pedestrian traffic. Harris' firm moved to this address circa 1882 and later relocated to 1033 Chestnut Street circa 1898., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 32
Creator: Geo. S. Harris & Sons
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Advertisements [P.8729.15]

Title: Geo. S. Harris & Sons. Printers & lithographers. Nos. 718, 720, 722, 724 Arch St. Philadelphia Branch houses: New York: S.E. cor. Grand & Brewery. Chicago: No. 53 State St
Description: Advertisement calendar for the year 1886 containing a genre scene bordered to the left by pictorial details for the firm renamed Geo. S. Harris & Sons in 1876. Scene shows a woman attired in a naval-themed costume dress descending a flight of marble stairs during a masquerade ball. She holds a mask in one hand and the hem of her dress in the other. In the background, a few men in costume, including a harlequin and clown, watch the woman. Border details include an oriental-style vase of roses atop cloth draped over the calendar, and the lithographer's tradecard. Also includes decorative trim in the upper edge. Harris, first listed as a printer in 1847, operated one of the largest Philadelphia lithographic studios in the later 19th-century. The firm specialized in cigar box labels and stock trade cards., Not in Wainwright., pdcp00014, Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 34, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Lithographers
Creator: Geo. S. Harris & Sons
Date: 1886
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - Lithographers

Title: [Geo. S. Harris & Sons.] Printers & lithographers. Nos. 718, 720, 722, 724 Arch St. Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement calendar for the year 1883 containing a sentimental, genre scene for the firm renamed Geo. S. Harris & Sons in 1876. Scene shows a woman attired in a diaphanous dress, with plunging neckline and a high-rimmed bonnet, seated under a branch of an apple tree. A cluster of flowers, a butterfly, and a paper fan dominate the foreground and in the background, a farmhouse on a hillside completes the scene. Also includes decorative trim in the upper edge. Harris, first listed as a printer in 1847, operated one of the largest Philadelphia lithographic studios in the later 19th-century. The firm specialized in cigar box labels and stock trade cards., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 36, Smithsonian Institution: NMAH Archives Center - Warshaw Collection - Printers & Printing - Box 10 Folder 2 - Geo S. Harris, Smithsonian copy of print displayed., LCP holds copy in Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection. [P.2011.10.164]. LCP copy manuscript note on verso: Eva Allen, 1603 Summer Street, Phila, Pa.
Creator: Geo. S. Harris & Sons
Date: 1883
Location: Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Archives Center Warshaw Collection SI NMAH Archives Center - Warshaw Collection - Printers & Printing - Box 10 Folder 2 - Geo S. Harris, Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Calendars - George S. Harris [P.2011.10.164]

Title: Geo. S. Harris & Sons. Printers & lithographers. Nos. 718, 720, 722, 724 Arch St. Philadelphia Branch houses: New York: S.E. cor. Grand & Brewery. Chicago: No. 53 State St
Description: Advertisement calendar for the year 1884 for the firm renamed Geo. S. Harris & Sons in 1876 that contains a large genre scene bordered to the left by pictorial details . The scene, set in a colorfully decorated room, shows a woman lighting the cigar of a man. The woman attired in a dress with a trim decorated in a mosaic flower pattern uses a slip of paper marked "1884" to light the cigar of the man who is attired in dress-tails. Border details include an oriental-style vase of roses atop cloth draped over the calendar, and the lithographer's tradecard. Also includes decorative trim in the upper edge. Harris, first listed as a printer in 1847, operated one of the largest Philadelphia lithographic studios in the later 19th-century. The firm specialized in cigar box labels and stock trade cards., Not in Wainwright., pdcp00051, Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 35, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Tradesmen's Cards
Creator: Geo. S. Harris & Sons
Date: 1884
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - Tradesmen's Cards

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