Illustrated trade card depicting patriotic imagery, including a sailor holding a sextant on the deck of a ship surrounded by an American flag, American shield, an eagle, a pile of cannonballs, and an anchor., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1860]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Mustin [(2)5786.F.170b]
Series of illustrated trade cards depicting a woman picking flowers; a man hanging a cloth with the title inscribed on it; a man holding an umbrella for a lady in the rain; a crane standing near flowers on the edge of a lake; ornate Japanese paddle fans; and a butterfly perched on flower stems., One print [1975.F.591] copyrighted 1881 by Thomas W. Price., Advertising text printed on versos: Established 1815. Mustin's original trimming store, the largest [Philadelphia,] wholesale hosiery, glove, trimming, zephyr worsted, knitting yarn, and thread & needle establishment, No. 515 Arch Street, and No. 510 Cherry Street, where storekeepers only, are supplied. Retail store, 1226 Chestnut Street., 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 - Mustin [1975.F.591; 1975.F.609; 1975.F.618; 1975.F.635; 1975.F.644-646]
Plate showing a section of the 800 block (216-277) of Chestnut Street. South side includes J. S. Earle, Looking Glasses, Oil Paintings, Portrait & Picture Frames (216); W.H. Carryl, Curtain Store (218); Welch’s National Circus theater (224); Joseph M. Wilson, Bookseller & Stationer (228); and John Mustin Trimming Store (240). North side (unnumbered) includes Girard House, Presbury & Billings, proprietors., Advertisements promote six of the depicted businesses (Wilson, Mustin, Jr., Welch’s, Carryl, Earle, and Girard House). Advertisements contain lines of promotional text and ornamented type. Earle also promotes "Old and Valuable Paintings repaired, relined, and restored to their original beauty" and the Girard House notes it is "new, large, and probably the most beautiful hotel in the world.", Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Folder 15.
Creator
Rae, Julio H.
Date
[1851]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Rae - Folder 15 [*Am 1851 Rae, 2975.Q]
Plate showing a section of the 800 block (216-277) of Chestnut Street. South side includes J. S. Earle, Looking Glasses, Oil Paintings, Portrait & Picture Frames (216); W.H. Carryl, Curtain Store (218); Welch’s National Circus theater (224); Joseph M. Wilson, Bookseller & Stationer (228); and John Mustin Trimming Store (240). North side (unnumbered) includes Girard House, Presbury & Billings, proprietors., Advertisements promote six of the depicted businesses (Wilson, Mustin, Jr., Welch’s, Carryl, Earle, and Girard House). Advertisements contain lines of promotional text and ornamented type. Earle also promotes "Old and Valuable Paintings repaired, relined, and restored to their original beauty" and the Girard House notes it is "new, large, and probably the most beautiful hotel in the world.", Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Folder 15.
Creator
Rae, Julio H.
Date
[1851]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Rae - Folder 15 [*Am 1851 Rae, 2975.Q]
