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- Title
- ASSU Illustration 7677
- Description
- Block numbered in one place: 7677., Image of a single rose., Illustration appears in The Union primer, or, First book for children... (Philadelphia, between 1875 and 1893?), p. 7., "V. Grot…, 40…"--Back of block. Vincent Grottenthaler is listed (as a dealer in boxwood) in Philadelphia city directories from 1869 to 1876.
- Date
- [not before 1869?]
- Location
- ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 6
- Title
- ASSU Illustration 7592
- Description
- Block numbered in two places: 7592., Image of a rose in bloom, with several other buds on the plant., "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.
- Date
- [not before 1869?]
- Location
- ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 6
- Title
- Wm. MacMullan, Jr., grocer, (Successor to MacMullan Bros.) 1205 Market St., Philad'a
- Description
- Illustrated trade card depicting a business card for MacMullan tucked into a spray of roses., Price list of products sold by MacMullan printed on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
- Date
- [ca. 1875]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - MacMullan [1975.F.588]
- Title
- James A. Consterdine, crystal ivorytype artist, 124 S. Ninth St., Philadelphia
- Description
- Illustrated trade card depicting the name of the business printed on a card inset into pink roses. Consterdine won a bronze medal from the Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society for his ivorytype photographs in 1881., 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 - Consterdine [P.9728.5]
- Title
- Diamonds, watches, jewelry & silverware at I. Bedichimer's, 616 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
- Description
- Illustrated trade card depicting a bunch of roses., 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 - Bedichimer [P.9730.2]
- Title
- Edward Stern & Co., printer and lithographer. 125 & 127 N. Seventh St. Philadelphia
- Description
- Tradecard for the Philadelphia printing firm containing a floral design. Design shows a stemmed rose. Verso contains advertising text for the "Floral Cards" and price information. The firm was established by brothers Edward, Harry F., and Simon in 1871., Not in Wainwright., Illegible manuscript notes on recto and verso., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 26, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Tradecard Collection - S - Stern
- Creator
- Edward Stern & Co.
- Date
- [ca. 1885]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Tradecard Collection - S - Stern, Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Tradecard Collection - S - Stern - verso
- Title
- Edward Stern & Co., printer and lithographer. 125 & 127 N. Seventh St. Philadelphia
- Description
- Tradecard for the Philadelphia printing firm containing a floral design. Design shows a stemmed rose. Verso contains advertising text for the "Floral Cards" and price information. The firm was established by brothers Edward, Harry F., and Simon in 1871., Not in Wainwright., Illegible manuscript notes on recto and verso., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 26, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Tradecard Collection - S - Stern
- Creator
- Edward Stern & Co.
- Date
- [ca. 1885]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Tradecard Collection - S - Stern, Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Tradecard Collection - S - Stern - verso
- Title
- Edward Stern & Co., printer and lithographer. 125 & 127 N. Seventh St. Philadelphia. Bookmarker
- Description
- Bookmark advertisement for the Philadelphia printing firm containing a floral design. Design shows a stemmed rose. Verso contains advertising text for the "bookmarker" and price information for lots of 500, 1000, and 5000. Text promotes the "advertising medium" as valuable in addition to their usefulness will "insure their being preserved." The firm was established by brothers Edward, Harry F., and Simon in 1871., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 27, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Tradecard Collection - S - Stern bookmarker
- Creator
- Edward Stern & Co.
- Date
- [ca. 1885]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Tradecard Collection - S - Stern bookmarker, Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Tradecard Collection - S - Stern bookmarker - verso
- Title
- Edward Stern & Co., printer and lithographer. 125 & 127 N. Seventh St. Philadelphia. Bookmarker
- Description
- Bookmark advertisement for the Philadelphia printing firm containing a floral design. Design shows a stemmed rose. Verso contains advertising text for the "bookmarker" and price information for lots of 500, 1000, and 5000. Text promotes the "advertising medium" as valuable in addition to their usefulness will "insure their being preserved." The firm was established by brothers Edward, Harry F., and Simon in 1871., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 27, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Tradecard Collection - S - Stern bookmarker
- Creator
- Edward Stern & Co.
- Date
- [ca. 1885]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Tradecard Collection - S - Stern bookmarker, Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Tradecard Collection - S - Stern bookmarker - verso
- Title
- Present in many cans of Miles' Baking Powder due bills for handsome book and 2 paintings, in some cans due bill for a watch
- Description
- Illustrated trade card for Miles' Baking Powder Co. at 246 and 248 North Delaware Avenue in Philadelphia depicting a well-dressed couple standing and leaning against a stone wall near rose bushes, smelling freshly picked flowers., Advertising text printed on verso promotes the "picture book and two elegant litho water color paintings, size 16 x 20, worth about $2.50" included in many cans of Miles' Premium Baking Powder. Also includes positive testiments from individuals and businesses that have used Miles' Premium Baking Powder, dated 1879-1883., 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 - Miles' [P.9615.17]
- Title
- J. Kift & Son, florists, choice cut flowers and blooming plants. 1721 1/2 Chestnut St., Phila
- Description
- Illustrated trade card depicting a tag or business card for J. Kift & Son (Joseph and Robert Kift) tucked into a sprig of roses., 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 - Kift [1975.F.478]
- Title
- [Hoyt's German cologne trade cards]
- Description
- Series of illustrated trade cards for E.W. Hoyt & Co. in Lowell, Massachusetts. Illustrations depict a woman's face superimposed onto a rose and two women flanking a large bottle of cologne with a label inscribed, "Hoyt's German cologne, large bottle price $1.00. E.W. Hoyt & Co., proprietors, Lowell, Mass.", Title supplied by cataloger., One print [1975.F.445] design patented 1881., Advertising text promoting Hoyt's German cologne printed on versos., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
- Date
- [ca. 1881]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Hoyt [1975.F.432 & 1975.F.445]
- Title
- B.M. Singley & Co., dealers in coal, yard, N.E. cor. Ninth and Master Sts., Philadelphia, Pa
- Description
- Illustrated trade card depicting a business card tucked into roses., 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 - Singley [P.9802.1]
- Title
- Anniversary greeting. Stern Brothers, Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa
- Description
- Illustrated trade card depicting a vignette of a landscape surrounded by a large pink rose, leaves and vines., Embossed., Manuscript note on verso: Wishing you many Happy Birthdays. I remain your daughter Mildred., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
- Date
- [ca. 1890]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Stern [P.2002.51.3]
- Title
- Send for specimens of "orange blossom" and "rose" to Crider & Brother, York, Pa. Marriage certificates
- Description
- Illustrated trade card, possibly designed as an insert for the firm's photograph marriage certificates, depicting red roses tied together with a red ribbon. Founded as Kephart, Crider & Co. in 1866, the publishing business changed its name to Crider & Brother when S.L. Kephart left the firm. The publishing house sold their marriage certificates throughout the United States and internationally. The "orange blossom" certificate was copyrighted by David Crider in 1882., Date inferred from the copyright date of the "orange blossom" certificate., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of David Doret., Uncolored state held in the Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.13]., Digitized., See *GC - Certificates - Marriage [P.2007.36.1].
- Date
- [ca. 1882]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Crider [P.2005.24.1]
- Title
- Joseph M. Cohen, highest cash price paid for cast-off clothing. Call or address No. 1547 Callowhill Street, Philadelphia
- Description
- Illustrated trade card depicting roses wrapped in partially rolled up paper containing the title., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
- Date
- [ca. 1875]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Cohen [P.9730.3]
- Title
- [Rose with open scroll]
- Description
- Album page containing an incomplete drawing of a spray of red rose and three rose buds behind a blank open scroll. The stems of the flowers are depicted with thorns. Image possibly corresponds to an 1849 entry written by African Methodist Episcopal Bishop Daniel Alexander Payne (1811-1893) about the death of his wife and daughter that began, “Just by the side of this Rose, there grew a Rose-bud perfectly formed and softly tinged with the brightest carmine ….” (verso of p.64-66)., Title supplied by cataloguer., Date estimated from span of dates of dated entries within album., Possibly by Amy Matilda Cassey., RVCDC, Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
- Date
- [ca. 1845]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Amy Matilda Cassey album [P.9764.62]
- Title
- [Floral watercolor]
- Description
- Album page containing a drawing of a rose bud. The rose bud is depicted on a stem with a number of leaves and thorns., Probably by educator and anti-slavery activist Ada Howell Hinton, daughter of Frederick Augustus Hinton, barber, perfumer, abolitionist, and prominent member of the Philadelphia African American elite community., RVCDC, Description revised in 2022., Access points revised in 2022.
- Date
- [ca. 1840]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Mary Anne Dickerson album [13860.Q.69]
- Title
- "I love a flower!"
- Description
- Album page containing a drawing of a wild pink rose above eight lines of allegorical verse about the beauty of flowers. Shows the rose with a stem, five green leaves surrounding the petals, and two buds., Title from manuscript verse., Date inferred from complementary entries in album., Contains eight lines of verse: I love a flower! it ever brings/ A warmth of feeling to my heart,/ Unlike those gay and gilded things/ That flatter coldly, coldly part./ But flowers! – Oh they are eloquent/ They speak when lips would still be dumb/ When by the hand of friendship sent,/ Her price interpreters they come., RVCDC, Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Douglass, was an artist, prominent Quaker member of the Philadelphia African American elite community, educator, and anti-slavery activist.
- Creator
- Douglass, S. M. (Sarah Mapps), 1806-1882, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1833]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Amy Matilda Cassey album [P.9764.9]
- Title
- M.F. McDonough & Co., importers, No. 117 South Front St., Philadelphia
- Description
- Illustrated trade card depicting a scroll with the title inscribed superimposed onto two scenes, including a rose and diagonial border of rosettes and other geometric shapes and a snow-covered dwelling surrounded by bare trees., Title printed in purple ink., Letter printed on verso marked "Philadelphia, June, 1882" notifies M.F. McDonough & Co. patrons about the sale of "Eugene Clicquot" brand of champagne from France., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
- Date
- 1882
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - McDonough [1975.F.626]
- Title
- [Joseph Hoover trade cards]
- Description
- Series of illustrated trade cards for Joseph Hoover's pictures and frames business at 628 Arch Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict a business card for Hoover tucked into a pink roses and a boy crying and watching another boy pull on the legs of a dog that is attacking another animal. Joseph Hoover, a Swiss-German chromolithographer, operated his chromolithography, engraving, and picture frame business from 628 Arch Street in Philadelphia between 1880 and ca. 1888., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [P.9651.13] copyrighted 1888 by J. Hoover., Advertising text printed on versos promotes Joseph Hoover's products as holiday presents, including paintings, engravings, plain and colored photographs, velvet, ebony and gold photograph frames, and oleographs. Also promotes a moving sale (c1888) with reduced prices on these items., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
- Date
- [ca. 1888]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Hoover [1975.F.412 & P.9651.13]
- Title
- Isaac Casseres, manufacturer of suits and cloaks, and dealer in furs, N.W. cor. Eighth & Race Sts., Phila
- Description
- Illustrated stock trade card depicting a business card for Isaac Cassere's suit, cloak, and fur business inset into a bunch of flowers., 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 - Casseres [1975.F.119]
- Title
- The American, S.W. cor. Webb & Beach Avenues, Ocean Grove, N.J For terms, address R. Brown, Ocean Grove, N.J
- Description
- Trade card for The American, a hotel at the southwest corner of Webb and Beach Avenues in Ocean Grove, N.J., illustrated by a branch of roses., 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 - American [1975.F.12]
- Title
- [Hale, Kilburn & Co. trade cards]
- Description
- Series of illustrated trade cards, one bookmark and one small pamphlet, for Hale, Kilburn & Co.'s furniture manufacturing establishment at 48 & 50 North Sixth Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict vignettes of furniture, including rocking chairs, mirrors, and folding beds; a bird's eye view of the company's factory complex at North Sixth and Filbert Streets; and a business card for the company tucked into a long-stemmed rose. Hale, Kilburn & Co. began manufacturing household furniture in 1873. The factory at 48 & 50 North Sixth Street was built in 1867., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [P.9803.2] printed by Samuel Loag., Advertising text promoting furniture manufactured by Hale, Kilburn & Co. printed on versos, including upholstery, parlor suits, chamber suits, chairs, tables, wardrobes, sideboards, champion folding bed and cribs, mirrors, and picture frames., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
- Date
- [ca. 1875-1885]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Hale [1975.F.409a & P.9803.2]
- 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 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
- Title
- [Scrapbook of original and printed art works]
- Description
- Scrapbook containing predominantly original amateur art work, including watercolors, pencil works, and crayon drawings. Also contains engraved illustrations, photographic reproductions of paintings and sculptures, and lithographs. Subjects of the imagery include landscapes and marinescapes; scenes of rural life; portraiture of animals (birds, elephant, pig) and people; figure studies; allegorical figures; the work of Horatio Stone and Hortense Hazard; costume plates from "La France de nos jours" (1860); and religious and sentimental (courtship) scenes. Printed and inscribed titles include The Lion in Love; Masque d'Omphale; Polixene; Pâtre De Se. Saveur; Costumes Des Maconnaises; Costumes Des Bressannes; Une Bacchante; The Risen Redeemer; The Holy Family; The Trusty Servant; The Widow (painted by Smith's cousin J. L. Fisher); Blackbird and Thrush in Covert; Ceres; "The Highland soldier bidding adieu to his love"; "Pig-Pig-Pig"; La Maitress du Titian; and Japan Rose. Scrapbook also includes a crayon rubbing of the monumental brass on the tomb of Sir John Ratcliffe and Dame Alice at Crathwaite Church (Keswick, Cumberland); a series of French etchings satirizing the military; a photograph of the "Arsenal at Vienna"; and a trade card for the Interlaken Grand Hotel Victoria., Title supplied by cataloger., Few items removed., Many items contain corresponding inscriptions (often illegible) by the artist or inscriptions on verso by Smith explicating provenance., Various artists and engravers including P. Planat, H. Richter, W. Froden, Maurice, H. Moses, Hanlon, and G. Fairman., Various printers and publishers including George Baxter, Ducarme, Langlume, Auguste Bry, LeBlond & Co., Leighton Bros., Destouches, and Smith, Elder, & Co., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Smith, Mary Rebecca Darby
- Date
- [ca. 1830-ca. 1874]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 4-Alcove 2 [Is 6 1518.Q, vol. 2]