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- Title
- ASSU Illustration 6127
- Description
- Block numbered (faintly) in two places: 6127., Image of a nicely-dressed man with a tall hat and umbrella as cane gesturing at a boy who regards him and holds a wooden hoop; three other boys in the foreground tussle or argue., “N.J. Wemmer. 215 Pear St. Phila.” – Back of block. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876., “Come away from bad Boys” – Inscribed on side of block., Illustration appears in Child's world, v. 7 no. 6 (Mar., 1868), p. 4.
- Date
- [between 1861 and 1876?]
- Location
- ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 22
- Title
- ASSU Illustration 5839
- Description
- Block numbered in two places: 5839, also 44 in one place, 31 faintly in one place., Image of three children playing with blocks; one boy kneels and places a block at the top of a tower while a second boy stands ready with another block; a girl sits in a small chair and holds a pile of blocks in her lap; the open box of blocks is visible in the foreground., Signed: Van Ingen-Snyder. Van Ingen & Snyder, a partnership between William H. Van Ingen and Henry M. Snyder, was active between 1853 and 1871., “N.J. Wemmer. 5 Pear St. Phila.” – Back of block. Nelson J. Wemmer is listed (as an artist) at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1848 to 1856., Illustration appears in New book of two hundred pictures, p. 76 and Child's world, v. 6 no. 12 (Jun., 1867), p. 2.
- Date
- [between 1853 and 1856?]
- Location
- ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 22
- Title
- La main chaude
- Description
- Trade card specimen depicting a white boy crying in the lap of a white girl after another white girl has hit him. In the left, shows the boy, attired in a white shirt, a brown jacket, brown pants, red socks, and brown shoes, bent over and crying into the lap of a girl. The girl, attired in a green bonnet, a gray dress with white ruffles at the collar and sleeves, white stockings, and brown shoes, sits on the grass and comforts the boy, placing both her hands on his head. In the center, shows the girl, attired in a pink and white bonnet, a red dress, a pink checked smock, white stockings, and brown shoes, lift her right hand up and wave a fist at the boy. Her left hand holds the hand of another boy, attired in a straw hat with a red band, a green shirt with a white ruffled collar, green shorts, red and white striped socks, and brown shoes. The boy holds the string to a pull toy wagon in his left hand. In the right background are bound wheat sheaves., Title from item., Date deduced from the visual content., Manuscript note on verso: George Smith., Illustration of girl in pink bonnet is hand colored in purple ink., Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. - Main [P.2017.95.204]
- Title
- ASSU Illustration 3344
- Description
- Block numbered in two places: 3344, also 402 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a boy on a rocking horse, holding a small whip; two children and an infant look on: one child standing, a younger child sitting on the floor with a large top, and an infant in a woman's arms., Illustration also appears in The Sunday-school anniversary (Philadelphia, 1824, p. 26.
- Date
- [s.a.]
- Location
- ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 24
- Title
- Do they miss me at home?
- Description
- Trimmed vignette showing a caricature of a young African American girl, possibly a satirical personification of the popular mid-19th century song of the same title. Depicts the girl, attired in a baby doll dress, her hair in short coils, and the fingers of one hand in her mouth as, in the other, she holds the string of a rolling pull toy horse visible behind her. Published in 1852 and composed by S. M. Grannis with lyrics by Caroline Atherton Mason, "Do they Miss Me at Home" was written in the voice of a homesick girl away at school. The song remained popular through the Civil War when translated to the voice of soldiers. Bufford, later J. H. Bufford's sons, issued trade cards 1870-1875 containing images portraying racial and ethnic stereotypes, as well as personfications of popular 19th-century songs, ballads, and poems., Copyrighted, Bufford, Boston., Date inferred from style of copyright statement., Gift of Wendy Woloson.
- Date
- [ca. 1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department GC - Genre [113487.D]
- Title
- This price list contains articles in your line, to which we would respectfully call you attention, J. M. Keep & Co., manufacturers of and dealers in patented small wares, toys and notions, office and salesroom, no. 8, Dey Street, New York.
- Description
- Accordion-folded circular for stationery goods and toys., 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.
- Creator
- J. M. Keep & Co., creator
- Date
- [1868?].
- Location
- Doret Ephemera
- Title
- Grandfather's visit
- Description
- Puzzle showing a family, including a mother, father, grandfather and two daughters, working and playing outside on their homestead. The mother and father work in the garden, as the daughters play with various toys, including dolls, a drum, horn, and sword. Also shows a mill building with a waterwheel in the background., One of four puzzles housed in clamshell box., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- [ca. 1858]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *albums (flat) - Four Lithographic Puzzles [8418.F.3]
- Title
- Galanterie spielwaaren handlung L. Hönig in Zürich. Das neueste stets auf lager
- Description
- Illustrated trade card for L. Hönig's toy store containing imagery from the Jack and the Beanstalk fairytale. Depicts a giant with a long beard holding a purse inscribed, "Kauf bei mir gibs billig dir". Various toys lay at his feet, including a drum, dollhouse, ship, pocketwatch, horse, puppets, flags and toy soldiers. Also contains an ornate pictorial detail reading, "25 Centralhof. Fraumünsterseite"., Text printed on verso: Ich gratulire zum neuen Iahr. Translated: [Happy New Year], Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
- Creator
- Hörner, H., artist
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Hönig [1975.F.415]
- Title
- Bush & Co.'s borax soap company, Philadelphia
- Description
- Illustrated trade card depicting a boy sitting on a rock near a body of water playing with a model sailboat. Bush & Co. was operated by John V. and Van Camp Bush., Manuscript note on verso: Chester., Contains advertising text printed on verso: Always buy Bush & Co's improved borax soap, because it is made of the purest and best materials. It is the best laundry soap--making your clothes clean and sweet, with very little labor. It works equally well in hard or soft, or in salt water. It is a splendid luxury for the toilet or bath; wonderful in its beneficial action on the skin, equaling the imported castile soap. It is remarkably good for washing the head, cleansing the scalp and rendering the hair soft and glossy. It is the most economical, being sold at a reasonable price, and one cake will do as much work as two cakes of the ordinary, so-called cheap soaps. Ask your grocer for Bush & Co.'s borax soap and take no other., 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 - Bush [P.9651.3]
- Title
- Negro children in America
- Description
- Card depicting two African American women taking care of African American children in a nursery. In the foreground, three African American children sit on the floor and play with toys. In the left, the girl, attired in a blue dress, yellow socks, and black shoes, plays with blocks. In the middle, the girl, attired in a white shirt and green and red dress, holds a white girl doll costumed in an orange dress. In the right, the girl, attired in a red stocking cap, a yellow shirt, blue pants, and green socks, holds her right hand to her mouth. Beside her on the floor is a white girl doll costumed in a blue dress and a stuffed dog. Behind the seated group, two children stand and pull toys out of a container. In the left, the girl, attired in a white cap and a pink romper, leans over the container. In the right, the girl, attired in an orange dress, carries a teddy bear. In the right background, the woman, attired in a long-sleeved white dress, sits on a wooden chair with a baby wrapped in a yellow blanket on her lap. In the left background, the woman, attired in a long-sleeved pink shirt, a purple skirt, and a white apron, leans over a crib to help a young child attired in a red shirt. Two framed pictures are on the wall., Title from item., Text printed on verso: Bible Picture Card. Vol. 1, no. 14. Second Quarter. January 4, 1942. The Peanut Cow. Miss Mary’s class had met on Sunday morning. Ethel’s brown face seemed very thoughtful. “I want to tell you something,” she said after awhile. “Yesterday I was out walking. I saw six little children. They were very thin. I wish we could help them in some way.” The class was very still. They were thinking hard. “I know!” cried one of the girls. “Let’s parch peanuts and sell them. Then we can buy milk for these children.” Each day the class met. They parched peanuts and took them to be sold. They bought good rich milk with their money. “Those children need fruit.” Ethel said one day after one of her classes. “We learned today that everyone should have fruit.” “But it takes all our peanut money to buy milk,” said one of the girls. “Maybe the other boys and girls at Browning Home would like to help,” suggested Miss Mary. “Put a milk bottle in the lunch room. They can put in their extra pennies, nickels and dimes.” “Let’s call it the Peanut Cow,” suggested Ethel. Eagerly they watched the Peanut Cow. It grew fuller and fuller. How happy they were! Now they could buy both fruit and milk. Verse to Remember: “We are God’s fellow-workers.” I Corinthians 3:9. Published quarterly in sets of 13 at 4 cents per set per quarter. The Methodist Publishing House, 353 Prairie Ave., Providence, R.I. Executive and Editorial Offices, 810 Broadway, Nashville, Tennessee. Entered as second-class matter, September 15, 1941, at the post office at Providence, R.I., under the act of March 3, 1879. c. 1942, by Whitmore & Stone., Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- 1942
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Greeting Cards, etc. - Negro [P.2017.95.250]
- Title
- Do they miss me at home?
- Description
- Racist trade card specimen depicting a caricature of a young African American girl, possibly a satirical personification of the popular mid-19th century song of the same title. Shows the barefooted girl, attired in a baby doll dress, her hair in short coils, and the fingers of one hand in her mouth as, in the other, she holds the string of a rolling pull toy horse visible behind her. Published in 1852 and composed by S. M. Grannis with lyrics by Caroline Atherton Mason, "Do they Miss Me at Home" was written in the voice of a homesick girl away at school. The song remained popular through the Civil War when translated to the voice of soldiers. Bufford, later J. H. Bufford's Sons, issued trade cards 1870-1875 containing images portraying racial and ethnic stereotypes, as well as personfications of popular 19th-century songs, ballads, and poems., Title from item., Date inferred from style of copyright statement: Copyrighted, Bufford, Boston., Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- [ca. 1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. - Do they [P.2017.95.203]
- Title
- [Sooy's trade cards]
- Description
- Series of illustrated trade cards depicting sprays of flowers; a man smelling flowers while his female companion lies on her stomach in the grass nearby; a hunting scene labeled "Autumn" showing a dog and two boys walking, one of them with a rifle slung carelessly over his shoulder, which has just discharged and knocked the hat off of the boy behind him; and Santa Claus approaching a chimney with a sack of toys on his back. His reindeers and sleigh wait for him on the rooftops overlooking the skyline of the city., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [1975.F.827] contains trimmed "List of Streets of Philadelphia, North and South of Market St." printed on verso., 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 - Sooy [1975.F.761; 1975.F.776 & 777; 1975.F.785; 1975.F.811; 1975.F.827-829]
- Title
- [J. Peter Gohl trade cards]
- Description
- Series of illustrated trade cards advertising fancy cakes, ice cream, and pastries for J. Peter Gohl's confectionery at 257 South Fifth Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict rustic landscapes including a cabin, castle, water mill, and pavillion and various animals and insects, including cattle, deer, a fox, grasshopper, dog, and stork. Also shows Santa Claus, or Saint Nicholas, looking through a book and standing in the snow with a large sack full of toys strapped to his back and a "good luck" horseshoe hanging from a ribbon., Title supplied by cataloger., 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 - Gohl [1975.F.352; 1975.F.369; 1975.F.371-373; 1975.F.377-386]
- Title
- [G.A. Schwarz trade cards]
- Description
- Series of illustrated trade cards for Gustavus A. Schwarz's toy store at 1006 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict children playing with toys, including lettered blocks, building blocks, a drum, a rocking horse, a swing and a velocipede; a girl sleeping and dreaming about Santa Claus delivering toys for Christmas, including candy, a doll, a book, and a rabbit playing a drum; and children watching their mother decorate the family's Christmas tree. G.A. Schwarz opened his toy bazaar on 1006 Chestnut Street in 1859. Three of his brothers (Henry, F.A.O. and Richard Schwarz) operated toy stores in Baltimore, New York, and Boston., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers and engravers include Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann (New York)., Two prints [1975.F.857 & 859] contain advertising text printed on versos promoting G.A. Schwarz's twenty-first annual Christmas exhibition (1880) and Christmas goods, including German, French and English toys and dolls, ornaments, Vienna leather and olive wood articles., 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 - Schwarz [1975.F.808; 1975.F.857; 1975.F.859 & 860]
- Title
- The beginning and the end of life (hold the picture 1 foot away for life and 20 feet for death.) Presented by William Deering & Co. Chicago, Ill. Grain & grass machinery
- Description
- Illustrated trade card and metamorphic picture depicting two girls playing with their pet dog and toys, strategically placed so that when viewed from afar, the scene forms the shadows of a human skull. William Deering became the sole owner of a reaper company in 1879 in Plano, Illinois and subsequently moved the business to Chicago, Illinois in 1880. The business was incorporated as William Deering & Company in 1883., Advertising text printed on verso promotes various harvesting and mowing machines manufactured by William Deering & Co., including the Junior Deering, the Standard Deering, the Deering Mower, Deering Giant Mower, the Warrior Mower, and the Deering Light Reaper. Informs readers that "the skull duggery practiced by some manufacturers of harvesting machinery, in palming off cheap machines on unsuspecting farmers, finds no favor in the Deering factory.", 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 - Deering [P.9631.5]
- Title
- Aromatic Pino-Palmine Mattress. 915 Arch St., 113 N. Front Street, Phila. and 115 Water St., Boston, Mass Elastic and durable
- Description
- Illustrated trade card includes a central scene of a tropical location with palm trees bordering a body of water. Inset image surrounded by a decorative border in lower right corner shows a baby sitting upright on a mattress holding a doll and a rattle., Advertising text printed on recto and verso for products sold by the Aromatic Pino-Palmine Mattress Co,. including mattresses, pillows, pallets, comfortables, and cushions, to cure a variety of ailments. Also includes a notice of the company's removal from 116 South Twelfth Street to 915 Arch Street in Philadelphia., 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 - Aromatic [1975.F.18]
- Title
- [Clark's O.N.T. spool cotton trade cards]
- Description
- Series of illustrated trade cards for Clark Thread Company's O.N.T. spool cotton. Illustrations depict children in various settings, including flying a kite with a thread from Clark's O.N.T. spool and a little girl fishing. Also shows a family walking with their dog on the sidewalk in front of a large advertisement for Clark's; a mother sewing buttons onto her daughter's coat; and a mother using a Clark's spool thread to keep her walking toddler from falling., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers and engravers include Wemple & Kronheim (N.Y.) and Chas. Shields Sons' (N.Y.)., Two prints [1975.F.213 and 1975.F.879] contain advertising text printed on rectos and versos for Joseph H. Traeger's foreign and domestic dry goods store in Bethlehem, Pa., Two prints [1975.F.186 and 1975.F.190] contain six-month calendars on versos., One print [P.9988.2], die cut and shaped into a cylinder, contains advertising text for Clark's O.N.T. spool cotton on verso along with a distributor's stamp: Holm & McKay, 50, Worcester, Mass., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
- Date
- [ca. 1883]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Clark's O.N.T. [1975.F.147; 1975.F.186; 1975.F.190; 1975.F.213; 1975.F.879; P.9988.2]
- Title
- [Geo. G. Burbank, druggist and apothecary, 235 Main St., Worcester, Mass.]
- Description
- Series of illustrated trade cards depicting Japanese boys wearing fanciful, stylized versions of traditional attire and geta shoes and performing a variety of activities, including watching a fly pull toys on the ground, playing a stringed instrument as a dog dances on its hind legs, and holding a piece of paper of an illustration of a man and woman. Also includes "Ole zip coon," depicting a racist scene of an African American man stealing a chicken in the countryside. He hangs suspended on a wooden fence, snagged by the seat of his pants. He holds two squawking chickens by the legs in his right hand as another squawking chicken runs away in the left. The man is portrayed with exaggerated features and a look of fear. His mouth is open and the corners turned down. His wide eyes look to the right. In the background in the right, a white man, holding a rifle, runs with a dog towards the fence. A house is visible in the center background., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [P.9828.5576] numbered 450 and printed by Bufford, Boston., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William Helfand., 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 the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Patent Medicine Trade Card Collection - Pharmacists - B [P.9828.5573-5576]
- Title
- [John Wanamaker & Co., 818, 820 & 822 Chestnut Street trade cards]
- Description
- Series of illustrated trade cards for John Wanamaker & Co.'s 818, 820 & 822 Chestnut Street store in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict the eastern and western hemispheres of the world; sheep standing in the snow; striped socks; butterflies; an anthropomorphic owl attired in a plaid coat and top hat standing in the curve of the moon observing the townscape below; a boy and a girl standing on a path below a tree in which a large birds sits; Philadelphia's City Hall; a boy riding on a sled through the snow pulled by two turkeys; a bird on a tree branch; a hearth with a kettle over a fire; rabbits and a grasshopper; an owl and birds; a well-dressed boy reading a sign on a stone all for boys' clothing at John Wanamaker & Co.'s store; putti seated in a bird's nest and playing with a Dutch clog in a pond; Japanese men assembling a paper lantern; an owl flying above two Japanese men huddled on the ground; cricket players; a large ship at sea framed by a large horseshoe; Japanese men running and falling from their sled in the snow; an angry merchant holding a $20.00 I.O.U. from a man attired in a new suit smoking a cigarette; men sitting on the field of a shooting range; and children playing with wood blocks and spelling "Wanamaker". Includes a metamorphic trade card, which when open shows an advertising board for John Wanamaker & Co. propped in a man's crooked teeth in his wide open mouth and when closed, shows the man with his eyes open and mouth closed. In 1869, Wanamaker established John Wanamaker & Co. on the 800 block of Chestnut Street., Title supplied by cataloger., Two prints [1975.F.940 & 1006] copyrighted 1881 by E.O. Goodman., Two prints [1975.F.963 & 966] copyrighted 1878 by L. Prang & Co., Boston., Two prints [1975.F.990, 991, 1000] copyrighted 1881 by O.J. Ramsdell., One print [1975.F.993] copyrighted 1879 by G.H. Kendall, engraver, 285 Broadway, New York., Printers and engravers include Hiram P. Arms, Jr. (Philadelphia), Rogers & Florance (Philadelphia), L. Prang & Co. (Boston), and G.H. Kendall (New York)., Four prints [1975.F.958, 979 & 980, 993] contain advertising text printed on versos promoting John Wanamaker & Co.'s quality clothing and low prices., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
- Date
- [ca. 1878-ca. 1881]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - John Wanamaker & Co. [1975.F.906; 1975.F.916 & 917; 1975.F.924; 1975.F.926; 1975.F.940 & 941; 1975.F.946; 1975.F.957 & 958; 1975.F.962 & 963; 1975.F.966; 1975.F.977; 1975.F.979 & 980; 1975.F.987 & 988; 1975.F.990 & 991; 1975.F.993; 1975.F.1000; 1975.F.1006; 1975.F.1009; P.9651.24; P.9728.16; P.9745]
- Title
- The Hunters three and O.N.T
- Description
- Circular promoting Clark Thread Company and depicting racist caricatures of African, Asian, and indigenous men. Volume also contains several lines of narrative, promotional text written as a children’s story. The front cover is a color illustration of three white "merry gentlemen" in Cololonial attire and riding on horseback as "they hunt and hunt." The men are attired in tri-corn hats; red jackets; white breeches with riding boots; and white wigs. They ride on a road towards the viewer. The figures are bordered with pictorial details of the Clark’s O.N.T trademark. The rider in the middle raised his hat with his hand. Image is reproduced in black and white on p. [2]. P. [3] shows the horsemen observe three white children standing before them whom they believe "...must be princes. They sew their clothes with O.N.T." P. [4] show the "gentlemen" observe from a distance three African Zulu men. The men drive a lion into a net made of O.N.T. thread. One man is nude except for a feather on his head and bangs a large drum labeled "Clark's O.N.T. spool thread." Another man is attired in a skirt made of palm leaves and carries a shield and arrows. A third man carries arrows and wears a feather on his head. P [5] shows the "hunters" "spy" "three happy Hottentots" who roll down a hill on large spools of Clark's thread in a "chariot race." The three African men have their hair in buns atop their heads and are attired in white shorts and hoop earrings. One man is also attired in a shell necklace, and two men hold spears. P. [6] shows the three men find a Chinese man flying a kite strung with O.N.T. thread thread and to which a Chinese boy is attached. He is seated on a rug with his back to the viewer. To his right is a pipe. His hair is styled in a queue, and he is attired in a white shirt with a vest decorated in a print of dragons and slip-on, cloth shoes., P. [7] shows the white men finding an Inuit man on a sled made from a Clark's spool and pulled over the ice by a team of dogs. The sled driver is attired in a hooded parka and boots. P. [8] the three riders encounter a Native American man reigning in a buffalo with O.N.T. thread. He is attired in knee-high boots; a patterned blanket draped around his chest; hoop earrings; and a feather headdress. P. [9] shows a view of the back of the three riders bordered by pictorial details of the Clark’s O.N.T trademark. The back cover is a color illustration of a white girl with long blonde hair attired in black boots; red stocking; a green dress; and a blue striped apron. She is seated on an oversize spool of O.N.T. thread and playing cat's cradle with a white boy. The boy is attired in a red fez; a green coat; blue stockings; and black boots. The George A. Clark & Brother Company, manufactory of embroidery and sewing thread, was founded in 1863 in Newark, N.J. The firm was renamed Clark & Co. in 1879, and in the 1880s created a six-cord, soft finished thread called "Our New Thread" or "O.N.T." The business merged with J. & P. Coats in 1896, which lead to a series of mergers with fourteen other companies. Into the 21st century, the company continues to manufacture thread under the name Coats & Clark., Title from item., Advertising text printed on verso of front cover: Use Clark's trade mark O.N.T. spool cotton on white spools! It is superior to all others for hand and machine use. Garments sewed with O.N.T. fast black will never show white on the seams after being worn or washed., Advertising text printed on verso of back cover: Use Marshall's linen thread on 200 yard spools. Guaranteed full length. Made from the bext flax, and Milward's Helix Needles in patent wrappers. For sale everywhere., Place of publication deduced from place of operation of advertised business., Date deduced from history of advertised business., Distributor's name printed on p. [1]: George A. Cole, sole agent., Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Clark [P.2017.95.31]