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Title: [Business correspondence of Weeks & Potter, importers & jobbers of drugs and druggists sundries, Boston, Ma.]
Description: Includes an illustrated billhead and advertisement. Billhead contains image captioned "Resurgam" and showing a phoenix rising from a mortar of flames marked "WP" in a cluster of clouds. Billhead also contains ornamented type and ornamental details. Advertisement depicts an exterior view of the Weeks & Potter four-story storefront. Signage adorns the buildings and merchandise is visible in the first floor display window and in those on the second floor. Building also adorned with a model of a phoenix rising from a mortar of flames and a flag with the name of the firm and mascot. Firm name on flag transposed in image. Advertisement promotes Weeks & Potter's flavoring extracts, home remedies, cologne, olive oil, wines, and toilet articles on verso. Weeks and Potter, the partnership between Andrew G. Weeks and Warren B. Potter established circa 1852 as dealers of patent medicine, began to manufacture their own medicines in the 1860s. In 1899, the firm was incorporated as Potter Drug & Chemical Corporation., Title supplied by cataloger., Billhead completed in manuscript to D. F. Saunders on February 24, 1885 for several items, including glycerine, "Pur. Panacea," and "Downes Elix." for $27.70., 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. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - W [P.2011.46.246 & 247]

Title: Centennial. 1776. 1876. Dwight Compy
Description: Photomechanical reduced reproduction advertising the commemorative print engraved by the American Bank Note Company. Commemorative print contains portraits of the U.S. presidents from Washington to Grant within a border composed of the thirty-six state seals. Portraits include inauguration date., Trade Mark., Registered 1876., 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: [1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.18]

Title: Curiosity
Description: Promotional stereograph depicting a maid servant attending to her young mistress. The servant combs her mistress's hair and glances at a private letter that her lady reads., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title from manuscript note on mount., Contains advertisements for six "Philadelphia Leading Business Houses" located on Eleventh and Second streets printed on verso. Includes: Isaac Dixson & Son, watches; E. Paul, furniture warerooms and manufactory; P. Kayser, ladies' French boot and shoe maker; R. Ross Baird, men's fine furnishing goods; John M. Salin, hat and cap store; and D. Jarrett Walton, manufacturer and dealer in looking glasses, portraits and picture frames., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., U.S. Stereo. View Advertising Company was managed by Ed Trust.
Creator: U.S. Stereo View Advg. Co.
Date: [ca. 1871]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Genre [P.9856]

Title: Custom House and Post Office, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Promotional stereograph showing the U.S. Customhouse (1845 to 1935) at 420 Chestnut Street, formerly the Second Bank of the United States, and the U.S. Post Office (1863-1884) at 426-428 Chestnut Street. Customhouse building built in 1824 after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland. In the foreground, street work is visible near three horse-drawn carts and wagons., Orange mount with rounded corners., Title printed on mount., Contains advertisements for six Boston businesses, including a piano showroom, perfumery, ladies hat bleachery, children's carriage manufacturer, a tea company, and William E. Chester, patent medicine dealer, printed on verso., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Government Buildings [8353.F.26]

Title: David Doret collection of Centennial ephemera
Description: Collection consists of approximately one hundred items, primarily advertising ephemera, relating to the Centennial Exhibition, held in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park in 1876 to celebrate America’s one-hundredth anniversary of independence and to showcase the strengths of the country’s industry, manufactures, agriculture, and art. Materials include circulars, price lists, advertising cards, stationery, and pamphlets for goods and services, including washboards, ironing tables, saws, springs, sewing machines, mills, mowers, reapers, horse shoes, and hotel accommodations. Other documents include souvenir view books and guidebooks for visitors, maps, a Centennial Board of Finance letterhead, a Centennial award seal, programs, and admission tickets. Several of the items contain illustrations, such as views of the Centennial buildings, and depictions of products. Some advertisements promote foreign businesses from countries, including Belgium, Russia, Great Britain, Holland, Austria, France, Germany, and Spain., Approximately seventeen of the items include manuscript annotations of dates (e.g. "11.2.76" and "Nov 9/76"), possibly made by Centennial visitors to record dates of attendance at the fair. A concert program for Seibert Hall [11423.F.21] contains a lengthy manuscript annotation on the verso., Various printers include Allen, Lane & Scott; Craig, Finley & Co.; Thomas S. Dando; Duross Brothers; G. S. Harris & Son; Heppenheimer & Maurer; Thomas Hunter; Ketterlinus; Lehman & Bolton; Loag; William Mann; Phillip Frey & Co.; Potsdamer & Co.; Theodore Leonhardt & Son; and Times Printing House., Select link above for on-line finding aid and exhibition., Gift of David Doret., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Books and oversize material housed separately in stacks., 11423.F.14 is probably the separated cover of a handbill, and not an advertising card.
Date: 1855-1882, bulk 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret Collection Centennial Ephemera [11423.F; P.2010.21.6-14], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret Collection Centennial Ephemera - 4th Floor [11423.F], Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1875 Visitors 11423.F.10 (Doret), Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1876 Chick 11423.F.35 (Doret), Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1876 Chick 11423.F.36 (Doret), Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1876 Pocket 11423.F.11 (Doret), http://www.lcpimages.org/centennial/

Title: "Domestic" and Grover & Baker sewing machines, and "Domestic" Fashion Rooms, 1111 Chestnut St., Phila
Description: Depicts the interior of the showroom in which a row of sewing machines; mannequins dressed in womens' and girls' garments; and display cases of thread are on view. Signs advertising Domestic and Grover and Baker sewing machines adorn the back wall. Patriotic bunting lines the crown moulding of the room. Many of the mannequins contain signs incribed, "Please do not handle." Domestic Sewing Machine Company was founded by William S. Mack & Co. and N.S. Perkins in 1864 in Norwalk, Ohio. Grover & Baker was founded by William Garner and William Baker in 1851 in Boston. Francis M. Johnson operated his showroom at 1111 Chestnut between around 1878 and 1880., Title printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Advertising label pasted on verso: F.M. Johnson, dealer in light running "Domestic" sewing machines, Grover & Baker sewing machines, and "Domestic" paper fashions, 1111 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Needles, parts and attachments., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Newell & Son, a partnership between Robert and his son Henry, was active from around 1870 until 1897 and the death of the elder Newell.
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: [ca. 1879]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Businesses [P.9212.11]

Title: Fairmount Water Works
Description: Promotional copy stereograph of a view looking east from the forebay at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Shows the decorative distribution arch, built in 1860, and the Italianate standpipe, built in 1852, on Reservoir Hill. Also shows the inclined walkways on the hill and a partial view of the rear terrace of the old mill house in the foreground. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., until 1872., Orange mount with rounded corners., Title printed on mount., Advertisement printed on verso promoting seven "Philadelphia Leading Business Houses," including Hemphill & Ziegler, commercial printers (10th & Market); H. Schaeffer, merchant tailor (16 N. 11th & 18 N. 13th); Henry Veit's, ice cream saloon and fancy cake bakery, fine confections, & c. (34 N. 11th); Edward Mullin, fashonable boot and shoe maker (416 N. 10th); R.G. Alford, building and house-furnishing hardware (2141 Callowhill); J.C. McNelly, gents' furnishing goods (2014 Callowhill); and William Leopold, manufacturer of fine segars (2002 Callowhill)., Manuscript note by one of advertisers on mount: Presented by R.G. Alford., Gift of Gordon Marshall., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1878
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [P.9002.1]

Title: [Miscellaneous specimens from specimen album loose prints collection]
Description: Contains specimens of ornate borders; an amateurly-colored view of Cincinnati pasted on verso of proof periodical illustration depicting butterflies; uncut pages of a gas pipe fittings trade catalog depicting tees, crosses, elbows, bends, and sockets; an entrance notice for Bryant & Stratton Business College illustrated with a calligraphic image of a bird, likely by J. E. Soulé; a printed lease and 1877 electoral broadside; sheet music cover "Charming Waltz"; advertising print for the "Walnut Street House"; and a flower print., Title supplied by cataloger., Various printers, including Ehrgott & Fobriger., Originally part of Specimens Album [P.9349]., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., J. Emory Soulé worked as a calligrapher at Bryant & Straton Commercial College by 1870 and became the school's principal within the decade.
Date: [ca. 1858-ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Specimens Album Loose Prints Collection - Miscellaneous [P.9349.217, 314, 327, 343, 362, 417-418, 421, 460, 473, 567]

Title: Munn & Co., 37 Park Row, N.Y, solicitors of American and foreign patents and publishers of the "Scientific American."
Description: Trade card-size advertising calendar containing illustration drawn by Frank Bellew and captioned "Ready-Acting Dog-Tail and Gun-Barrel Attachment." Shows a hunter, with a hunting basket containing a frog on his back, and his dog wearing the gun attachment "Invented by Donald Read" at a pond. The hunter holds a bullfrog in one hand and the trigger attachment in the other as the dog is aimed at a frog in the water. A farmhouse is visible in the background., Contains several lines of advertising text promoting "Scientific American" "the oldest, largest, cheapest, and the best weekly illustrated paper devoted to Engineering, Mechanics, Chemistry, New Inventions, Science and Industrial Progress, published in the United States" on recto. Text describes the depth of the engravings, subscription prices, and benefits of a subscription., Contains calendar for year 1875 and several lines of advertising text promoting "Patents, Munn & Co. Established 1846" on verso. Text solicits for inventor's patents, notes "special notices" in "Scientific American," and advises the attainment of their pamphlet detailing patent laws., 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: [1874]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Calendars [P.2011.10.168]

Title: Pavilion, Fairmount Water Works, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: View looking northwest from south of the forebay at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Shows the peristyle temple (i.e., pavilion) on the old mill house. Also shows the ascending main, installed between 1867-1872 after the designs of Frederick Graff, Jr., across the millrace. The waterworks, originally constructed between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Orange mount with rounded corners., Title printed on mount., Advertisements for six Boston businesses printed on verso, including a piano forte wareroom; perfumery; hat bleachery; children's carriage manufactory; tea store, and the patent medicine, Chester's Cure., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [8353.F.27]

Title: "The Pride of Nottingham"
Description: Stereographic trade card for lace merchant John W. Le Maistre. Depicts a young girl attired in lace cuffs and a lace collar posed between lace curtains. She leans on a table camouflaged by the curtain. Her head is tilted to the left and resting on her hand. Contains promotional information printed on the back by Philadelphia printers M'Calla & Stavely (237-9 Dock Street) advertising lace and embrodiered goods sold at the dry goods store. Merchandise includes: Nottingham lace curtains; Hamburg embroideries; ladies and gents collars; toilet boxes; linen towels; and pocketbooks., Printed on mount: Compliments of J.W. Le Maistre, 46 N. Eighth Street, Philadelphia., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Copyrighted., Gift of Gordon Marshall., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Le Maistre, John W.
Date: ca. 1880
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Business [P.9002.3]

Title: "The Pride of Nottingham"
Description: Stereographic trade card for lace merchant John W. Le Maistre. Depicts a young girl attired in lace cuffs and a lace collar posed between lace curtains. She leans on a table camouflaged by the curtain. Contains promotional information printed on the back by Philadelphia printers M'Calla & Stavely (237-9 Dock Street) advertising lace and embrodiered goods sold at the dry goods store. Merchandise includes: Nottingham lace curtains; Hamburg embroideries; ladies and gents collars; toilet boxes; linen towels; and pocketbooks., Printed on mount: Compliments of J.W. Le Maistre, 46 N. Eighth Street, Philadelphia., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Copyrighted., Gift of Gordon Marshall., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Le Maistre, John W.
Date: ca. 1880
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Business [P.9002.2]

Title: "The Pride of Nottingham"
Description: Stereographic trade card for lace merchant John W. Le Maistre. Depicts a young girl attired in lace cuffs and a lace collar posed between lace curtains. She leans on a table camouflaged by the curtain. She holds her head in her hand and looks slightly right. Contains promotional information printed on the back by Philadelphia printers M'Calla & Stavely (237-9 Dock Street) advertising lace and embrodiered goods sold at the dry goods store. Merchandise includes: Nottingham lace curtains; Hamburg embroideries; ladies and gents collars; toilet boxes; linen towels; and pocketbooks., Printed on mount: Compliments of J.W. Le Maistre, 46 N. Eighth Street, Philadelphia., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Copyrighted., Gift of Gordon Marshall., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Le Maistre, John W.
Date: ca. 1880
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Business [P.9573.28-2]

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