Illustrated trade card depicting an American flag facing right., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Wilbur [5786.F.16b]
Contents of "Parr's American camp chest" printed in two columns below title., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1861]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Rodgers [(2)5786.F.132a]
Illustrated trade card depicting a man hanging from a flagpole, gripping a hammer in his right hand. The Union flag faces right., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Magee [(2)5786.F.120a]
Twelve references printed in two columns on recto below title., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Myers [P.2002.67.10]
Illustrated trade card depicting the seated female figure of Liberty leaning against a large American shield. Includes in the background a pole topped by a liberty cap, the sails of a ship, a locomotive on a bridge, a large building, and a steamboat on a body of water. M'Cambridge, Fry & Co., the partnership between Richard McCambridge, John Fry and John Robinson, operated from 525 and 527 Cherry Street in the 1860s., Advertising text promoting plumbers' earthenware sold by M'Cambridge, Fry & Co. printed on verso. Text partially illegible after removal from scrapbook., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - M'Cambridge [(2)5786.F.161c]
Illustrated trade cards depicting an eagle with a ribbon in its beak and laurel wreath in its talons surmounting an American shield. P.A. Marshall operated a restaurant and hotel from 243 North Fourth Street in Philadelphia between 1860 and 1864., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Marshall [(2)5786.F.117e & (2)5786.F.170c]
Illustrated trade card depicting the coat of arms of Pennsylvania, including two horses flanking a shield adorned by a ship, a plow and three sheaves of wheat. An eagle surmounts the shield and clutches in its talons a scroll inscribed, "Virtue, Liberty and Independence". Maas & Vogdes, the partnership between William A. Maas and Joseph Vogdes, operated from the northeast corner of Second and Walnut Streets between ca. 1860 and 1866., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Maas [5786.F.1e]
Illustrated trade card depicting a bench surrounded by a flowering bush., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Macdowell [P.2006.20.7]
Illustrated trade card depicting an American flag facing right., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Union [5786.F.9m]
Illustrated trade card depicting a piano., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1867]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Union [5786.F.9r]
Illustrated trade cards depicting an American flag facing right. Strickland & Brother, the partnership between George and Stephen Strickland, operated from 529 South Second Street between 1860 and 1862., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Strickland [5786.F.9q & 5786.F.005]
Illustrated trade card for David E. Thompson's printing establishment at 4 South Seventh Street in Philadelphia depicting an American flag facing right with a liberty cap on top of the pole., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Thompson [(2)5786.F.190f-2]
Illustrated trade card depicting a seated angel of Death as an old man with an hourglass and scythe, a female angel standing behind a gavel and block, and a man draped in robes holding a scroll above a small vignette of a prison within a clock dial. Also shows an eagle and a scene of salvation represented by a prisoner in the likeness of Jesus being saved by a fatherly figure in front of a holy building surmounted by a large cross., Includes printed text on top, bottom and in two side panels signed by Wm. Bigler; Wm. M. Heister, Secy. of Commonwealth; Wm. F. Packer, Gov. of Pennsylvania; Eli Slifer, Secy' of the Commonwealth; A.G. Curtin, Gov. of Penn'a; and John M. Sullivan, Dep. Sec. of the Commonwealth., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1861]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Mullen [(6)1322.F.24b]
Series of illustrated stock trade cards for Joseph P. Mickley's printing and stationery establishment at 1241 Vine Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict patriotic symbols, including American shields, flags, eagles, drums, cannons, cannon balls, laurel wreaths, spears, bayonets, liberty caps on poles, and lady Libery holding an American flag in her right arm while pointing and looking left., 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. 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Mickley [5786.F.001; 5786.F.004; 5786.F.10b]
Illustrated trade cards depicting the American flag., One item [(2)5786.F.190g] contains illegible manuscript note on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1861]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Robinson [5786.F.7b & (2)5786.F.190g]
Illustrated trade card depicting the seated female figure of Liberty leaning against a large American shield. Includes in the background a pole topped by a liberty cap, the sails of a ship, and a steamboat on a body of water., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Keeler [5786.F.176]
Illustrated trade card depicting an eagle surmounting an American flag, liberty pole topped by a liberty cap, and banner inscribed "Union forever". The Philadelphia Evening Journal was established in 1856 and published until 1863., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
1861
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Philadelphia [5786.F.9h]
Illustrated trade card depicting a man sitting on a stool painting a sign reading "Painting & Glazing". Barrels and paint buckets with brushes are scattered on the floor behind him., Manuscript note on verso: 1865., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - West [(2)1525.F.32f]
Illustrated trade card depicting a patriotic vignette of an eagle clutching arrows in its talons., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Jackson [(2)5786.F.180b]
Series of illustrated trade cards depicting patriotic imagery, including eagles, stars, and a laurel wreath. William W. Harding was the proprietor of the Philadelphia Inquirer ca. 1859-1889 and publisher, stereotyper, and salesman of photograph albums and bibles., Advertising text printed on versos: Harding's editions of the family & pulpit bibles also arranged for photographic portraits. William W. Harding, 326 Chestnut St., Philadelphia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Harding [P.9600.17 & P.9786]
Illustrated trade card depicting the patriotic figure of Liberty wearing a headdress and a dress cinched at the waist with a "U.S." buckle. She holds an American flag in her right hand and a sword in her left., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized., George S. Harris started his printing business in 1847 and relocated in 1852 to Fourth and Vine Streets. In 1872, he partnered with his son George T. Harris and renamed the business George Harris & Son.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Newton [(2)5786.F.190f-1]
Illustrated trade card depicting an American flag facing left., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Stockdale [5786.F.9s]
Series of illustrated trade cards for the Cincinnati lithographers, engravers, and printers. Imagery includes an allegorical female figure seated near objects symbolic of the arts and sciences, including a paint palette, compass, globe, and books and scenes of a farmer at his plow, a traveling locomotive, and sailing vessels on the ocean. Other pictorial details include ornate frames surrounding advertising text. Frames contain scrolls and bunches of grapes. The premier firm established in 1856 operated as Ehrgott, Fobriger & Co. between 1860 and 1869., Title supplied by cataloger., Color lithographs printed in either blue, green, or violet ink., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[1860-1869]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.146e, h, j- l & o]
Series of illustrated trade cards for the Cincinnati lithographers, engravers, and printers. Imagery includes an allegorical female figure seated near objects symbolic of the arts and sciences, including a paint palette, compass, globe, and books and scenes of a farmer at his plow, a traveling locomotive, and sailing vessels on the ocean. Other pictorial details include ornate frames surrounding advertising text. Frames contain scrolls and bunches of grapes. The premier firm established in 1856 operated as Ehrgott, Fobriger & Co. between 1860 and 1869., Title supplied by cataloger., Color lithographs printed in either blue, green, or violet ink., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[1860-1869]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.146e, h, j- l & o]
Trade card for the grocer and tea dealer illustrated with a scene showing an upper-class Chinese couple being served tea by a servant. The man and woman each hold a fan. Pagaodas, a bridge, and landscape are visible in the background., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
c1867
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.176c]
Trade card containing an exterior view of the "Kremintz, White Lead, Zinc and Color Works. McKnight & Co." factory and fenced courtyard. Laborers load a horse-drawn wagon near the entryway and another wagon travels down the street. View also includes several smokestacks., Printed above image: G. S. McKnight. Cicero Hunt., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.154c]
Trade cards for wine and beer importers John Brueck (617 S. Third St.) and John Betz containing a view of a village along the Rhine River. Betz trade card, possibly a proof, also includes vignettes depicting a wine bottle and glass, and a bunch of grapes. Brueck operated a tavern in 1862., Title supplied by cataloger., Name of printer from P.9349.154k., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.154k&o & 189a]
Trade cards for wine and beer importers John Brueck (617 S. Third St.) and John Betz containing a view of a village along the Rhine River. Betz trade card, possibly a proof, also includes vignettes depicting a wine bottle and glass, and a bunch of grapes. Brueck operated a tavern in 1862., Title supplied by cataloger., Name of printer from P.9349.154k., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.154k&o & 189a]
Illustrated trade card depicting a crew of men working to navigate a sailboat in a body of water. Familton & Chemin, the partnership between John B. Familton and Lewis F. Familton, operated their book, card and job printing establishment from 337 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia in 1861. Familton & Rogers succeeded Familton & Chemin in 1862., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1861]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Familton [5786.F.9a]
Series of illustrated trade cards depicting a patriotic scene showing Uncle Sam throwing confetti and being pulled in the ocean on a board by an eagle. Also shows a profile portrait of a man wearing a turban. Familton & Rogers, the partnership between John B. Familton and Edward Rogers, operated their book, card and job printing establishment from 337 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia beginning in 1862., One print [5786.F.9b] contains the route of the military parade held on February 22, 1862 printed on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Familton [5786.F.9b & 9f]
Illustrated trade card depicting two women attired in large plumed hats and gloves holding walking sticks and spectacles and standing outdoors on a dirt path near a body of water., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Heaton [P.9651.8]
Henry & Fisher, the partnership between William Henry and Lewis C. Fisher, was active ca. 1862 until becoming a spice factory ca. 1867., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Henry [5786.F.9L]
Illustrated trade card depicting the head and antlers of a deer and embellished with foliage and filigree., Manuscript note on verso: [Name illegible] Bryson & Son prs., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized., The partnership of Stein & Jones, established in 1859 was active under that name until the death of Stein in 1871 and its reestablishment as Jones & Potsdamer.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Goddard [P.9349.408]
Illustrated trade card for W. Spencer Rowland's hotel and lager beer saloon depicting casks labeled "French brandy" and bottles of liquor., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Rowland's [5786.F.176d]
Business card with printed type for the member of the Philadelphia Free Produce Association of Friends. Taylor, a Quaker, operated a textile mill that used only non-enslaved cotton as part of the Free Labor Movement. The movement active from the 1790s to the end of the Civil War advocated the boycott of goods produced by enslaved labor., Title from item., Date from manuscript note on verso: E.C. Knight & Co. 2 Bags Java Coffee for Geo. W. Taylor 11/21 '64., Originally part of the Library Company of Philadelphia Miscellaneous Ephemera Collection., Accessioned 2012., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., 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 Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date
[ca. 1864]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - T [P.2012.9.7]
Tradecard containing an exterior view of the saloon and concert hall built 1857 on the 500 block of North Third Street. Male patrons convene at and near the entry as pedestrians, including women, walk past the three-and one-half-story twin building with showcase windows. In the street, a horse-drawn carriage is parked and a "Richmond & Navy Yard/Second & Third St." street car travels. Also shows partial views of adjacent businesses, including a tobacconist. The Ladners operated the hall 1857-1881., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 221, See related advertisement print **BW - Hotels, Inns & Taverns [P.9008], Stein & Jones established in 1859 was active under that name until the death of Stein in 1871.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.153o]
Tradecard containing a view of the three-and-one-half story beer hall and restaurant adorned with signage reading "G. Hartung Hotel." A patron enters the establishment as a man, probably the proprietor, stands near the entrance. A laborer emerges from the cellar holding a keg. Kegs and a case of liquor bottles line the sidewalk near a horse-drawn dray situated in the street for loading. Hartung established his business on Race Street in 1860 and remained proprietor until his death in 1879, after which his wife Susannah assumed operations., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 323, Weiss operated from 600 Chestnut Street in the early 1860s., See Philadelphia Inquirer, October 25, 1879 for Hartung's obituary.
Date
[ca. 1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.143b]
Tradecard containing a vignette of the "Continental Hotel, Philadelphia" at 824-838 Chestnut Street. View also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn carriages, an omnibus, and a man on horseback. Mayer, Strouse & Baum, was active 1861-1863. The hotel was built 1860 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 462, Stein & Jones established in 1859 was active under that name until the death of Stein in 1871.
Date
[ca. 1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.140g]
Tradecard containing a vignette of the "Continental Hotel, Philadelphia" at 824-838 Chestnut Street. View also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn carriages, an omnibus, and a man on horseback. Mayer, Strouse & Baum, was active 1861-1863. The hotel was built 1860 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 462, Stein & Jones established in 1859 was active under that name until the death of Stein in 1871.
Date
[ca. 1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.140g]
Tradecard containing an exterior view of the five-story "leaf tobacco segars" store adorned in signage. Two gentlemen convene at the entry while a laborer loads crates onto a large horse-drawn wagon with a driver at the reigns. Crates marked "Leaf Tobacco" and "Segars" line the sidewalk near the wagon. Also contains partial views of adjacent businesses, including signage reading "...are" and "...ghaus." Image surrounded by a decorative border. The tobacconist firm Stern, Jonas, & Co., comprised of partners Meno Stern, Julius Jonas, and Gustav Isaac, was active in 1864., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, See related unillustrated tradecard for firm. [P.9349.147i], Stein & Jones established in 1859 was active under that name until the death of Stein in 1871.
Date
[ca. 1864]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.147r]
Trade card by Blood & Chew with text describing the divisions and the route for a soldiers' and sailors' parade on Friday, October 2d, 1868. Includes two woodcuts, one depicting a Civil War soldier with a bayonet, and the other a sailor, both attired in uniforms., Not in Wainwright., Advertising text running the length of the card on the right side reads "neat lithographing and wood engraving," and on the left, "all varieties of plain & ornamental printing.", Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 81
Date
1868
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Trade cards - B [(1)1322.F.185]
Trade card containing a whimsical border composed of depictions of dolls. Includes harlequins, Punch, and dolls attired in Arabic, peasant, and traditional costume., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.151b]
Trade card containing a whimsical border composed of depictions of dolls. Includes harlequins, Punch, and dolls attired in Arabic, peasant, and traditional costume., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.151b]
Trade card containing an image of an artist's palette. Advertising text depicted as on palette. Leonard Kausz succeeded Henry Kausz following his death in 1863 and operated from 810 Walnut Street by 1865., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., M.H. Traubel & Co. operated from 1853 to circa 1857.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.146m]
Trade card containing corner vignettes representing the wine and liquor trade. Vignettes depict clusters of casks and wine bottles and a cherubic figure seated on a cask and a shepherd-like figure., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1864]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.149d&154p]
Trade card containing corner vignettes representing the wine and liquor trade. Vignettes depict clusters of casks and wine bottles and a cherubic figure seated on a cask and a shepherd-like figure., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1864]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.149d&154p]
Trade card containing a central vignette showing a pocket book., P. 9349.146f contains gilt., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.141l&146f]
Trade card containing a central vignette showing a pocket book., P. 9349.146f contains gilt., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.141l&146f]
