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Title: Frank Miller's crown dressing Yes missus dat am de Crown of Dressing shua!
Description: Racist trade card depicting an African American maid shining a white woman's boots. The African American woman is depicted in profile and holds a bottle of Frank Miller's Crown Dressing in her left hand. The white woman holds up the skirt of her dress to reveal her left boot. The maid is attired in a head wrap, a dress with the sleeves rolled, an apron, and flat shoes. The white woman is attired in a ruffled, dark-colored dress, flowers in her hair, and leather boots. A bottle of Frank Miller's Crown Dressing sits atop an ornamented table. A tassel is visible above the bottle and a curtain is visible behind it. Frank Miller & Co. was a New York manufacturer of shoe polish based in Manhattan. The company was founded in the 1860s and continued operating throughout the late 19th century., Title from item., Several lines of advertising text printed on verso; text is not visible., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Miller [P.2017.95.128]

Title: Frank Miller's crown dressing Yes missus dat am de Crown of Dressing shua!
Description: Racist trade card depicting an African American maid shining a white woman's boots. The African American woman is depicted in profile and holds a bottle of Frank Miller's Crown Dressing in her left hand. The white woman holds up the skirt of her dress to reveal her left boot. The maid is attired in a head wrap, a dress with the sleeves rolled, an apron, and flat shoes. The white woman is attired in a ruffled, dark-colored dress, flowers in her hair, and leather boots. A bottle of Frank Miller's Crown Dressing sits atop an ornamented table. A bottle of Frank Miller's Crown dressing is also printed on the verso. A tassel is visible above the bottle and a curtain is visible behind it. Frank Miller & Co. was a New York manufacturer of shoe polish based in Manhattan. The company was founded in the 1860s and continued operating throughout the late 19th century., Title from item., Printed in red ink., Advertising text printed on verso: Frank Miller's Crown Dressing in 4-oz. bottles, with wire, sponge, and cork. Gives a rich gloss, with a deep and durable color. While most dressings crack the leather, the Crown does not injure it in the least, and for ladies' and children's boots and shoes is rapidly displacing all others., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Miller [P.2017.95.127]

Title: Alexander Young, grain distiller, South Street, above Fourth, Phila
Description: Tradecard showing the “South Street Grain Distillery,” formerly the Southwark Theatre (closed in 1817) and adjacent “Malt House” on the 400 block of South Street. A fenced courtyard separates the processing plants in front of which horse-drawn carts are lined. The vehicles, attended by drivers, arrive for and receive deliveries. Barrels line the sidewalk in front of the distillery and a laborer is visible at the third-floor receiving entrance of the building. Also shows pedestrian and street traffic, including men conversing, ladies strolling, and a man on horseback.The distillery building was removed circa 1908. Young & Co., founded by Alexander Young and John Maitland in 1823, was known for the Y.P.M. brand of rye whiskey., Not in Wainwright., pdcc00007, Philadelphia on Stone, POS 12, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 26:1A
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 26:1A

Title: T. Sinclair's lithographic establishment removed from 311 Chestnut to 506 & 508 North St. bet. Market & Arch Bonds, maps, certificates, bill heads, circulars, show cards, checks, labels, scientific plates. Drawings of every description and chromo lithography in the finest style of the art
Description: Advertisement for the Philadelphia lithographer containing a whimsical scene with costumed figures in a theater box. Thomas Sinclair started his lithographic career in Philadelphia ca. 1838 and in 1840 operated his own establishment. Sinclair relocated to North Street in 1868., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 94, American Antiquarian Society: Graphic Arts Ephemera Late Trade Print 0113
Creator: Sinclair, Thomas S., ca. 1805-1881
Date: [1868]
Location: American Antiquarian Society AAS Graphic Arts Ephemera Late Trade Print 0113

Title: Our relations at home and abroad.
Description: Stephen's album drolleries no. 1., Attributed to James Queen after Henry Louis Stephens., Title from accompanying wrapper., Collection of twelve numbered and captioned comic cards satirizing the diplomatic relations between the United States, Confederate States, Great Britain, France, and Mexico during the Civil War. First nine cards show the British "surly lion" giving a "generous roar," (i.e., the recognition by Great Britain of the Confederacy); which "temporarily astonishes" the "Gallic Cock"; who eventually overpowers the lion; who later weeps "is he not a bird and brother" for a crow, (i.e. a slave of the South) at Exter Hall; "which he forgets in the embrace of the "Belligerent Wolf of the C.S.A." while stepping on the crow; which leads to his "arming of the wolf"; while the Mexican vulture is garroted by the Gallic cock (i.e., French intervention in Mexico); causing the lion to protect his rams with the introduction of the "Swamp Angel" and Greek fire,( i.e. the bombing of Charleston) by the American eagle; which causes the "grand combat" between the eagle and the wolf. Last three cards predict "to consult history" to see the Union victory of the eagle over the wolf; the eagle vindicating the Monroe Doctrine in Mexico by overthrowing the Gallic cock; and the little child Liberty leading the supplicant British lion and Gallic cock., Added to African Americana Digital Collection 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.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, lithographer., creator
Date: c1863.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. Henry Lewis Stephens Collection [5780.F.55a-l]

Title: Exeter Hall. The Lion weeps: "Is he not a bird and a brother?" [graphic]
Description: Attributed to James Queen after Henry Louis Stephens., Title from accompanying wrapper., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Depicts the lion who weeps "is he not a bird and brother" for a crow, (i.e. a slave of the South) at Exter Hall. Forms part of a collection of twelve numbered and captioned comic cards satirizing the diplomatic relations between the United States, Confederate States, Great Britain, France, and Mexico during the Civil War., Added to African Americana Digital Collection 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.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, lithographer., creator, Stephens, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1824-1882 artist., creator
Date: c1863.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. Henry Lewis Stephens Collection [5780.F.55i]

Title: Grand tableau of the future. The little child, Liberty, shall lead them. [graphic]
Description: Attributed to James Queen after Henry Louis Stephens., Title from accompanying wrapper., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Depicts the little child Liberty leading the supplicant British lion and Gallic cock. Forms part of a collection of twelve numbered and captioned comic cards satirizing the diplomatic relations between the United States, Confederate States, Great Britain, France, and Mexico during the Civil War., Added to African Americana Digital Collection 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., Added to African Americana Digital Collection 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.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, lithographer., creator, Stephens, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1824-1882 artist., creator
Date: c1863.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. Henry Lewis Stephens Collection [5780.F.55a]

Title: For the precise period at which this occurred, consult history. [graphic]
Description: Attributed to James Queen after Henry Louis Stephens., Title from accompanying wrapper., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Depicts the victory of the eagle over the wolf. Forms part of a collection of twelve numbered and captioned comic cards satirizing the diplomatic relations between the United States, Confederate States, Great Britain, France, and Mexico during the Civil War., Added to African Americana Digital Collection 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.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, lithographer., creator, Stephens, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1824-1882 artist., creator
Date: c1863.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. Henry Lewis Stephens Collection [5780.F.55c]

Title: The Eagle vindicates the Monroe Doctrine in Mexico. [graphic]
Description: Attributed to James Queen after Henry Louis Stephens., Title from accompanying wrapper., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Depicts the eagle vindicating the Monroe Doctrine in Mexico by overthrowing the Gallic cock. Forms part of a collection of twelve numbered and captioned comic cards satirizing the diplomatic relations between the United States, Confederate States, Great Britain, France, and Mexico during the Civil War., Added to African Americana Digital Collection 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.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, lithographer., creator, Stephens, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1824-1882 artist., creator
Date: c1863.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. Henry Lewis Stephens Collection [5780.F.55b]

Title: Introduction of Master Swamp Angel: the Lion pockets his Rams. [graphic]
Description: Attributed to James Queen after Henry Louis Stephens., Title from accompanying wrapper., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Depicts the lion protecting his rams with the introduction of the "Swamp Angel" and Greek fire, ( i.e. the bombing of Charleston) by the American eagle. Forms part of a collection of twelve numbered and captioned comic cards satirizing the diplomatic relations between the United States, Confederate States, Great Britain, France, and Mexico during the Civil War., Added to African Americana Digital Collection 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.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, lithographer., creator, Stephens, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1824-1882 artist., creator
Date: c1863.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. Henry Lewis Stephens Collection [5780.F.55e]

Title: Grand combat between the Eagle and the Wolf. [graphic]
Description: Attributed to James Queen after Henry Louis Stephens., Title from accompanying wrapper., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Depicts the eagle and the wolf fighting. The lion hangs out of a window above the fight scene, near the words "police ; murder". Forms part of a collection of twelve numbered and captioned comic cards satirizing the diplomatic relations between the United States, Confederate States, Great Britain, France, and Mexico during the Civil War., Added to African Americana Digital Collection 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.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, lithographer., creator, Stephens, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1824-1882 artist., creator
Date: c1863.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. Henry Lewis Stephens Collection [5780.F.55d]

Title: The arming of the Wolf by his faithful squire. [graphic]
Description: Attributed to James Queen after Henry Louis Stephens., Title from accompanying wrapper., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Depicts the lion arming the wolf. The wolf stands with one foot on the lap of the lion, who is fixing his boots. Forms part of a collection of twelve numbered and captioned comic cards satirizing the diplomatic relations between the United States, Confederate States, Great Britain, France, and Mexico during the Civil War., Added to African Americana Digital Collection 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.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, lithographer., creator, Stephens, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1824-1882 artist., creator
Date: c1863.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. Henry Lewis Stephens Collection [5780.F.55g]

Title: Which temporarily astonished even the Gallic Cock. [graphic]
Description: Attributed to James Queen after Henry Louis Stephens., Title from accompanying wrapper., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Depicts the British lion roaring and astonishing the Gallic cock. Forms part of a collection of twelve numbered and captioned comic cards satirizing the diplomatic relations between the United States, Confederate States, Great Britain, France, and Mexico during the Civil War., Added to African Americana Digital Collection 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.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, lithographer., creator, Stephens, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1824-1882 artist., creator
Date: c1863.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. Henry Lewis Stephens Collection [5780.F.55k]

Title: Who responded with warlike vigor when the Lion caved. [graphic]
Description: Attributed to James Queen after Henry Louis Stephens., Title from accompanying wrapper., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Depicts the Gallic cock overpowering the British lion. Forms part of a collection of twelve numbered and captioned comic cards satirizing the diplomatic relations between the United States, Confederate States, Great Britain, France, and Mexico during the Civil War., Added to African Americana Digital Collection 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.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, lithographer., creator, Stephens, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1824-1882 artist., creator
Date: c1863.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. Henry Lewis Stephens Collection [5780.F.55j]

Title: The Mexican Vulture garroted by the Gallic Cock. [graphic]
Description: Attributed to James Queen after Henry Louis Stephens., Title from accompanying wrapper., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., The Gallic cock is strangling the Mexican vulture and has his knife raised, about to stab him in this scene (i.e., French intervention in Mexico). Forms part of a collection of twelve numbered and captioned comic cards satirizing the diplomatic relations between the United States, Confederate States, Great Britain, France, and Mexico during the Civil War., Added to African Americana Digital Collection 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.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, lithographer., creator, Stephens, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1824-1882 artist., creator
Date: c1863.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. Henry Lewis Stephens Collection [5780.F.55f]

Title: On England's muggy shore a surly lion gave a grievous roar! [graphic]
Description: Attributed to James Queen after Henry Louis Stephens., Title from accompanying wrapper., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Depicts the British lion roaring from the coast of England, with the "Trent" (RMS Trent of the Trent Affair) steamship afloat in the background. Forms part of a collection of twelve numbered and captioned comic cards satirizing the diplomatic relations between the United States, Confederate States, Great Britain, France, and Mexico during the Civil War., Added to African Americana Digital Collection 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.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, lithographer., creator, Stephens, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1824-1882 artist., creator
Date: c1863.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. Henry Lewis Stephens Collection [5780.F.55l]

Title: Which he forgets in the embrace of the belligerent Wolf of the C.S.A. [graphic]
Description: Attributed to James Queen after Henry Louis Stephens., Title from accompanying wrapper., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Depicts the lion and the wolf shaking hands, and stepping on the crow. Forms part of a collection of twelve numbered and captioned comic cards satirizing the diplomatic relations between the United States, Confederate States, Great Britain, France, and Mexico during the Civil War., Added to African Americana Digital Collection 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.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, lithographer., creator, Stephens, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1824-1882 artist., creator
Date: c1863.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. Henry Lewis Stephens Collection [5780.F.55h]

Title: Stephens' album drolleries no. 1 Our relations at home and abroad
Description: Collection of twelve numbered and captioned comic cards satirizing the diplomatic relations between the United States, Confederate States, Great Britain, France, and Mexico during the Civil War. First nine cards show the British "surly lion" giving a "generous roar," (i.e., the recognition by Great Britain of the Confederacy); which "temporarily astonishes" the "Gallic Cock"; who eventually overpowers the lion; who later weeps "is he not a bird and brother" for a crow, (i.e. an enslaved person of the South) at Exeter Hall; "which he forgets in the embrace of the "Belligerent Wolf of the C.S.A." while stepping on the crow; which leads to his "arming of the wolf"; while the Mexican vulture is garroted by the Gallic cock (i.e., French intervention in Mexico); causing the lion to protect his rams with the introduction of the "Swamp Angel" and Greek fire, (i.e. the bombing of Charleston) by the American eagle; which causes the "grand combat" between the eagle and the wolf. Last three cards predict "to consult history" to see the Union victory of the eagle over the wolf; the eagle vindicating the Monroe Doctrine in Mexico by overthrowing the Gallic cock; and the little child Liberty leading the supplicant British lion and Gallic cock., Attributed to James Queen after Henry Louis Stephens., Title from accompanying wrapper., Date from copyright statement by William A. Stephens., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Queen, a Philadelphia lithographer and pioneer chromolithographer known for his attention to detail, served in the Civil War militia from 1862 until 1863, and created several lithographs with Civil War subjects.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, lithographer
Date: 1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Henry Louis Stephens Collection [5780.F.55a-l]

Title: The adventures of a conscript as told by himself
Description: Collection of twelve numbered and captioned comic cards using humanized animals to portray domestic and military scenes in the life of a conscripted rabbit. Includes cards showing the rabbit reviewing a "Draft" poster and declaring himself a patriot if drafted; the rabbit receiving the "agonizing fact" of his draft notice; his failed attempt to employ a substitute - a "Quack" of a duck rejected by a donkey of a surgeon (Dr. Donkey); his farewell to his love; his "fearful carnage" of the foe; his retreat to make "a sturdy rebel fly"; his successful "perilous duty" to deliver "despatches" to an owl general, including a confrontation by "a band of Gorillas," portrayed as racist caricatures, and his beheading of the Gorilla Chief; his promotion to Brigadier General; and his release from duty to "crown his glory with love" in wedded bliss., Attributed to James Queen after Henry Louis Stephens., Title from series title., Date from copyright statement by William A. Stephens., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Described in Gathering history: The Marian S. Carson Collection of Americana. (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1999), p. 91., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Queen, a Philadelphia lithographer and pioneer chromolithographer known for his attention to detail, served in the Civil War militia from 1862 until 1863, and created several lithographs with Civil War subjects.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, lithographer
Date: 1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Henry Louis Stephens Collection [5780.F.56a-l]

Title: Wilbur & Hastings, stationers & printers, lithographers, blank book manufacturers, publishers of Martin's equation tables, 39 Fulton Street, (Fulton Bank Building,) New York
Description: 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]

Title: Parr's American camp chest, patented June 25th, 1861. For sale by Peter W. Rodgers, agent, No. 48 North Seventh Street, Philada
Description: 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]

Title: Great Central Fair buildings, Philadelphia
Description: Souvenir card after the chromolithograph of the exhibition grounds at Logan Square printed and for sale daily at the fair. Shows the square from the northwest, including the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in the background. The Great Central or Sanitary Fair of June 1864, displayed art, craft, and historical exhibits to benefit the soldier relief organization, the U.S. Sanitary Commission., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 66 variant, Originally part of McAllister scrapbook on the Sanitary Commission., Housed with chromolithograph 5781.F.1.
Creator: P.S. Duval & Son
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W35 (variant) [(2)5781.F.53c]

Title: Thomas Magee, stationer, cor. Second and Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia
Description: 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]

Title: Mahlon S. Myers, (successor to Shimmel & Myers,) commission merchant, and dealer in flour, grain & feed, Nos. 239 North Water St., & 244 North Delaware Avenue, Phila In store, and receiving wheat, rye, corn, oats, mill feed, ohio oil cake, and all descriptions of country produce. I respectfully solicit consignments to the above address
Description: 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]

Title: A. S. Renner, carriage builder, Perkasie Station, N.P.R.R. Bucks Co., Pa
Description: Trade card containing images of a convertible carriage and a coach., Printed in red ink., 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: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.53]

Title: J. Sandberg with J. Simon, dealer in ready-made clothing and gent's furnishing goods, no. 429 North Second Street, East side, Philadelphia Orders promptly attended to. Quick sales. Small profits
Description: Trade card containing a vignette showing a menagerie of men's clothing, including collars, a cravat and bow tie, vest, a shoe, plaid trousers, and a coat. Imagery also includes a scissor. Sandberg is listed in city directories as a peddler 1862-1863., Scribbles in pencil on verso., 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: [ca. 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.55]

Title: Union Brass Works. M'Cambridge, Fry & Co. 525 and 527 Cherry Street, Philadelphia Manufacturers of every variety of cocks for steam, gas, water, liquor, oil, etc. etc. Plumbers', steam or gas fitters', machinists', and coppersmiths' brass work. Steam whistles, globe valves, check valves, gauge cocks, oil globes & cups, couplings, &c. Brass casting and finishing generally. Over
Description: 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]

Title: Marshall House, "The Union and the Constitution." No. 243 N. Fourth St., above New, Philadelphia
Description: 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]

Title: The Union jewelry store, No. 20 West Penn St., bet. 4th and 5th Sts., Reading, Pa Clocks, watches, & jewelry. Wholesale and retail. Dealers and peddlers supplied at low prices. Agency for fine gold chronometer, duplex and patent lever watches, by the most celebrated makers. Also, oval gilt frames, from 31 c. to $1.50 cent size suitable for the dollar size photographs. N.B. clocks, watches and jewelry properly repaired. Also, hair and other jewelry made to order. Engraving neatly executed. The patrons of the former occupant, and others, will still find some choice. Segars and tobacco
Description: 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]

Title: The Union Piano Manufacturing Co., 1017 Walnut Street, Philadelphia
Description: 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]

Title: Strickland & Bro. booksellers & stationers, No. 529 S. Second Street, Philadelphia New style Union paper and envelopes to match, wholesale & retail
Description: 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]

Title: Samuel Hart & Co. Philadelphia and New York
Description: Playing card containing vignette portraits of George and Martha Washington, the American eagle and shield, and the ace of spades. Also includes banners, stars, and vinery. Samuel Hart & Co. began the manufacture of playing cards in Philadelphia and New York in 1849. George & Martha Washington Aces of Spades was one of the firm's most popular designs, with at least five different versions issued until after 1900., Printed on recto: Patented May 8 1866., 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.
Creator: Samuel Hart & Co.
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Miscellaneous [P.2011.10.178]

Title: Our flag--may it forever wave! Birthplace of liberty expeditious job printing office, south-west corner of Seventh & Market Sts., Philadelphia. D.E. Thompson, proprietor
Description: 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]

Title: [Joseph P. Mickley trade cards]
Description: 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]

Title: John B. Robinson's housekeeping furnishing store, No. 1611 Market Street, Philadelphia Wooden ware made to order
Description: 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]

Title: F. Keeler, daguerreotype and stereoscope rooms, No. 276 Market Street, above Eighth, S. side, Philadelphia
Description: 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]

Title: Philadelphia Evening Journal, N.W. corner of Third and Chestnut Sts., January 28th, 1861. Published by Carr & Elliott
Description: 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]

Title: Collins West, painter, graining and calcimining, No. 302 South Second St., Philadelphia
Description: 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]

Title: Jacob H. Hain, manufacturer of saddles, harnesss, bridles, collars, covers, whips, No. 321 Penn Street, Reading, Pa., (a few doors below the "Adler" Printing Office,) orders respectfully solicited and all work warranted
Description: Trade card containing a central vignette depicting a horse in a plaid cover, including a hood., Ritter & Co., also known as Johann Ritter und Companie, was renamed Eagle Book Store circa 1873., 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: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.26]

Title: Jackson's old United States bounty land and pension office. E.O. Jackson, attorney-at-law and pension agent, No. 138 South Third Street, above Walnut, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: 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]

Title: Charles Oakford & Sons in the Continental, hats, caps, and furs, wholesale and retail, 826-828 Chestnut St., Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a bust portrait of Charles Oakford. Filigree surrounds the oval-shaped portrait. Charles Oakford established his hat store in 1827 and relocated to the Continental Hotel in 1860., Manuscript list on verso includes dates and prices: Nov. 22/60: $8.33; Jan. 10/61 due 21st; Jan. 28/61: due 21st [?]; March 1/61: due 21st Feb.; March 28/61: [illegible]., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Creator: Steel, James W., 1799-1879, engraver
Date: [ca. 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Oakford [(7)1322.F.443l]

Title: David Newton, manufacturer of Union tea & coffee ware, wholesale and retail, No. 710 North Fourth Street, above Coates, west side, Philadelphia Constantly on hand, a general assortment of tin and sheet iron ware, at the lowest cash prices. Out-door work and jobbing promptly attended to
Description: 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]

Title: G.T. Stockdale, printer, 117 South Second Street, Philadelphia
Description: 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]

Title: [Trade cards for Ehrgott, Fobriger & Co.]
Description: 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]

Title: [Trade cards for Ehrgott, Fobriger & Co.]
Description: 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]

Title: Familton & Chemin, fancy job printers, 337 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Description: 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]

Title: [Familton & Rogers trade cards]
Description: 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]

Title: W. Spencer Rowland's Union lager beer saloon, No. 724 Filbert Street, Philadelphia N.B.--The best of wines, liquors, segars, &c., always on hand. Rooms free for the accommodation of meetings, parties, &c
Description: 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]

Title: Geo. W. Taylor, n.w. cor. of Fifth and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia, manufacturer and vendor of free labor dry goods. Wholesale and retail free labor warehouse. Free labor groceries for sale
Description: 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]

Title: South Ferry Hotel. Kaighn Point, New Jersey A. Haines
Description: Tradecard containing a view of the busy summer resort hotel on Front Street and Kaighn Avenue in Camden, N.J. Guests crowd the porch, convene in the street, and stroll toward the building past parked horse drawn-carriages. The hotel was originally built in 1770 as the residence of Joseph Kaighn.
Creator: Boerum, Simeon, artist
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Specimens Album Collection - Advertising Specimens [P.9349.402]

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