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Title: Choice Bohsemeem, the best and purest spices. Weikel & Smith Spice Co., Philadelphia
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting idyllic scenes surrounded by floral borders, including women playing stringed instruments; a couple holding a flower garland; a boy asleep and dreaming of an angel hovering over him with a cornucopia of flowers; two women, one holding a lyre, the other a triangle, sitting on a large shell in a lily pond. Business started in Philadelphia as Hummel, Bohler & Co. in 1850 and organized as a stock company under the name Weikel & Smith Spice Co. in 1867., Advertising text printed on versos promotes Weikel & Smith Spice Co.'s Bohsemeem trade mark., 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 - Weikel [1975.F.973-976]

Title: The West End Shoe Store, custom work and repairing, Geo. E. Bissex, agt. 3612 Market Street
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a woman's hand holding and displaying a bunch of roses., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - West End [P.2006.20.47]

Title: Albert L. West, with Russell & Armstrong, manufacturers of paper and bags, branch store, S.E. cor. Third and Vine Sts., Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a spray of flowers., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - West [P.9111.14]

Title: Go to the West Philadelphia Card Depot, 3718 Market St., for chromo cards by set, 100 or 1000
Description: Illustrated trade carding depicting a bouquet of flowers in a vase., Advertising text printed on verso: Go to the West Philadelphia Card Depot, 3718 Market Street, for chromo cards, by set, 100 or 1,000 at lowest prices. School supplies, stationery, etc., etc. Printing press and outfit with script type as low as $2.50., 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 - West [P.9728.15]

Title: Compliments of J. Westney, agt. Manufacturers of baby carriages, velocipedes, &c. No. 226 Dock Street
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a man and woman carrying baskets and bundles of fruit walking along a path flanked by fruit and flowering plants. Includes the faint outline of the townscape in the background., Advertising text printed on verso: Largest variety of baby coaches, doll coaches, velocipedes, bicycles, propellors, sleds, sleighs and coasters, express wagons, shoo-fly horses, rocking horses, spring horses, leaping horses, sulkies, tally ho! and American trotters. At manufacturers' prices., 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 - Westney [1975.F.982]

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: B.M. Weld, drugs & medicines, also boots, shoes, slippers, etc. Bradford, Vermont
Description: Series of three illustrated trade cards promoting druggist B.M. Weld. Depicts a white child raising the American flag on a flag pole; a framed image of two men walking beside a house under the moonlight superimposed onto a spray of flowers; and an African American man, portrayed in racist caricature and attired in a white collared shirt, a green bowtie, and a blue jacket, who leans over the folded signboard containing the title, and dangles a red suit for a monkey, which sits in the lower right corner holding a red cap in its hand., Title from item., Date inferred from dates of operation of business., RVCDC, 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., Gift of William H. Helfand, 2000., 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. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Patent Medicine Trade Card Collection - Pharmacists - W [P.9828.7053-7055]

Title: Wm. Idler, 109 South Eleventh Street, watchmaker & jeweler, over 20 years experience in repairing fine watches Fans, jet, shell combs, and every description of jewelry and fancy articles a specialty
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting business cards for William Idler's watch making and jewelry business surrounded by flowers and cherub figures., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Idler [1975.F.457-460; 1975.F.463 & 464]

Title: Indian Queen perfume. Bean & Brother, 47 & 49 North Second Street, Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a Native American woman attired in traditional dress standing outside near flowering vines. She collects fluid dripping from a flower into a shell. Bean & Brother, a partnership between Lewis U. and George W. Bean, operated a drugstore from 47 & 49 North Second Street., 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 - Indian [1975.F.30]

Title: Inscho, manufacturer of best 25 cent confectionery in the city. No. 1317 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a sprig of flowers., Copyrighted by Boston Frame & Chromo., 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 - Inscho [1975.F.455]

Title: John Jackson, wholesale and retail mutton, lamb & veal butcher, stalls, 188 & 189 Oxford Market, 20th and Oxford Sts., Phila
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting John Jackson's business card tucked into flowers. Includes a bee hovering over one of the flowers., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Jackson [P.9728.7]

Title: H. Jahke, wholesale & retail dealer in all descriptions of fresh & salt pork, hams, lard, tongues, &c. 130, 131, 132 & 133 Nineteenth St. market, residence, cor. Baring & Sloan Sts., West Phila
Description: Racist, trade card promoting butcher John Henry Jahke and depicting a caricature of an African American man on mule-drawn plow. Shows the African American man, attired in a hat and a blue, plaid jacket and pants, sitting on top of a plow. He holds the lever to the plow in his right hand and the reins to the mule pulling the plow in his left hand. The mule is kicking its back legs into the air because three pigs are running around it. Trees are visible in the background. John Henry Jahke (1835-1919) was a prominent butcher who owned a slaughtering and packing plant in West Philadelphia on Baring and Sloan Streets., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Emily Phillips, 1883., Digitized., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Jahke [P.9766]

Title: [Dr. Jayne's medications trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards entitled "The morning prayer," "The talking well," "Le dernière mode," "O Nannie, wilt thou gang wi' me?" and "Little Red-riding-hood" depicting a mother praying with her two children and a pet cat; a woman leaning against a well as her lover spies on her from behind a stone wall; a girl playfully wearing a basket on her head; a woman seated with a dog at her feet as a man stands over her and proposes; and a young girl, Little Red Riding Hood, bundled in a red cape with a basket at her feet., Title supplied by cataloger., Advertising text printed on versos promotes Dr. Jayne's "carminative basalm" and "tonic vermifuge" for conditions afflicting the bowels; "sanative pills" for bilious disorders and for worms in children; and "expectorant" and "liniment" for colds and lung issues., Trade cards issued by Lancaster Thomas, Nineteenth and Pine Streets, Philadelphia; Mackeown, Bower, Ellis & Co., Tenth and Market Streets, Philadelphia; Alfred B. Taylor, 31 S. Eleventh Street, Philadelphia; and Wm. McIntyre, 2229 Frankford Avenue, 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 - Jayne's [1975.F.487; 1975.F.628; 1975.F.878; 1975.F.884; P.2002.67.15]

Title: Use Hovey's pure dye spool silk
Description: Illustrated trade cards depicting a woman carrying a shovel and pail on the beach inspecting a turtle being restrained on a leash by a sailor., Copyrighted Ketterlinus, Philada., 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 - Hovey's [1975.F.404a & 1975.F.421]

Title: H.D. Druckenmiller, dealer in musical instruments. Kutztown, Pa
Description: Trade card containing a view of the manufactory of C.G. Conn. Horse-drawn carts travel past the complex and over a neighboring bridge. Conn, the premier manufactory of band instruments, was established in 1874., Printed on recto: Compliments of C.G. Conn, Manufacturer of Band Instruments. Elkhart, Ind., 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. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.17]

Title: John M. Howland & Son, 1203 Market St., Philadelphia
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting business cards for John M. Howland & Son tucked into flowers., Advertising text printed on versos: John M. Howland. John H. Howland. Philadelphia Meat Co., wholesale and retail dealers in beef, mutton, pork, veal, poultry, butter, game, eggs, &c. Special prices made to large customers such as hotels, restaurants, etc. 1203 Market Street., 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 - Howland [1975.F.403a & 1975.F.430]

Title: Wm. H. Hoskins, 913 Arch St., Philad'a. Lithographer & engraver. Stationer & blank book manufacturer. Steam power printer
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards entitled, "Sweepe withe ye olde yeere all that's bad awaie, and a newe lyfe begynne on Newe Yeere's Day," "Ye Newe Yeere cometh, so I pray of you putte offe ye olde manne & putte on ye newe," and "If Newe Yeere bring thee aught lyke this let's hope thou may'st deserve thy blisse". Illustrations depict symbols of the New Year, including an old man sweeping inside near an ornate door with a poster reading "This house to let apply"; one man entering a room as another man leaves at the stroke of midnight; and a man kneeling down to pick a flower from the base of a tree as his female companion stands nearby., Advertising text printed on versos: Holiday goods. We have on hand the largest stock of holiday goods ever offered before. Writing desks, portfolios, traveling cases, pocket books, card cases, letter cases, cigar cases, back gammon boards, gold pens, bronze inkstands, bronze thermometers, and Russia leather goods of every description. Diaries 1876 our specialties. Wedding invitations, envelopes, made to order any size, business cards, checks, drafts, &c. Bank note style, illuminating of crests, arms, monograms, &c., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Hoskins [1975.F.427 & 428; P.9111.17]

Title: D. Landreth & Sons, 21 and 23 South Sixth Street, Philadelphia. Seeds & bulbs, implements and tools for farm, garden, greenhouse
Description: Trade card containing the image of a sparrow perched on a twig near a lady bug on a leaf. The seed company originally established in 1784 as David Landreth, was renamed David Landreth & Son in 1860., Advertising text on verso promotes "Prices Low. Catalogues Free," and the longevity, and extensive and first quality stock of the firm, including "Garden, Field & Flower Seeds, Agricultural Implements and Horticultural Tools.", 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: L. Prang & Co.
Date: 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.14]

Title: Geo. W. Flagg, banker and broker, 255 Thames St., Newport, R.I
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a profile bust portrait of a woman with flowers in her hair. A guitar, bottle of wine, and flowers embellish the upper left corner., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of George R. Allen., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Flagg [P.2011.8]

Title: [Wm. T. Hopkins trade card]
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a cherub holding a rifle with a helmet propped on the barrel., Title supplied by cataloger., Advertising text printed on verso promotes the sale of Wm. T. Hopkins' hoop skirts, bustles, and corsets from his 133 North Eighth Street establishment 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 - Hopkins [P.9685.1]

Title: C. Hughes, dry goods and trimmings, No. 1128 Pine Street, Philadelphia. Dress making and knife pleating done at short notice
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a business card for Catherine and/or Cordelia Hughes' dry goods store at 1128 Pine Street tucked into flowers., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Hughes [1975.F.411a]

Title: [P.R. Hansbury & Co. trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for P.R. Hansbury & Co.'s furniture store at the southeast corner of Tenth and Market Streets in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict a little girl attired in a pink frilly dress trying on men's clothing, including a large collar, top hat, and jacket. Also shows vignettes of architectural elements, including light emanating from a cupola surmounted by an onion dome and a dragon boat floating in the water near a monumental archway and tower., Title supplied by cataloger., Two prints [1975.F.447 & 449] contain advertising text printed on versos., 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 - Hansbury [1975.F.402-404; 1975.F.447; 1975.F.449]

Title: [H. N. Harbach trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for Horatio N. Harbach's stationery and frame business at 807 Filbert Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict flowers, dogs and holiday winter snow scenes, including Santa Claus wrapped in a blue blanket holding a Christmas tree and reindeer pulling Santa Claus in his toy-filled sleigh., Title supplied by cataloger., Two prints [1975.F.433 & 446] printed by Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann (New York)., 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 - Harbach [1975.F.429; 1975.F.433; 1975.F.446; P.9728.8]

Title: Nolan & Counsellor, fruits, flowers, &c. 1146 Broadway, bet. 26th and 27th Streets, New York
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a bird and a rose adjacent to a scroll with the title inscribed on it., 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 - Nolan [1975.F.697]

Title: I. Oakford & Son, hatters, 28 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a full-length portrait of a young girl wearing boots too large for her body. I. Oakford & Son was the partnership between Isaac Oakford and his son Charles E. Oakford., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Jennifer Ambrose., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Oakford [P.9649]

Title: Newgarden's up town ribbon box, 1224 Columbia Avenue, Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting two birds perched on a spray of flowers adjacent to the title., Copyrighted by J.H. Bufford's Sons, Boston., 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 - Newgarden's [P.9802.7]

Title: Niagara corn starch, Wesp, Lautz Bros. & Co., Buffalo, N.Y
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a boy standing in a corn field holding an ear of corn comparable in size to him., Advertising text printed on verso promotes Acme soap and Niagara starch as "the purest, the sweetest, the best"., Distributor's imprint printed on verso: Mrs. A. Gelzer, wholesale and retail grocer, N.W. corner of 3d and Green Streets, Philadelphia. Manuscript note above address: Chester. Refers most likely to Loretta Gelzer, wife of Peter Gelzer, who operated a grocery store at 600 North Third 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 - Wesp [P.9651.15]

Title: [John Mustin trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting a woman picking flowers; a man hanging a cloth with the title inscribed on it; a man holding an umbrella for a lady in the rain; a crane standing near flowers on the edge of a lake; ornate Japanese paddle fans; and a butterfly perched on flower stems., One print [1975.F.591] copyrighted 1881 by Thomas W. Price., Advertising text printed on versos: Established 1815. Mustin's original trimming store, the largest [Philadelphia,] wholesale hosiery, glove, trimming, zephyr worsted, knitting yarn, and thread & needle establishment, No. 515 Arch Street, and No. 510 Cherry Street, where storekeepers only, are supplied. Retail store, 1226 Chestnut Street., 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 - Mustin [1975.F.591; 1975.F.609; 1975.F.618; 1975.F.635; 1975.F.644-646]

Title: Smith Brothers chemically pure Borax
Description: Racist trade card advertising soap manufacturers the Smith Brothers and depicting the white woman head of house with three of her women housekeepers while they use Borax to complete various tasks in the kitchen. In the center, the mistress of the house, attired in a red dress with a white collar and cuffs, applies Borax onto a white cloth held by a white housekeeper. In the left, a white housekeeper sprinkles Borax over a group of cockroaches on the floor in front of the stove. In the right, the African American woman housekeeper, portrayed in racist caricature and attired in a white head kerchief with red polka dots, a yellow dress with red stripes, white stockings, and tan shoes, stands before a wash basin with her hands in the soapy water. Behind her a clothesline full of white sheets hang. Brothers Frank and Julius Smith established Smith Brothers Borax in 1874. In 1888, Frank Smith incorporated his new company, Pacific Coast Borax., Title from item., Date inferred from date of operation of advertised business., Advertising text printed on verso provides directions and various uses for Smith Brothers' Borax, including washing, starching, preventing moths, removing cockroaches, dressing ulcers, wounds, bruises, sprains, and chilblains, removing inflammation, bathing, arresting fermentation and cleaning clothes., Distributor's imprint print on verso: Githens & Rexsamer, 40 and 42 South Front Sts., Philadelphia., Gift of Emily Phillips, 1883., RVCDC, 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., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Smith Brothers [1975.F.751]

Title: [S.D. Sollers & Co. trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting flowers; two boys standing on a beach; one girl admiring another girl's shoes as they pass each other on a tree-lined path; and a band of men and women playing horns and drums., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [P.9642.4] copyrighted 1874 by Sollers & Co., One print [P.9651.23] copyrighted 1877 by Sollers & Co., Printers and engravers include Thomas Hunter., Advertising text printed on versos promotes Sollers & Co. shoes and slippers for ladies, misses and children. Includes small vignettes of medals awarded the company in Philadelphia in 1876 and in Paris in 1878 and the trademark design as it appears on the soles of their shoes., One print [1975.F.870] includes a calendar for 1880 printed on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1874-1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Sollers [1975.F.799; 1975.F.870; P.9642.4; P.9651.23]

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: B.M. Singley & Co., dealers in coal, yard, N.E. cor. Ninth and Master Sts., Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a business card tucked into roses., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Singley [P.9802.1]

Title: [Samuel F. Simes trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards entitled "Noon," "Morning," "Evening," and "Night" depicting a woman lounging on a hammock; a woman waking a child and pointing to the rising sun; a woman walking with a child asleep in her arms and an older child by her side; and a woman tucking in two children asleep in bed. These rectangular vignettes are surrounded by additional imagery, including plants, flowers, butterflies, birds and owls., Title supplied by cataloger., Advertising text printed on versos promotes Simes' apothecary at the northwest corner of Twentieth and Spruce Streets in Philadelphia and some of his products, including Cryoline (a silver polish), egg soda, and ginger ale., 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 - Simes [1975.F.835; 1975.F.842-844]

Title: Jas. K. Simon, 29 South Sixth Street, above Chestnut, old established book store
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting ducklings and frogs in a pond. Includes a sprig of flowers tucked into the sign inscribed with the title., Copyrighted by J.H. Bufford's Sons, Boston., Advertising text printed on verso promotes books for holiday presents, including Chambers' Encyclopaedia, Grant's Tour, Indian Summer, Pastoral Days, and other fine illustrated books., 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 - Simon [1975.F.836]

Title: [Simpson's millinery, laces and trimmings' store trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for J. & J. Simpson's millinery, laces and trimmings' store at 725 and 727 Sixth Avenue, near 42nd Street in New York. Illustrations depict flowers; owls perched on a branch of a flowering tree; a girl feeding birds under the supervision of a woman; a naked cherub figure riding on the back of a turtle; and a little girl picking flowers and collecting them in her toy wagon., Title supplied by cataloger., Four prints copyrighted 1880 by F. Todd and numbered 245., Printers and engravers include J.H. Bufford & Co., 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 - Simpson's [1975.F.753; 1975.F.797; 1975.F.804; 1975.F.854 & 855]

Title: Mrs. H. Steward, London & Paris Millinery, No. 435 North Second St., Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a spray of flowers., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Steward [P.9802.3]

Title: L.W. Stewart, agt. wholesale and retail manufacturer and dealer in trunks, bags, satchels, ladies' & gents' traveling trunks, pocket books, &c. 29 South Tenth Street, Philadelphia Trunks neatly repaired and covered
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a small oval-shaped vignette of a dwelling and mountains. Vignette encircled by a flowering vine and a blue bird., 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 - Stewart [1975.F.775]

Title: Edward A. Smith & Co., 219 and 221 N. Eighth Street, Philadelphia Furniture, carpets, stoves, &c. Weekly or monthly payments taken
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a spray of flowers., Advertising text printed on verso: Parlor and cook stoves, blankets, quilts, spreads, feather beds, bolsters, pillows, mattresses, bureaus, spring beds, bedsteads, washstands, wardrobes, sofas, lounges, tables, chairs, cribs, cradles, clocks, looking glasses, carpets, oil cloths, stair rods, &c., &c., &c. All sold on easy weekly or monthly payments., 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 - Smith [P.9810.5]

Title: Campuzano Bros., Malaga
Description: Illustrated trade card surrounded by an ornate gilt border depicting a woman attired in robes standing on a chariot composed of a flower-covered seashell and harnessed to large butterflies., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humani+ties (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **trade card - Campuzano [1975.F.3a]

Title: View, on other side, of Washington's Headquarters, at Valley Forge, Pa. Sold for the benefit of the Valley Forge Memorial Chapel. One brick
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting pink roses and white daisies on recto and a wood engraving of Washington's Headquarter's at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania on verso. Includes a caption below the image: Built in 1770, owned by Isaac Potts, and occupied by George and Martha Washington from December 18th, 1777, to June 19th, 1778., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *trade card - Valley [P.2002.67.76]

Title: "Queen Bess" corset and skirt supporter. This is by far the best corset and skirt supporter ever made and is warranted in every particular. Manufactured only by the Worcester Corset Co., Worcester, Mass Pat. June 12th 1877 & Aug. 31st. 1880. Name registered as a trade mark July 24th, 1877
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting two women attired in corset and skirt supporters., Distributor's imprint printed on verso: John Wanamaker, Grand Depot, City Hall Square, Philadelphia, Pa. Provides five reasons for recommending Worcester Corset Co.'s corset and skirt supporter and patent cloth steel protector., 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 - Worcester [1975.F.1011]

Title: Presented to each purchaser of either of our following specialties. Manufactured expressly for Sharpless & Sons, Philadelphia Louise Bouquet perfumery, 25 and 50 cents per bottle. Lily dale toilet soap, 3 cakes in a box 25 cents a box. Eau de toilette water, $1.00 and $1.50 per bottle. For sale at perfumery department
Description: Illustrated trade card die cut and shaped into potted flowers. Sharpless & Sons were importers, jobbers and retailers of dry goods and operated from 801, 803, 805 & 807 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia., Embossed., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: 1880
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *trade card - Sharpless [1975.F.750]

Title: Shirrell's Kulliyun washing crystal, Shirrell & Co., Buffalo, N.Y The great labor saver
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a woman attired in a sheer white blouse that exposes the upper half of her body. She holds over her head a box of Shirrell's Kulliyun Washing Crystal and props her right foot next to a washboard on an overturned washtub. Draped over her arm is a multi-colored banner reading "the great labor saver"., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humani+ties (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **trade card - Shirrell [1975.F.2a]

Title: Fresh deviled crabs. McMenamin & Co., Hampton, Va
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a crab on land in the foreground and a man and two women crabbing in a rowboat on a body of water in the background. Includes two other boats on the water in the distance. A circular vignette showing deviled crabs is superimposed onto the landscape view., 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 - McMenamin [1975.F.1a]

Title: Compliments of E.M. Bruce & Co., general managers for the Estey Organ, 18 North 7th St., Phila
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a fuchsia plant. E.M. Bruce & Co. relocated from 1308 Walnut Street to 18 North Seventh Street in Philadelphia in 1879., Advertising text on verso printed by M'Farland & Son, printers, 311 Walnut Street., Advertising text printed on verso promotes "a concert by the celebrated McGibeny family (oregonians,) on Wednesday evening, December 10th, 1879 at Scott's Presbyterian Church, Spruce Street, below Fourth"., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humani+ties (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: 1879
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **trade card - Bruce [1975.F.9b]

Title: Photography under a cloud Perry is selling the nicest lot of fine combs, dressing combs, barber combs and misses circle combs, made from rubber, horn or celluloid; from 5 cts. to $1. Remember Perry's Drug Store, Canastota
Description: Racist trade card illustration depicting a group of barefooted African American men and boys, portrayed in caricature, looking on as a photographer takes a photograph of them. In the left, a boy, attired in a blue jacket, and a man, attired in an orange collared shirt and yellow pants, stand and look at the camera. In the center, a man, attired in a yellow shirt and pink pants, stands directly in front of the camera and peers into the lens. In the right, a boy, attired in an orange shirt and blue pants, crawls toward the scene on all fours. The photographer is crouched under a cloak. Visible in the background is a woman standing beside a cabin., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. 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 - P [P.9828.6598]

Title: The Doan, under the management of the Philadelphia Dairy and Cafe
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a winter scene of a rural house, bare trees, and an inset vignette of a rustic footbridge spanning a creek., Contains advertising text printed on verso: "Great dinners" - 25 cents. All the delicasies. Meals at all hours, 25 cts. Ice cream, fruit ices. Board per week, $4.00. Strawberry shortcake. Best meals in the city. Ice cream and cake, 10 cts. A charming place. All the good things. The ladies' delight. The Doan, 238, 240, 242 and 244 Erie St., 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 - Doan [P.9490.37]

Title: B. F. DuBois, jeweler, No. 12 N. Second St., Philadelphia
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting sprigs of flowers., Advertising text and price lists printed on versos., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: 1880
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - DuBois [1975.F.282 & 283]

Title: The cheapest place in town! Fechner Bros., auctioneers, No. 490 State Street, New Haven, Conn
Description: Series of illustrated stock trade cards for New Haven auctioneers Fechner Bros. depicting portraits of famous nineteenth-century actresses and dancers, including Eliza Weathersby, Jennie Hughes, Carrie Perkins, and Arline Stanley, posed in landscape settings in costume., 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 - Fechner [66231.D.1-4]

Title: [Duryeas' Glen Cove Manufacturing Co. trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting a bird's eye view of Duryea's manufactory in Glen Cove, New York; facsimilies of prize medals awarded the company, including the obverse and reverse sides of the gold medal awarded at the Paris Exposition in 1878; and a man posting a broadside advertisement for "Duryea's improved cornstarch" on the side of a brick building as two children and a dog stand nearby and watch., Printers and engravers include the Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Co., Includes advertising text promoting Duryea's improved corn starch and satin gloss starch printed on versos., 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 - Duryea's [1975.F.250; 1975.F.252; 1975.F.256; 1975.F.267]

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