[Collection of business stationery of Robert Shoemaker & Co., wholesale druggists, N.E. cor. Fourth and Race Streets, Philadelphia]
Title
[Collection of business stationery of Robert Shoemaker & Co., wholesale druggists, N.E. cor. Fourth and Race Streets, Philadelphia]
Description
Includes one billhead, one form letter, one letterhead, and one blank form. Letterhead contains ornamented type and "Robert Shoemaker and Company, Philadelphia" trademark. Trademark depicts the seal of Pennsylvania (horses, eagle, shield adorned with ship) framed by the dates 1837 and 1867., Billhead (P.2011.46.214) completed in manuscript to Jas. [Atramis?], New Bloomfield on August 16, 1869 for several items, including sweet oil, camphor, and ginger. Also contains punched hole., Form letter (P.2011.46.215) completed in manuscript to Saml. Hegarty, Hegartys X Roads Pa. on March 24, 1875 confirming enclosed check for $25., Letterhead (P.2011.46.216) completed in manuscript to Samuel Hegarty, Coalsport, Pa. on August 25, 1886 about enclosed receipts., Blank form (P.2011.46.217) completed in manuscript to Jos. P. Remington c/o College Pharm. on February 28, 1895 containing his January and February monthly statement., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1867-1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - R [P.2011.46.214-217]
[Collection of business correspondence of W. H. Schieffelin & Co., 170 and 172 William Street, New York]
Title
[Collection of business correspondence of W. H. Schieffelin & Co., 170 and 172 William Street, New York]
Description
Collection of business correspondence dated between August 23, 1879 and May 5, 1898, including form letters, stationery, blank forms, billheads, and a circular. Two of the billheads contain ornamented type, decorative lettering, and an allegorical view. View includes an inset of a medieval apothecary at work surrounded by scenes of transportation and trade. Scenes show a train traveling past a large bundle and barrels, and a man standing near a horse-drawn cart loaded with bundles near a wharf by which a steam ship and sailing ship are visible on the water. Items billed include "Eng Catheters asstd," Rhubarb Root, Cuttle Bone, "Jayne's Cough Pills," Ayer's Sarsaparilla, Dandelion Root German, Garfield Tea, "Box from Fowler Mfg & Novelty Co.," Best Tooth Brush, and Dodds Kidney Pills. Collection also contains the August 1885 promotional circular "W. H. Schieffelin & Co's Soluble Pills and Granules" illustrated with images of the exhibition medals awarded to the firm, including Gold Medal, Holland International Exhibition, 1883; Paris Exposition, 1878; First Award, Sydney, 1879; Medal of Superiority, American Institute, New York, 1879; and Silver Medal, Melbourne, 1880. Medal imagery includes allegorical female figures, portrait busts, and garlands. Other correspondence relates to an invoice of goods, receipt for goods, requests for circulars from college of Pharmacy, the incorrect "William N. Clark," and an erroneous shipment of diphtheria antitoxin., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers include American Bank Note Company New York., Correspondents include G. W. Aimar & Co., Charleston, S.C. (founded in 1852); O. J. Griffin; David Hayes; M. Berliner & Co., Carry, Pa.; A. W. L. Jackson; William N. Clark; H. J. Patterson; and Polk Miller Drug Co., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand., W.H. Schieffelin & Co. was originally founded by Effingham Lawrence in 1791. Lawrence sold the business to his brother-in-law Jacob Schieffelin and his brother John B. Lawrence in 1794 and it operated as Lawrence & Schieffelin until 1799 and the departure of Lawrence. Schieffelin continued in business and in 1805 entered into partnership with his son as Jacob Schieffelin & Son, which was reestablished in 1814 as H. H. Schieffelin & Co. following the retirement of Jacob. Henry H. retired in 1849 and his four sons assumed the firm, which became Schieffelin Brothers & Co. Between 1853 and 1859, Asher F. Randolph, John D. Dix, and William H. Schieffelin, William A. Gellatly and Joseph H. Westerfield also became partners in the business. In 1865, the four Schieffelin brothers retired and the firm became W.H. Schieffelin & Co. Schieffelin died in 1895 and William N. Clark, great-grandson of Jacob Schieffelin became president in 1895. The firm, which specialized in the manufacture of heavy chemicals and the distribution of synthetics, was incorporated as Schieffelin & Co. in 1903.
Date
[ca. 1870-ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - S [P.2011.46.220-228]
[Collection of letterheads, stationery, and form letters of pharmaceutical firms and related businesses, United States and Canada]
Title
[Collection of letterheads, stationery, and form letters of pharmaceutical firms and related businesses, United States and Canada]
Description
Collection of letterheads and stationery from the late 19th century containing decorative and ornate lettering, ornamented type, vignette illustrations, and pictorial details. Illustrations depict trademarks, including the Alpine Products Co. eagle; the bloodhound "Grip"; and interiors and exteriors of storefronts, laboratories, and medical dispensaries (some adorned in signage), including H.E. Bucklen & Co.'s Bottling Dept., Composing Room, Engine & Press Room, Shipping Room, Main Office, and Mailing Dept. Some of the exterior views include patrons entering buildings, street and pedestrian traffic, as well as laborers at work. Pictorial details include a ladies truss, a profile portrait of a woman captioned "The crowning glory of Woman is Her Hair," mortar & pestle, floral imagery, frames, filigree and flourishes., Firms represented include A.C. Meyer & Co. (Baltimore); Alpine Products Co. (N.Y.); The Altenheim Medical Dispensary (Cincinnati); T.P. Bailey, M.D. (Georgetown, S.C.); Bellows Falls Drug Store (Bellows Falls, Vt.); Benton, Myers & Company (Cleveland); S. Biggs (Rockingham, N.C.); D. Wood Brant (Newark, N.J.); Canadian Kennel Club (Toronto); Horace Bush (Lowville, N.Y.); Carriger & Speck (Morristown, Tenn.); C.E. Grafton Drug Company (Brookhaven, Miss.); Chicago Medical Society (Chicago); Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute, i.e., Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (Brooklyn, N.Y.); Wm. Connolly, M.D. (Cresco, Ia.); Edward H. Currier (Manchester, N.H.); E.S. Leadbeater & Sons (Alexandria, Va.); Dr. E. Greenmayer (East Palestine, Oh.); Dr. Robert Hamilton's Medical Institute (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.); Bunting Hankins (Bordentown, N.J.); H.E. Bucklen & Co. (Chicago, Ill.); Heintzelman's Pharmacy (Philadelphia); D. E. Hoagland (Cobleskill, N.Y.); J. Henderson & Bros. (Pittsburgh); John Carle & Sons (N.Y.); John F. Henry & Co. (Waterbury, Vt.); Johnston, Holloway & Cowden (Philadelphia); Joseph Hahn & Co. (Sacramento, Ca.); J. S. Merrell Drug Co. (St. Louis, Mo.); Aug. Korndoerfer, M.D. (Philadelphia); Lyman, Sons & Co. (Montreal); Max Wocher & Son (Cincinnati); and Muth Brothers & Co. (Baltimore)., Correspondence relates to shipping arrangements and fees, product orders, payments, letters of certification and retention of employees, diagnoses and treatments, as well as a purchase of a storefront and feedback on a supply of samples. Collection also includes a personal letter completed July 8, 1884 by J.F. Madden describing his medical treatment and his day in Sacramento, Ca. Correspondents include Parchen D'Archeu Drug Company; The Polk Miller Drug Co.; G.W. Aimar & Co.; A. C. Mitchell; Jacob Estey; S. Biggs; Wm. R. Scudder; Geo. B. Sweetnam; Lyman, Sons & Co.; Chapman, White, Lyons & Co.; W. W. Newsam; E. C. Seymour; John C. Legel; Burt H. Brooks; B. Hankins; H. C. Parter & Son; McKinney Bros.; J. D. Aug. Hartz; C. A. Williams; Henry B. Semple; J. F. Madden; C. P. Walbridge; and C. K. Gardner., Printers include A. Hoen & Co., Balto.; G. H. Dunston, Lith., Buffalo; A. Gast & Co., St. Louis & N.Y.; and Buston & Skinner, Lith. St. Louis., One print [P.2011.46.456 ] contains two-cent stamp., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1860-ca. 1900]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Letterheads & Stationery (A-M) [P.2011.46.429-463]
[Collection of letterheads, stationery, and form letters of pharmaceutical firms and related businesses, United States and Canada]
Title
[Collection of letterheads, stationery, and form letters of pharmaceutical firms and related businesses, United States and Canada]
Description
Collection of letterheads and stationery from the late 19th century containing decorative and ornate lettering, ornamented type, vignette illustrations, and pictorial details. Illustrations depict trademarks, including Mishhler's Herb Bitters anchor of "Hope"; exteriors of factories and storefronts (some including signage); druggists rubber goods, including a bulb syringe and atomizer; and the waiting room and exam room of a dental office. Some of the exterior views include patrons entering buildings, street and pedestrian traffic, as well as laborers at work. View of New York Sumac Extract Company factory complex (20 Cedar Street) also shows a ship docked at the factory pier. Pictorial details include a phoenix, quarter moon, banners, mortar & pestle, frames, filigree and flourishes. Firms represented include Naph B. Greensfelder & Co. (San Francisco, Ca.); New York Sumac Extract Company (Long Island City, N.Y.); Rev. Jasper Marx Medicines (Jersey City, N.J.); Richardson Drug Company, Omaha (Salt Lake City, Ut.); S. B. Hartman & Co, Office of Eastern Laboratory and Wholesale Depot (Lancaster, Pa.); R.H. Mcdonald & Co. (San Francisco, Ca.); Smith, Kline & French Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.); Smith & Prime (Ausable Forks, N.Y.); Spink & Co. (Minneapolis, Minn.); H.N. Stratton (Brooklyn, N.Y.); Judson B. Todd (Ithaca, N.Y.); Tyer Rubber Company (Andover, Ma.); Westlake & McIntyre (Grand Rapids, Mi.); Whitall, Tatum & Co. (Philadelphia); Wm. H. Armstrong & Co. (Indianapolis, Ind.); and G. F. Witter (Grand Rapids, Wis.). Correspondence relates to product orders and fees, solicitations for business, and payments. credits, and payment disputes., Correspondents include Parchen-D'Acheul Drug Co.; Brooks R. Webber; R. B. Hutchings; H.M. Parchen & Co.; Samuel Newton; S. B. Hartman & Co.; H. R. Sands & Co.; R. H. McDonald & Co.; Polk Miller Drug Co.; F.M. Hopkins Sons; Henry A. Kerste; C.W. Prindell; Leonard Kellar; and Henry Bartry., Printers and engravers include Seifert & Lawton, Milwaukee; Baker-Randolph Litho. & Eng. Co. Chicago; and [George W.?] Mills., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1860-ca. 1896]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Letterheads & Stationery (N-Z) [P.2011.46.464-479]
[William H. Helfand graphic popular medicine stationery collection]
Title
[William H. Helfand graphic popular medicine stationery collection]
Description
Collection of stationery, primarily illustrated and typographical letterheads, billheads, and form letters, of pharmaceutical firms and related businesses and institutions in the United States (predominantly New York City, New York, Philadelphia, and Pennsylvania) issued between circa 1840 and 1935. Subjects include invoices and receipts, shipping arrangements and fees, product orders, payments and payment disputes. Firms, businesses, and institutions well represented include James S. Aspinwall; William P. Blanding; L. N. Brunswig; Caswell, Massey & Co.; C.J. Lincoln Co.; College of Pharmacy of the City of New York; Geo. C. Goodwin & Co.; Hall & Ruckel; Dr. William A. Hammond's Sanitarium; Hopkins-Weller Drug Co.; James Baily & Son; J. D. Marshall & Bros. (D. Marshall & Bro.); J. L. Lyons & Co.; A. M. Knowlson; Lanman & Kemp; McKesson & Robbins; Nichols & Harris; P. D. Orvis; S. R. Van Duzer; Wells, Richardson & Co. (Wells & Richardson Co.); Wilson Drug Co.; and W. J. Gilmore & Co. Philadelphia firms represented include A.W. Wright & Co.; Barker, Moore, Mein; Bean & Stevenson; Browning & Brothers; C.H. Butterworth & Co.; Robert Shoemaker & Co.; W.H. Schieffelin & Co.; and Strother Drug Co. Collection also contains several pieces of stationery of firms in New England, including Massachussetts (particularly Boston), Maine, Connecticut, Vermont, and Rhode Island; the Mid-West, including Ohio, Michigan, and Minnesota; and the South, including Louisiana (particularly New Orleans), Virginia, and Tennessee. A small number of items also represent businesses in the Western United States, United Kingdom, and Canada. A song sheet, envelope, and stereograph also form the collection., Illustrations depict various subjects. The most numerous are views of pharmaceutical factories and storefronts, often including street and pedestrian traffic. Imagery also depicts pharmaceutical apparatus and trademarks, including mortars and pestles; medical supplies, including trusses; allegorical scenes; heraldry; and art nouveau pictorial details and designs. Other illustrations show medieval apothecaries; the interiors of a pharmacy and dental office; and the mythical creature phoenix., Title supplied by cataloger., Various engravers, printers, and publishers, including Smith Bros.; Gast; A. Hoen & Co.; Collier & Cleveland; Craig, Butt, & Finley; Calvert Lithographing Co.; Snyder & Black; Detroit Litho. Co.; American Bank Note Company; Gies & Co.; Strobridge & Co.; E. Weber; Craig, Finley & Co.; G. H. Dunston; and Wm. H. Brett & Co., Majority of the billheads, letterheads, and form letters completed in manuscript or type and contain manuscript and typewritten notes on recto and verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand., Digitized for AMD: Popular Medicine. Series I.
Date
[ca. 1840-1935, bulk 1870-1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Graphic Popular Medicine Stationery Collection [P.2011.46]