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Title: Independence Square recruiting camps
Description: Trade card depicting well-dressed children on the central promenade of Independence Square when used as Camp Independence, Civil War recruitment camp, in September and October 1862. Tents manned by soldiers line the promenade and the children who carry drums, flags, and a hoop, walk between a group of men and a mother and son. Mary Shoemaker operated from 2 North Eighth Street circa 1862-circa 1864., Printed on recto: Childrens Central Clothing Emporium. M. Shoemaker No. 2 North Eighth Street Philadelphia., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 380, Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Philadelphia on Stone
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, lithographer
Date: 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W183 [(2)5786.F.138b]

Title: Compliments of John Wanamaker & Co. Clothiers, Chestnut below Ninth
Description: Trade card promoting dry goods merchant and clothier John Wanamaker & Co. and depicting a caricaturized Japanese boy playing a stringed instrument to a small dog. In the center, the boy, attired in a multi-colored, patterned kimono, geta shoes, and a straw conical hat, plays a stringed instument. In the left, a small black-and-white dog stands on his hind legs., Title from item., Date inferred from dates of operation of business advertised., Stamped on recto: Branch House, No. 10 Sixth Street, Pittsburgh., Purchased 2015., John Wanamaker and his brother-in-law Nathan Brown formed Wanamaker & Brown and opened the store Oak Hall at Sixth and Market Streets in 1861. Brown died in 1868. In 1869, the firm became John Wanamaker & Co., and he opened a store at Eighth and Chestnut Streets. John Wanamaker's Grand Depot at Thirteenth and Market Streets, opened in 1876 to cater to Centennial Exhibition crowds.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Berman Trade Card Collection - John Wanamaker & Co. [P.2015.56.463]

Title: Robinson's sura cura for rheumatism, &c., &c. Dr. Prior's cough balsam
Description: Racist trade card illustration depicting a white man opening the door of his home to find an African American baby in a basket on the doorstep. The white man is attired in pajamas and a sleeping cap. He holds a candelabrum in his left hand and looks at the baby with a surprised expression. The baby kicks their right leg up and raises their right hand in a fist while holding the handle of the basket with their left hand. Superimposed over the scene is a painter's palette with splotches of paint and text advertising Robinson's Sura Cura and Dr. Prior's Cough Balsam. R.W. Robinson & Son manufactured Robinson's Sura Cura and also operated a wholesale drugstore located on Greenwich Street in New York. The business was founded in 1835 and was known as Bush & Gale until 1857 when R.W. Robinson joined the firm. The partnership dissolved in 1870 and Robinson's son, F.M. Robinson, joined the firm. Prior Medicine Co. was based in Middletown, New York in the late 19th century., Title from item., Text printed on recto: A Male Package., Advertising text printed on verso: The household remedies. Robinson's Sura Cura, the sure cure for rheumatism, neuralgia, malaria, and a specific for all diseases arising from an impure state of the blood. Price, 50 cents and $1.00 per bottle. Dr. Prior's Cough Balsam, the best botanical remedy known for the prevention and cure of consumption, and all lung and throat complaints, cures sore throat, diptheria, whooping cough, croup, asthma. Read testimonials on circulars., Distributor's imprint on verso: Dr. AS Gibbs, Hope NJ., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Robinson [P.2017.95.150]

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: 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: 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: 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]

Title: E. Ketterlinus' lithographic and letter press printing house cor. of Arch & Fourth Sts. Philadelphia Bill heads, cards, circulars, &c. lithographed at nearly the same cost as letter press in a superior style. Illuminated show cards in great variety
Description: Tradecard, probably issued during the Civil War, containing an exterior view of the lithographic establishment of Ketterlinus at the northwest corner of Fourth and Arch streets. Other pictorial details include an American flag flying from a flag pole beside the building, a banner, and scrolls., Not in Wainwright., Variant reproduced in Jay Last's The color explosion: Nineteenth century American lithography (Santa Ana, Ca.: Hillcrest Press, 2005), p. 108., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 21, Ketterlinus established his own firm in 1842 and relocated to Fourth and Arch streets in 1856.
Creator: Ketterlinus, Eugene, d. 1886
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.142f]

Title: Conner's cheap printing office, corner Fourth & New Sts., below Vine, Philadelphia Job printing of every variety, executed with neatness, cheapness and dispatch
Description: Illustrated trade card for Ephraim W. Conner's printing office at Fourth and New Streets in Philadelphia depicting an American flag., 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 - Conner's [(2)5786.F.190b]

Title: Coggins & Harbach, No. 36 North Eighth St., Philadelphia From the fast printing and counting card press
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a steamship with flags flying from the masts labeled in blue and red ink, including "engraving printing," "stationery," "card printing," and "fancy goods". Edward H. Coggins and Horatio N. Harbach operated their printing business from 36 North Eighth Street in 1859 until Coggins' death on October 6, 1862 from wounds sustained during the Battle of Antietam., Advertising text printed on verso notifies customers that Harbach & Brother succeeded Coggins & Harbach and promotes their engraving and stationery business., 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 - Coggins [5786.F.1d]

Title: Samuel H. Bibighaus, importer and dealer in hardware, cutlery, steel, &c., No. 216 North Third Street, six doors above Race, Philadelphia
Description: Manuscript note on verso: Mr. Hamilton? Please let bearer of this have such brok? [illegible] he may select & oblige? [illegible] July 27/64., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Bibighaus [P.2006.20.26]

Title: Citizens', soldiers' and naval officers' steam clothes renovating, repairing, and dyeing works, has removed from No. 34 South Seventh St. to 136 South Sixth St., ab. Walnut, Philad'a Orders left at No. 1003 Shippen St. will meet with prompt attention. N. B.--Army officers' goods renovated in 24 hours. Also, a liberal reduction made for the sick and wounded
Description: Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized., James W. Brown relocated his tailoring business from 34 South Seventh Street to 136 South Sixth Street in 1864.
Date: [ca. 1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Brown [(2)5786.F.184c]

Title: [E. & H.T. Anthony trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards containing patriotic vignettes. Images include eagles clutching olive branches, arrows, and shields in their talons and a woman, possibly Liberty, clothed in robes. Pictorial details also include an "E plurubus unum" banner., Title supplied by cataloger., Prints (2)5786.F.117d, g-h printed in blue ink on green paper and envelope (2)5786.F.117j printed in green ink on blue paper., Advertising text printed on rectos for E. & H.T. Anthony, 501 Broadway - New York (3 doors from St. Nicholas Hotel), manufacturer, publisher, and importer of photographic materials, carte de visite photographs, stereoscopic views, and card portraits of eminent persons., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized., Edward and Henry Tiebout Anthony operated one of the largest photographic manufacturing and distribution businesses in the United States in the second half of the nineteenth century.
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Anthony [(2)5786.F.117d, g-h, j; P.9631.1]

Title: William F. Green, butchers' headquarters, No. 1326 South Sixth Street, Philadelphia Wines, liquors and old stock ales. N.B.--Choice segars to be had at the bar. Gents accommodated with boarding
Description: Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Green [194.D.2]

Title: Edward Geary, Jr. dealer in Lehigh and Schuylkill coal. Orders received and promptly attended to, at No. 814 North Second St. above Brown, S.E. cor. Ridge Avenue & Wallace St., (or through despatch directed as above,) Philadelphia. Cash on delivery
Description: Illustrated stock trade card depicting a sphere labeled "Our Country" partially submerged in water and surmounted by an American flag flying to the right. Includes various styles of hats on a rack printed on verso., Advertising text printed on verso is partially obscured by paper remaining after removing trade card from scrapbook: Edward Geary, fashion, hat & cap store, [81]4 North Second Street, above Brown, Philadelphia. Hats and caps made to order. (Over.), 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 - Geary [5786.F.176g]

Title: E. Ketterlinus' steam power lithographic and letter press printing house cor. of Arch & Fourth Sts. Philadelphia
Description: Tradecard, probably issued during the Civil War, containing an exterior view of the lithographic establishment of Ketterlinus at the northwest corner of Fourth and Arch streets. Other pictorial details include an eagle holding the American flag in its claws., Not in Wainwright., Smithsonian Institution: NMAH Archives Center - Warshaw Collection – Lithography – Vertical Box 1 - Ketterlinus, Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 24, Ketterlinus established his own firm in 1842 and relocated to Fourth and Arch streets in 1856.
Creator: Ketterlinus, Eugene, d. 1886
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Archives Center Warshaw Collection SI NMAH Archives Center - Warshaw Collection – Lithography – Vertical Box 1 - Ketterlinus

Title: E. Ketterlinus' lithographic and letter press printing house cor. of Arch & Fourth Sts. Philadelphia Bill heads, cards, circulars, &c. lithographed at nearly the same cost as letter press in a superior style. Illuminated show cards in great variety
Description: Letterhead, probably issued during the Civil War, containing an exterior view of the lithographic establishment of Ketterlinus at the northwest corner of Fourth and Arch streets. Other pictorial details include an American flag flying from a flag pole beside the building, a banner, filigree, and scrolls., Not in Wainwright., Addressed to Messrs. Riehl on March 9, 1871., Smithsonian Institution: NMAH Archives Center - Warshaw Collection – Lithography – Vertical Box 1 - Letterhead, Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 22, See LCP albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.142f], Ketterlinus established his own firm in 1842 and relocated to Fourth and Arch streets in 1856.
Creator: Ketterlinus, Eugene, d. 1886
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Archives Center Warshaw Collection SI NMAH Archives Center - Warshaw Collection – Lithography – Vertical Box 1 - Letterhead

Title: Fire Association of Philadelphia Insure from loss by fire buildings. Furniture and merchandise generally
Description: Tradecard containing a view of the Fairmount Waterworks. View looking from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the waterworks originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Frederick Graff. Shows the engine house, mill house, mound dam, and Reservoir Hill. Also shows individuals fishing from and on a boat near the Schuylkill Canal lock in the foreground. Also contains the pictorial detail of a running hose entwined around a fire hydrant., Names of Trenton and Plainfield, N.J. agents stamped in blue ink on recto., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 251, Smithsonian Institution: NMAH Archives Center - Warshaw Collection - Fires & Firefighting - Box 2 Folder 23 - Fire Association
Creator: Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Co.
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Archives Center Warshaw Collection SI NMAH Archives Center - Warshaw Collection - Fires & Firefighting - Box 2 Folder 23 - Fire Association

Title: Maas & Vogdes, job printers, [N.E.?] corner of Second & Chestnut Sts., over Corn Exchange Bank
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting the coat of arms of Pennsylvania, including two horses flanking a shield adorned by a ship, a plow and three sheaves of wheat. An eagle surmounts the shield and clutches in its talons a scroll inscribed, "Virtue, Liberty and Independence". Maas & Vogdes, the partnership between William A. Maas and Joseph Vogdes, operated from the northeast corner of Second and Walnut Streets between ca. 1860 and 1866., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Maas [5786.F.1e]

Title: Chas. S. Carpenter & Co. N.E. corner of Franklin and Willow Streets, Philadelphia 1861. Eastern ice exclusively handsome article at moderate rates. Chas. R. Carpenter, John Glendening, Jos. M. Truman, Jr
Description: Print with gilt-stamped text on white paper with embossed floral border., 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 - Carpenter [1975.F.136]

Title: Chas. Richardson, dealer in fine groceries, butter, eggs, flour, lard, fruit & poultry in season, s.e. cor. Belgrade & Crease Sts., Philadelphia
Description: Trade card promoting grocer Charles Richardson and showing a man clerk helping two women shopping in the grocery store. The man stands behind the counter and holds a scoop to weigh the product on a scale. Two women shoppers stand in the right, one holding a basket. In the left is an advertising statue of a Chinese man wearing a long mustache and attired in a cap; long-sleeved, mandarin collared shirt; balloon pants, and cloth slip-on shoes. The statue is on a pedestal with Chinese characters. Products displayed for sale include a ham, barrel of oil, and brooms., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Purchased 2015., RVCDC
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Berman Trade Card Collection - Richardson [P.2015.56.717]

Title: B. Miller, segars, tobacco, stationery, toys &c., 1822 S. Seventh St., Phila
Description: Trade card promoting tobacco merchant B. Miller and showing two boys pulling the hair of a Chinese man depicted in racist caricature. In the right, the Chinese man, wearing an exaggeratedly long queue hairstyle and attired in a blue tunic, yellow pants, and black shoes, is pulled on his back onto a wooden box and grasps the sides with his hands. In the left, a white boy, attired in a white hat with a blue ribbon, a pink-striped shirt, blue pants, and black shoes, holds the man's hair and pulls back with his feet lifted off the ground. The white boy, attired in a yellow hat with an orange ribbon, a white shirt, yellow pants, and black shoes, stands facing left and pulls the man's hair over his shoulder with his feet lifted off the ground. Broadsides pasted on the fence in the background read,"Hoodlumism at discount education" and "Soiety [sic] for converting heathen." A building is visible in the right background., Title from text stamped on verso., Date inferred from content., Purchased 2015., See related: Berman Trade Card Collection - Weymann [P.2015.56.939]., RVCDC
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Berman Trade Card Collection - Miller [P.2015.56.591]

Title: H.A. Weymann, dealer in watches, clocks and jewelry, 156 North Second St., Philadelphia
Description: Trade card promoting clock and jewelry dealer H.A. Weymann and showing two boys pulling the hair of a Chinese man depicted in racist caricature. In the right, the Chinese man, wearing an exaggeratedly long queue hairstyle and attired in a blue tunic, yellow pants, and black shoes, grabs his hair with his hands and pulls back sitting on top a wooden box. In the left, a white boy, attired in a yellow hat with an orange ribbon, a white shirt, yellow pants, and black shoes, stands on the corner of the box, holds the Chinese man's hair and pulls back. The boy, attired in a pink-striped shirt, blue pants, and black shoes, stands below the other boy, holds onto the man's hair, and pulls. His white hat with a blue ribbon falls off of his head. Broadsides pasted on the fence in the background read,"How beautiful are the ways of South" and "Do unto others what others [do un]to you" A building is visible in the right background., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Purchased 2015., See related: Berman Trade Card Collection - Miller [P.2015.56.591]., RVCDC
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Berman Trade Card Collection - Weymann [P.2015.56.939]

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